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Media personalities Inno Morolong and Ashleigh Ogle are gearing up to take each other on at the inaugural Mandela African Boxing Cup on 21 April in a fight that both ladies say holds personal significance.
The highly anticipated event is part of a partnership between the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the International Boxing Association and will take place at the International Convention Centre in Durban
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In separate interviews with City Press, the two, who are both not completely new to the sport, said they were not intimidated by each other.
Morolong described herself as a regular gym body who exercises daily, doing a few boxing sessions here and there.
Meanwhile, Ogle said that her relationship with boxing dates back to 2016 but was brought to an abrupt end by Covid-19. In preparation for the fight, she has recently found her way back to the ring.
Inno Morolong in preparation for her upcoming fight against model and media personality Ashley Ogle. Durban peeps, enjoy! pic.twitter.com/APP1oNgS0H
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Morolong said:
Morolong, who has been training twice daily ahead of her upcoming fight, added that physical training was not her only strategy to knock Ogle out, but that she was also preparing herself spiritually and emotionally.
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Between a suspended Instagram account and other personal issues that she would not delve deeply into, the reality television star said she was convinced that the announcement of this fight unleashed some spiritual attack on her.
She added:
Ogle too said she had seen more than her fair share of life’s traumas as a woman, most of which were centred on gender-based violence.
She said that her current court case against former Springboks player Elton Jantjies was not her first GBV encounter, adding that she had previously won a case against another former lover.
Ogle said:
She described the country as being under duress because of GBV and femicide, saying that she wanted to take her fight to schools. Reacquainting herself with boxing, she added, was part of her healing journey.
She explained:
Although Ogle has no personal grudges against Morolong, whom she said she hardly even knew, she emphasised that she would not hold anything back in the ring. She views the fight as a way to face her inner demons, saying that the fact that her opponent was someone she described as having a reputation for bullying other women was a mere coincidence.
