Ka December ea 2014, Lion Heart’s Board of Directors met and resolved to have one final go developing Boxing in Zimbabwe by exploring the possibility of promoting a quarterly boxing series in Harare starting in April 2015. Ka hoo, khampani etsa qeto ea ho romela eona CFO, Edward Mendy, Zimbabwe tasked le le mong feela lotomo-fuputsa bokgono ea Hosting e kgaisano ya boramabole ba a Harare ho tšoaroa ka April 16 kapa April 23, 2015 ka kopanelo le Zim oa 35th Independence Day mokete, or other date as feasible. Ancillary to same, Mendy ne a tasked ka e latelang: (1) tiisa letsatsi, (2) boloka e lefelo la, (3) book Zim boxers to feature in the Main Event, le / kapa sebedisana ka sehloohong ketsahalo, le (4) sireletsehile boto tumello ea ho amohela ketsahalo.

E ka Sehloohong Event ea lohothwang May 2015 inaugural event was slated to feature Former Two Time British Champion and Two Time Commonwealth Champion Danny Williams (46-18) ho jara Bulawayo ka boeena Thamsanqa Dube (12-3), a former WBA Pan-African Champion. In the Co-Main Event, Namibian le pele e neng e ea Lefatše Champion Harry Simon (30-0) was selected to take on an opponent to be announced. The Undercard was to be highlighted by a special feature bout–WBC Africa Welterweight Charles Manyuchi (15-2) e ne e ho sireletsa hae tlotla ka lapeng mobu ka lekhetlo la pele leha e le neng kapa hore feela e etsa lintlha ntoa (ka ho ipapisa le tumello ea hae Zambia Promoter Chris Malunga le ba hae ba balekane ba). Manyuchi is currently the most internationally recognized Zimbabwean Boxer and has been plying his trade in neighboring Zambia since 2012 for lack of options at home. The event would have been broadcasted live on ZTV and streamed live worldwide on the Internet. Ka ho eketsehileng, ketsahalo be a ile a rebroadcasted ka lieha motheo oa ka tsela lebatowa lipapali dikanale USA, e leng fihla ka 165 Limilione tse American ya usb malapeng a (ka 100 Limilione tse ikhethang malapeng a) sebelisa Lion Heart Boxing Productions’ established contractual relationships. Ekelletsa moo, ketsahalo ne a slated ho syndicated tikoloho ka le maemong a mang limmaraka, lefatseng ka bophara e le khoneha.

Ho ntsetseng pele ya khampani Zimbabwe batla ho nka maemo, Mendy tloha New York bakeng sa Harare ka February 26, 2015 on exploratory mission. He was received warmly by Zimbabweans of walks of life and spent a very enjoyable and productive ten days in Zimbabwe, visiting various cities and meeting with people. Lion Heart was able to achieve all of the stated goals except the last one, boloka ZBB ka tsehetso e sa sisintsweng ketsahalo, esita le leha ho le joalo sebokeng sa pele ho lokiselitsoe ka Mendy mo lenaneng la e ne e le Board. Ka bomalimabe, feela ba ile ba Zimbabwe Boxing Board ke ke fana ka ee tlhokegang nod, e ne e ke esita le convene ya semmuso kopanong ya Board ho amohela Mendy kapa tafoleng Lion Heart ga maano a. Ho fihla joale, le libeke tse tharo, Lion Heart has not received any correspondence from the Board on its application to host an event in May. The only information it has received relative to the event is from media reports, ho ea e le hantle hore Board hloka nako e eketsehileng ka boomo.

Ka ntlha ya go ZBB oa bao e seng karabelo, Lion Heart regrettably has decided to put its Zim Project on hold indefinitely. Says Lion Heart Event Coodinator Sporty Smith, “We have no choice but to put our Zim Project on hold since the ZBB has failed to afford us the smallest of professional courtesy. We can understand a Board’s refusal to sanction an event it does not like it. A failure by a Board to reply, kopana deadlines e sisintsweng le tse ling ba hlōleha ho communcate, leha ho le joalo, is unheard of. Not only was the board frosty in its welcome of Edward Mendy, it would not even convene a meeting of the board even though advance arrangements were made with it. Ka ho eketsehileng, the Board would not even give us the courtesy of a response despite numerous follow-up inquiries. What is most shocking about the whole thing, ea ZBB a se etsa (kapa inactions), e hore e ha a tšoane ea ZBB o sanctioned leha e le efe sebele papading ya ditebele tsa moodle moodle moodle a yona ba hona jwale nako, lilemo tse tharo o felang ka December, kapa ba leha e le efe papading ya ditebele tsa moodle moodle moodle ho lokiselitsoe a eona almanakeng. Leha e le ba leha e le efe ba buellang tse ling ntle ho Lion Heart kokota ka Board oa mamati kapa ho leka ho ho kgothaletsa papading ya ditebele tsa moodle moodle moodle Zimbabwe. Ka tsela eo, re ka sebele perplexed fuoa ho fetisisa le amohela ka mofuthu le unabashed cheseho rōna morero ho seng joalo ile ka amohela ho boraditebele, bakoetlisi ba, litho tse ling tsa papading ya ditebele tsa setjhaba, media, tourism and other government officials as well as ordinary Zimbabweans. Basically we have a Boxing Board that has seen no boxing events in its current term, leha ho le e sa sebetsa feela sebele papading ya ditebele tsa ketsahalo ho tekwa pele e, le sisintsweng kgolo kgaisano le matjhabeng a hlokomela ho qala ho seo.”

