{"id":48170,"date":"2026-01-23T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48170"},"modified":"2026-01-23T07:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:00:18","slug":"2026-01-23-silverman-promises-blood-and-guts-against-ntombela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/23\/2026-01-23-silverman-promises-blood-and-guts-against-ntombela\/","title":{"rendered":"Silverman promises \u2018blood and guts\u2019 against Ntombela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Crowd pleaser Jarred \u201cMr Hollywood\u201d Silverman has promised blood and guts in his eagerly-awaited boxing fight with Simphiwe Ntombela in Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Silverman is fresh from a points loss to Nika Bigvava when they met for the WBF International belt in Georgia, USA, on December 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rated No 6 in SA, Silverman is gunning for Brandon Thysse\u2019s SA junior middleweight belt. Victory against Ntombela will improve Silverman\u2019s ratings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe intention is clear, and that is to be a champion,\u201d said Silverman yesterday. \u201cI am in this sport for a purpose, write my story while creating something that will make my two boys happy about me one day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Silverman\u2019s contest with Ntombela will form part of the high-profile tournament that will be dominated by females.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Promoter Terry-Anne Hart\u2019s Fighters Club promotion will present what she termed \u201cBattle for Love\u201d event at Silverlakes Farm Hotel on February 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">February is widely recognised and celebrated as the \u201cmonth of love\u201d, particularly in SA. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hart said her team would do a countrywide activation, which will include approaching various institutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to say, let\u2019s be happy and focus on love,\u201d she said. \u201cLet\u2019s change the narrative of fighting each other and [put] the energy in the ring where it is controlled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The upcoming eight-bout event will be headlined by WBO Africa flyweight champion Smangele \u201cSmash\u201d Hadebe against Sibulele \u201cLova\u201d Soboois.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Former IBF Africa bantamweight champ, SA-based Malawian Ellen \u201cTigress\u201d Simwaka, will take on Revai Madondo over eight rounds, while Tyla Promnick will be up against Yonelisa Poni in the mini-flyweight class over six rounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hart, who staged her first tournament at the venue on November 25, said ticket will sell between R2,000 and R5,500.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Silverman #promises #blood #guts #Ntombela<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crowd pleaser Jarred \u201cMr Hollywood\u201d Silverman has promised blood and guts in his eagerly-awaited boxing fight with Simphiwe Ntombela in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48172,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48170\/revisions\/48172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}