‘Message of inspiration’: trainer Smith on Tulani Mbenge’s comeback story

‘It easy for fighters to turn and look elsewhere for an easier or better route’: SA boxer bounces back after 2019 heartbreak

05 November 2024 - 22:34

Trainer Sean Smith says he endured the same weight of disappointment as his charge, Tulani “Evolution” Mbenge, when the talented boxer, a former outstanding amateur, lost the IBO welterweight belt in 2019 in Germany...

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