Tau Heart oa boiteko ba ho thusa ntshetsa pele ya dipapadi ea Boxing Zimbabwe, ea “Zim Project,” o spanned ka lilemo tse leshome tse. In addition to sponsoring various tournaments in Zimbabwe over the last decade, Tau Heart Boxing Productions le beng ba sona ba a leka ho thusa esale pele a mosomo wa tse ngata tse Zimbabwean boraditebele, ho akarelletsa le ka nako eo Krrish Thamsanqa Dube le Ishmaele Kuckocha, ka sponsoring hore ba ntšetsa pele koetliso ea bona e le mesebetsi USA. Leha ho le joalo, ho sa tsotellehe seo e se le lumela ho ba eona boiteko bo etsoang, Tau Heart Boxing Productions o bile e fokolang haholo katlego ya eona Zim Project 'me o na fokolang kapa ho ho bontša tsa lona Herculean boiteko ba ho thusa tsoelo-pele Boxing Zimbabwe.

Boxing turnira Zimbabwe hore Lion Heart tšehelitsoe ne ke sa fihlella a lakatsa dipholo tsa matlotlo di. Ka ho eketsehileng, tse fapa-fapaneng ba moo ba buellang le Zimbabwean balekane ba (tse ling ntle ho Gilbert Munetsi) that Lion Heart Boxing Productions had contracted with over the years had turned out to be unreliable and unproductive. Many of local promoters and partners promised much and delivered little. Ka ho eketsehileng, the Zimbabwe Boxing Board would not approve the signing of any of the fighters that Lion Heart had interest in the 2000’s. Morao ka ho fetisisa, Tau Heart ile a lumela ho thusa nyenyane tsa moo, a ntsetsa pele, Delta Force ho phahamiswa, with an event he planned by securing the event’s purse money and depositing same with the Boxing Board. The local Promoter, leha ho le joalo, was unable to organize the event to the Board’s satisfaction. After that experience, Tau Heart qetellong qeto e tiileng 2014 to give up on its Zim Project. Leha ho le joalo, Tau Heart ne a kholisehile ka Chit Town thehiloeng mongoli le pele e neng e ZBB Board Member Gilbert Munetsi ho phehella a eona a Zim o leka le le 'ne le sebetsa Zim Project.

E re khampani CFO Edward Mendy, “Ho bua 'nete, equal credit for our perseverance on the Zim Project should go to Gilbert Munetsi and I. But for our continued pleading and my obstinacy in the face of adversity, Tau Heart ne e tla ba nako e telele fediswa eona foray ka Zimbabwe Boxing.”

Meter Mendy, “Ka mor'a hore lilemo tse fetang leshome ea ho sebetsa ntle ho katleho ba rona Zim Project, rōna ho hloka a katleho nakong ea ho leka ho ho saena tse fapa-fapaneng Zim boraditebele ba tlisetsa USA a 2004-2005, ea fiasco le Cox Chigwana a 2013 le rona tsa morao tjena boa ka ba atleha boiteko ba ho thusa Clyde Musonda le ba hae ba Delta Boxing Productions fumana ba bona ba ketsahalo ea ka mabaka a a 2013-14, ho hang re tlameha ho tobana le ntho ea sebele Zimbabwe ke ke hore re. Our trials and tribulations in Zimbabwe are well-documented, covered in great part by the Zim media and well-known to members of the current Board. While I am not one to give up easily, I learnt a long time ago that there is really no sound business reason for force a promotion in a jurisdiction with an unfriendly board. This is very unfortunate considering the scale of the proposed May event, eona bokgoni ba ho jumpstart Boxing Zimbabwe le ho sebeletsa e le koloi e bolokehileng Sports Tourism, le cheseho tse ling tse ba nang le seabo le ba baholo mosebetsi o ne o se a ntse a kenya Zim Project.”

Ka Lion Heart Boxing ho phahamiswa (ea Promoter)

Tau Heart Boxing Productions e lefatshe ka bophara Boxing Promoter le Sports Entertainment Company thehiloeng ka US. Khampani ile ha thehoa a 2001 bakeng sa eena feela morero oa ho fana ka holimo boleng moodle moodle moodle le phahameng ka ho fetisisa boithabiso boleng le o khothalletsa papading ya ditebele tsa liketsahalo tse tse 'ne lik'honthinenteng. The Company ka potlako e sebelelitseng a tsebahala e le e tlhahisong ea high quality go lintoa le e hantle a hlompha tsa lona e se nang leeme ea bahlabani le boinehelo ho bahlabani’ litokelo tsa.

Tau Heart Boxing Productions o bile le e mong oa eona litsiea bakeng sa kgwebo boikarabelo e thahasella ka ho khethehileng ho thusa ho ntshetsa pele ya dipapadi ea ditebele Africa. Thahasello ena eo batho ile sa etsa e ho ntshetsa pele ditebele Zimbabwe le halofo e dozen Borwa linaheng, tsohle ka a sa tšoaneng ka tekanyo e katleho.

Mokhoa Oa Puisano

Se eketsehileng ka Lion Heart Boxing Productions, Ltd., Labone Bosiu ho loana ka @ Yas Island, kapa Labone Bosiu ho loana ka letoto, ka kōpo bitsa Edward B. Mendy, Ka sehloohong Financial Mohlanka ya, ka +973-650-9721 kapa ho ngola yena kaebmendy@gmail.com kapa 11 Eric Drive, Kinnelon, NJ 07405.