R1m for boxing fiasco

THE Eastern Cape Department of Sport will pay R1million to bail out a local promoter responsible for last weekends shambolic world boxing extravaganza. The International Boxing Organisation (IBO) and World Boxing Foundation (WBF) world title bouts, which pitted Mdantsane fighters against Mexican contenders , were scheduled to take place on Friday at Mdantsane Indoor Centre, but were postponed to the following day when fight promoter Siphatho Handi could not make advance purse payments to the...