Two Title Fights for Boxing Fans at Graceland 29 June 2013
On Saturday Night the 29th of June 2013 boxing fans in Secunda were treated two title fights above the other undercard fights.
The first one was the World Boxing Federations Junior Featherweight Title between Evans Mbamba and Mario Briones. The boxers were so evenly matched that the fight ended in a draw leaving the title vacant.
The second and the real sensation of the evening was the a fight for the World Boxing Federations Women’s Featherweight Title between Australian Shannon O’Connell and South African Gabisile Tshabalala. Gabisile Tshabalala was knocked out after receiving two body blows from the Australian in round 7. She unfortunetly spend another half an hour lying in the ring while medics had her on a drip and oxygen trying to revive her. She was then taken out of the ring on a stretcher. It was reported the next day that Gabisile Tshabalala has recovered.