Boxing promoter Mbali 'Don Queen' Zantsi told the Mail & Guardian: “A lot of women look up to me as a trailblazer and a pioneer, and that’s why I have stayed this long in the game. I was never going to fail them. Males quit but I was not made to break.”
In 2003, all eyes and ears in the local boxing world were on Mbali Zantsi, a new kid in the business. Scores of talented boxers flocked to her new Johannesburg-based stable, Showtime Boxing Promotions.
“I’m not a quitter. I’m doing this for the love of boxing. I said, if there will be a TV blackout, then there must be another way of doing this.”The fight, in her hometown of Port Elizabeth, will be dominated by women fighters. The focus on women fighters doesn’t mean that this is all Zantsi focuses on. “I don’t solely promote females; I promote males too. Even this tournament will be a mixed tournament but women will take centre stage.
“If you only have boxers who are weak, can’t really box or are not serious in the gym, then there’s nothing to promote or sell to the world.”
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