BONGANI MAGASELA | Something is needed to help them keep the wolf from the door since their only source of income was disabled by the national lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.
With the lockdown having completely decimated their income streams, SA boxers are battling to keep the wolf from the door, the writer says.There is grave concern from a large number of professional boxers who say that by the time President Cyril Ramaphosa announces the end of lockdown, there will literally be no boxers.
They say there is a new enemy they are facing now - and that is hunger. Their fear is that hunger will put an end to their lives or they must make the means to defeat it. Something is needed to help them keep the wolf from the door since their only source of income was disabled by the national lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.
They made it clear, though, that they highly appreciate the swift reaction taken by Ramaphosa to stop the spread of the Covid-19 which has decimated lives around the globe.About 30 of them and a handful of trainers and officials were very fortunate that they received some money from the government through the Covid-19 Relief Fund and they give credit to Nathi Mthethwa's sports ministry.
But the majority of boxers did not benefit. It was not a free for all but rather for those boxers whose already sanctioned fights were affected when the government announced the national lockdown.
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