something for Eastman and Hatton

[Old bones Ian]

Maybe Hatton and Eastman should try this to help them win.

Nairobi: A Congolese boxer has been accused of using black magic to overpower his opponent and weaken the referee during a grudge match in Zambia.

Lubandi Mamba Mulozi, a champion fighter from the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, walked into the ring covered in white powder and carrying charms, after having boasted that he "will beat Nkandu (his opponent) and carry his wife with me to Congo so that I can display her as a trophy of my victory".

His opponent, Willie Nkandu, complained that each time Mulozi swung a cloth, he fell over.

He described feeling overpowered before a single blow had been struck, and added: "Every time I turned, I felt something hitting me, like sand."

The fight was finally stopped when a referee collapsed and had to be carried from the ring.

The Zambian officials who stopped the fight said: "It is believed that magic was used - we are supposed to protect life."

But Mulozi insisted he had not used any black magic, only "his own powers" and demanded a rematch to give him a chance to avenge his brother, who broke his collar bone in a boxing match against Nkandu in 1996.


Before the fight, Mulozi had said he wanted to bring a coffin to Zambia to take Nkandu's body home in after the fight, but could not find a way to carry it from the Congo to Zambia.

The crowd accused both fighters and the referee of having fixed the whole game.

Accusations of black magic are common in west and southern Africa, and pop up frequently in the world of sports.

A South African boxer Mpho "Silverfox" Tshiambara fell out with his promoter Rob Mcleod after he accused him of relying on black magic or muthi while in the ring. McLeod had said that Tshiambara used to call his muthi man on a cellphone before each fight and would often begin vomiting if the magic had gone wrong.

[Phenomenal-Nutrition]

That was what happened to Wlad Klitchko then