THURSDAY, 1.00PM:
SOUTH AFRICAN national junior welterweight champion Lawrence Ngobeni will meet Uraguayan Wilson Enrique Galli over 10 rounds at Morula Sun in Mabopane on Sunday. At Thursday’s pre-fight medical meeting at Nasrec Galli looked relaxed.
An amazed Ngobeni said: “He sure looks a sleek mover and a hard puncher. But you’ve got to beat the best to get recognition.” He says this is going to be his toughest fight ever.
Ngobeni weighed 62,20kg, while Galli weighed 60,60kg for their 61,24kg-limit fight. Ngobeni’s promoter Branco Milenkovic, who is already negotiating for his fighter to get a crack at the World Boxing Organisation intercontinental title, says Galli worries him. But he insists that Ngobeni will have to show he is hungry for the title by beating Galli.
An optimistic Ngobeni said: “Hey, I want to be up there with the best. To get there I must beat the best. Watch me.”
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