Combat sports on the rise as 2025 proves to be a landmark year for SA

BOXING promoter Colin Nathan deemed 2025 a good year for the sport in the country and attributed it to forging relationships among the country's top promoters.

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In the Mixed Martial Arts world, the sport has also continued to grow in leaps and bounds.Nathan, a prominent figure in combat sports in the country, particularly boxing, believes that they have continued to push the boundaries in the sport this year.

The promoter praised the new board at Boxing South Africa, appointed late last year after the National Professional Boxing Promoters' Association took Boxing South Africa to court over the appointment of the preceding board. With Ayanda Zamantungwa Khumalo as chairperson, Nathan has expressed that the sport of boxing in the country seems to be heading in the right direction.

"I think it was a good year. I think we saw the start of something good with Boxing South Africa, a new chairperson coming in," Nathan told Independent Media.