IBF warns Nam boxing
The international world has been closely watching the feud between boxing promoters and the Namibia Professional Boxing and Wrestling Control Board.
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has urged all Namibian boxing promoters and the boxing control board officials to smoke the peace pipe.
This follows a series of quarrels that have emerged between the boxing board and the promoters over the past few months.
The boxing board has suspended several of its top officials since last year.
The latest feud saw the boxing board suspending its acting chief administrator Eckard Modise.
Modise was acting in the place of suspended chief administrator Joe Kaperu who was slammed with a suspension letter for alleged irregularities.
The board has also come under heavy criticism from some boxing promoters claiming that the current leaders in the organisation have been milking the board dry.
This has been followed by several claims within boxing circles that the current leadership on the board has based their operations on vengeance towards promoters.
Meanwhile, the board has responded to the allegations, stating that they are just being victimised for personal reasons.
The president of IBF Africa, Middle East and Persian Gulf Onesmo Alfred McBride Ngowi, yesterday revealed that the international boxing world is aware of the problems in Namibia.
Speaking from USA, Florida Ngowi said, “Namibians have to realise that the divisions in their boxing will bring them down.
“Like I said last week, Namibia has very good group of talented boxers because it has been evident in several boxing bouts I have watched.”
“However, the boxing control board and the promoters must smoke the peace pipe if they want to see boxing developing further.
“It is about time they join hands, because what we have been reading in the papers is not good at all,” Ngowi said.
Ngowi felt that the greed among the leaders has been one of the reasons why the Namibia boxing fraternity is at each other's throats.
He said that there is enough talent for all promoters to explore and therefore urged both parties to iron out all the issues before they drag boxing in the mud.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
This follows a series of quarrels that have emerged between the boxing board and the promoters over the past few months.
The boxing board has suspended several of its top officials since last year.
The latest feud saw the boxing board suspending its acting chief administrator Eckard Modise.
Modise was acting in the place of suspended chief administrator Joe Kaperu who was slammed with a suspension letter for alleged irregularities.
The board has also come under heavy criticism from some boxing promoters claiming that the current leaders in the organisation have been milking the board dry.
This has been followed by several claims within boxing circles that the current leadership on the board has based their operations on vengeance towards promoters.
Meanwhile, the board has responded to the allegations, stating that they are just being victimised for personal reasons.
The president of IBF Africa, Middle East and Persian Gulf Onesmo Alfred McBride Ngowi, yesterday revealed that the international boxing world is aware of the problems in Namibia.
Speaking from USA, Florida Ngowi said, “Namibians have to realise that the divisions in their boxing will bring them down.
“Like I said last week, Namibia has very good group of talented boxers because it has been evident in several boxing bouts I have watched.”
“However, the boxing control board and the promoters must smoke the peace pipe if they want to see boxing developing further.
“It is about time they join hands, because what we have been reading in the papers is not good at all,” Ngowi said.
Ngowi felt that the greed among the leaders has been one of the reasons why the Namibia boxing fraternity is at each other's throats.
He said that there is enough talent for all promoters to explore and therefore urged both parties to iron out all the issues before they drag boxing in the mud.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
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