All hail king Julius
It has taken less than ten years for Julius 'Blue Machine' Indongo to establish himself as a prolific boxer in the paid ranks. After a sparkling career as an amateur boxer, Indongo was clearly destined for greatness and waited for the right time to turn professional.
This has paid off handsomely and the Blue Machine is now basking in the glory of having outsmarted arguably one of the most popular boxers from Scotland, following Saturday's exploits in which he defeated Ricky Burns to capture the WBA super-lightweight crown on top of his IBF and IBO titles. Indongo has become an overnight hero to many boxing enthusiasts worldwide. For commentators he was a marvel to watch on Saturday evening, with his deft footwork and heavy-hitting southpaw attributes widely credited in post-match analyses. As for Indongo the job is not done yet.
His promoter Nestor 'Sunshine' Tobias has been quoted as saying that he still has another four good years ahead of him as age is not on his side.
He has the daunting challenge of not only remaining grounded and level-headed, but proving his mettle against the top boxers of the world.
There is indeed a massive weight of expectation on the Namibian boxer to continue putting our country on the global map. Clearly now Indongo is the man to beat and the international promoters are already lining up a potential humdinger of a fight involving the 29-year-old Terence Crawford, who is the division's number one at the moment.
With 30 fights unbeaten, the WBO and WBC champion is seen as the perfect match for Indongo.
And then there is Kazakhstani boxer Sergey Lipinets who is waiting in the shadows for a date with Indongo. Lipinets, undefeated in 12 fights, is the IBF mandatory challenger and Indongo might consider fighting him first before squaring off against Crawford. Anyways, Indongo has done the nation proud with his latest achievement in Glasgow.
The Nestor 'Sunshine' Tobias Boxing Academy and sponsors MTC also deserve a special mention for helping Indongo achieve this wonderful feat.
This has paid off handsomely and the Blue Machine is now basking in the glory of having outsmarted arguably one of the most popular boxers from Scotland, following Saturday's exploits in which he defeated Ricky Burns to capture the WBA super-lightweight crown on top of his IBF and IBO titles. Indongo has become an overnight hero to many boxing enthusiasts worldwide. For commentators he was a marvel to watch on Saturday evening, with his deft footwork and heavy-hitting southpaw attributes widely credited in post-match analyses. As for Indongo the job is not done yet.
His promoter Nestor 'Sunshine' Tobias has been quoted as saying that he still has another four good years ahead of him as age is not on his side.
He has the daunting challenge of not only remaining grounded and level-headed, but proving his mettle against the top boxers of the world.
There is indeed a massive weight of expectation on the Namibian boxer to continue putting our country on the global map. Clearly now Indongo is the man to beat and the international promoters are already lining up a potential humdinger of a fight involving the 29-year-old Terence Crawford, who is the division's number one at the moment.
With 30 fights unbeaten, the WBO and WBC champion is seen as the perfect match for Indongo.
And then there is Kazakhstani boxer Sergey Lipinets who is waiting in the shadows for a date with Indongo. Lipinets, undefeated in 12 fights, is the IBF mandatory challenger and Indongo might consider fighting him first before squaring off against Crawford. Anyways, Indongo has done the nation proud with his latest achievement in Glasgow.
The Nestor 'Sunshine' Tobias Boxing Academy and sponsors MTC also deserve a special mention for helping Indongo achieve this wonderful feat.
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