{"id":50311,"date":"2026-02-19T06:51:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50311"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:51:57","slug":"2026-02-19-zingange-tipped-to-break-jinxed-belt-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/19\/2026-02-19-zingange-tipped-to-break-jinxed-belt-curse\/","title":{"rendered":"Zingange tipped to break \u2018jinxed\u2019 belt curse"},"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\">No contender for the SA junior welterweight belt will prevent Sibusiso Zingange from becoming the national champion, warns his manager Vus\u2019Umuzi Malinga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The No 2 contender\u2019s fight against top-rated Aphiwe Mboyiya for that belt was cancelled three times, leaving the camps of the two boxers convinced the belt is jinxed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It remained without a champion since April 2025 when Ntethelelo Nkosi vacated it to focus on the inaugural WBC Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia, where he lost in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In the meantime, Zingange will protect his rating by engaging in a 10-rounder against Malawian Hannock Phiri at Silver Lakes Farm Hotel in Pretoria on February 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Their international fight will form part of the tournament to be organised by promoter Terry Anne Hart of Fighters Club Promotions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trained by Vus\u2019Umuzi\u2019s older brothers &#8211; Patrick and Peter &#8211; Zingange last fought on March 25 last year. The former SA lightweight champion, whose reign was cut short by a shoulder dislocation during a title defence in 2022, defeated Talent Baloyi in a non-title fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Zingange, a personal trainer at his Eastside Boxing and Fitness Gym at East Rand Mall, has 19 wins, with five knockouts, against eight losses and two draws.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Phiri, from Blantyre, boasts eight KOs in nine wins against five defeats and two draws. He has been stopped three times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Malinga views the upcoming fight as a preparation for the vacant SA title, and his work ethic will take him wherever he wants to go as a fighter. \u201cHe is the most dedicated boxer I\u2019ve ever worked with since I began managing fighters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI see no contender for the junior welterweight title standing before him; you can [even] bring Ntethelelo, it does not matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hart\u2019s tournament will be headlined by Smangele \u201cSmash\u201d Hadebe in the defence of her WBO Africa flyweight belt against Sibulele \u201cLova\u201d Soboois.<\/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#Zingange #tipped #break #jinxed #belt #curse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No contender for the SA junior welterweight belt will prevent Sibusiso Zingange from becoming the national champion, warns his manager&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50311","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\/50311","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=50311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50313,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50311\/revisions\/50313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}