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What on Earth Has Happened Boxing Fans Freak Out As Simiso Buthelezi Starts Fighting Invisible Opponent in the Ring
Published 06/06/2022, 7:30 AM EDTBy An uncomfortable boxing scene from Africa buzzed the internet on Sunday. The clip captured a rare unbelievable scary incident of the fight between Simiso Buthelezi and Siphesihle Mntungwa. ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad Very scary in South Africa please for Simiso Buthelezi (4-1). At 2:43 of the 10th & final round, Siphesihle Mntungwa (7-1-2) falls through the ropes but then Buthelezi appears to lose his understanding of the present situation. Mntungwa takes the WBF African lightweight title — Tim Boxeo (@TimBoxeo) ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad According to reports, the undefeated Simiso Buthelezi stepped the ring against Siphesihle Mntungwa at the Greyville Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa, for the WBF African Lightweight title. The fight began, as usual, and the pair began exchanging blows to claim the title. In round 10, Buthelezi charged at his opponent, pushing the latter on the ropes. While stepping back, Mntungwa caught the chin of Buthelezi with a hard jab, which produced a horrifying effect on the brain of Buthelezi as he went out of his senses. When the referee intervened and pushed the fighters to continue in the middle of the ring, Buthelezi began throwing punches in the air in the opposite direction of his opponent. He continued this until he approached an empty corner in an unconscious state. Immediately, the referee stopped the fight leading to the victory of Mutungwa. However, later the video of Buthelezi throwing punches in the air circulated on the internet and caught the attention of people. One fan wrote, “What on earth has happened.” What On earth has happened — Jamie (@jamfram1996) Certainly, it was a terrifying clip that bamboozled the boxing fraternity. Few fans reacted to the out of senses clip of Buthelezi
After the fight was over, the winner started celebrating it. However, it did not sit well with a fan. He wrote, “Why would you celebrate that “win”? Why would you celebrate that “win”? — Yasuke (@KombatJunky) According to another fan, Buthelezi was sleeping while standing. Dude was standing up sleep look at him sleeping on the ropes when his corner came in. — Tony Kinsey (@TONYKINZ) Another fan added that the short jab of the opponent caused something inside the brain of the fighter, Buthelezi, who seemingly lost all his senses. This is insane! That short punch he ate must have sent his mind into another dimension because something in his motherboard told him to attack Casper the ghost. Never seen that happen before in a fight — RUSH HOUR MMA (@MMARushHour) Another fan termed the whole incident to be rather scary. check this out! This shit bloody scary! — Ian Heinisch (@ianheinisch) Another fan added this entire incident with the hot weather conditions of Africa. Dude almost went terminator on the ref. Holyyyyyy. Damn that's so weird how that happened. Was it heat exhaustion or something? Cuz he didn't get hit but he kinda fell forward into the ropes. Africa is hot n idk if this venue has ac. Cuz this was a bizarre reaction. — Goochboi (@Goochboi2) Second angle looks like he did take a hard shot right before the guy went through the ropes. — Guy (@MrGuyG) Absolutely terrifying. This is why I don’t denigrate any person who steps in the ring. I hope my bro is alright. — Obasi (@itsobasiokeke) Another fan termed the incident as terrifying and wrote, “This is why I don’t denigrate any person who steps in the ring. I hope my bro is alright.” never seen this happen before…. — Ben sargent (@benjoeysargent) Another fan admitted that he has never seen such a thing before. Certainly, how could someone witness this because it is one of the rarest incidents in boxing. Another fan criticized African boxing. South African Boxing dying a slow painful death,lack of quality boxers I don't know what the scouts are doing,just no longer interesting Pure amateurish tendencies — Afrika borwa (@LeftBorwa) Too much spice — Scott Shillito (@shillito_scott) This how Corey Jones took his first wrestlemania title — Time (@timvallario) ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad You ever seen anything like that ! — Ste Garvey (@GarveySte) ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad These were the fan’s reactions to the rare clip boxing clip. What do you think of this? Let us know in the comments below. Watch This Story: SHARE THIS ARTICLE
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