{"id":13476,"date":"2025-10-22T12:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-boxer-set-for-historic-bout-in-philippines\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:25","slug":"sa-boxer-set-for-historic-bout-in-philippines","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-boxer-set-for-historic-bout-in-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"SA boxer set for historic bout in Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Mini-flyweight champion, Siyakholwa Kuse, is gearing up for a historic fight in Manila, Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Cape boxer will challenge Melvin Jerusalem for the WBC Straw-weight world title during the tournament marking the 50th anniversary of the iconic \u201cThrilla in Manila.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kuse, the first and only boxer from the Eastern Cape to hold a WBC title, expressed his excitement ahead of the bout. \u201cPreparation has been good for me. I\u2019ve been training hard in the gym, doing everything I was told. I am ready for Melvin and Mr Pacquiao, the promoter. I\u2019m happy to be part of the history of great boxers like Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The fight is expected to be one of the main bouts of the anniversary tournament in Quezon City, bringing together fans to celebrate a landmark moment in boxing history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13477,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-13476","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"South Africa\u2019s (SA) World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Mini-flyweight champion, Siyakholwa Kuse, is gearing up for a historic fight in Manila, Philippines","published_date":"2025-10-22 14:13:41","news_description":"South Africa\u2019s (SA) World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Mini-flyweight champion, Siyakholwa Kuse, is gearing up for a historic fight in Manila, Philippines","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18582,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13476\/revisions\/18582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}