To motivate local boxers, the Malawi Professional Boxing Control Board (MPBCB) will introduce annual boxing awards.<\/p>\n
The board disclosed the plans over the weekend in Lilongwe during a meeting with boxers, managers, ringside officials and match makers.<\/p>\n
The board\u2019s Chairperson, Lonzoe Zimba, said the awards were meant to encourage boxers to win local and international fights.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome rain or sunshine, this year we will award best professional boxers in the country. It will be the first of its kind and we will set up a special fund for the event,\u201d Zimba said.<\/p>\n
He said the board will also award ringside officials, promoters and journalists.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the board has also advised its boxers to prepare for life after boxing, saying it was sad that some former pugilists are rendered destitute upon retirement.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoxing, just like the majority of the sporting code, is a short-term career, so let us make sure that we invest the little we get from boxing. I will be glad if I see the majo rity of the boxers venturing into small-scale businesses,\u201d said Zimba who was accompanied by the board\u2019s General Secretary, Frank Chibisa.<\/p>\n
The meeting also sensitised the boxers on the importance of making informed decisions over the choice of boxing sanctioning bodies.<\/p>\n
This comes after the board was caught unawares recently when many prominent boxers jumped ship to join Malawi Boxing Association (Maba) Pro-wing.<\/p>\n
The board and Maba have been embroiled in wrangles over the mandate to manage professional bouts this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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