No place like home for Ndou
Phillip "Time Bomb" Ndou is delighted that he has been given the opportunity to fight in front of his home fans in Thohoyandou. The 38-year-old former South African and WBA intercontinental featherweight, and WBU and WBC international junior lightweight title holder, said he had always wanted to fight at home, but that wish never came through."I have always wanted to fight at home but that never happened. But Promise has made it possible for me to do that," he said, referring to female boxing promoter Promise Moyo, whose Skylon Promotion will stage his homecoming bout against Tanzanian Shauri Ramadhani at Thohoyandou Town Hall on Sunday.The bout is in preparation for Ndou challenging for the IBF Continental Africa welterweight title, held by US-based Ghanaian Fredrick "General Okunka" Lawson.Ndou made a breathtaking comeback in 2013 after a three-year lay-off by getting up off the canvas against Pius "Mr Hercules" Dipheko to pulverise him in the fifth round of their energy-sapping clash at the Nasrec Arena.Ndou then went to Namibia, where he outpointed Pohamba Mandume over eight rounds and he has not fought since...
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