The boxing fraternity in East London is expected to show its love and admiration for late boxing icon Mzimasi Mnguni by coming out in numbers to support the inaugural Women Only amateur tournament in his honour at NU 10 Hall in Mdantsane on Friday.
Mnguni, who died in February 2021 aged 73, was the first boxing manager in the Eastern Cape to open the doors of his Eyethu Boxing Gym in Mdantsane to women boxers in 2000. Fighters developed at his gym, who later joined other stables, include Noni She Bee Stingin Tenge, Unathi African Queen Myekeni and Namhla Tyuluba.
The hall to be used for Friday's National Women's Day event is opposite the house where Mnguni once lived. The Eyethu Shopping Centre he owned was also in the vicinity.
Tenge went on to make history by winning a world title the IBF belt in the welterweight division in 2011. Myekeni won the WBF bantamweight belt in 2010 while Tyuluba went on to become a boxing ring official.
The funeral for world-renowned boxing promoter Mzimasi Mnguni, reported on by SABC, in 2021.
