Smangele Hadebe ready for smash-and-grab

  • 📰 SowetanLIVE
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 37 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 63%

South Africa Headlines News

Hadebe says Hunter made sure that she is ready for anything by organising sparring sessions with boxers who have various fighting styles, including SA middleweight holder Walter Dlamini.

Jeremy Bean

There is nothing more difficult for a fighter than to prepare for someone who is a closed book to them, but that is where a trainer must show his mettle. Smart trainers will go into that fight armed with more than one game plan so that they are able to adjust to any style the opponent applies. Smangele"Smash" Hadebe finds herself in that situation going into an SA flyweight championship against holder Noxolo Makhanavu at Sterkspruit in the Eastern Cape on August 31.

Hadebe, from KwaThema in Springs, who is trained in Booysens by Lionel Hunter, does not know Makhanavu and says she has not even seen the champion in action. But she in pinning her hopes on Hunter, a trainer of the year award nominee for 2018.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 13. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

WATCH | 'Yizo Yizo' star's daughter, rapper Doja Cat, shuts down the net with her bootyDoja Cat teamed up with Tyga on the track, but all the streets were talking about was her booty, which caused major traffic online.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Traditional healer Letang Tlome back to heal her fans through songsRenowned as one of the members of Adilah, the 2003 Coca-Cola Popstars winners, Tlome says it’s been 13 tumultuous years after the group’s fall from grace. EmmanuelTjiya
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »

Land grab leader gunned down on murdered Stellenbosch farmer's propertyOne of the leaders of a land grab in Stellenbosch which made global headlines was killed on Thursday.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Land grab leader gunned down on murdered Stellenbosch farmer's propertyMadisi Wanana was shot at his home in Kayamandi, ahead of a protest march he helped to organise and which took place on Thursday morning.
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »

NASA descends on Icelandic lava field to prepare for MarsTo prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

NASA descends on Icelandic lava field to prepare for MarsNASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the next mission to Mars.
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »