Rodney Berman<\/a> moved swiftly and told us that Kuse will now defend against Zhu in China on November 28,\u201d said Mitchell.<\/p>\n\u201cI am bringing my world title back \u2014 no matter what.\u201d \u2014 Siyakholwa \u201cOne Way\u201d Kuse<\/p>\n
The fight will be televised live by SuperSport.<\/p>\n
Kuse, 23, won the prestigious minimum weight belt from Filipino Melvin \u201cEl Gringo\u201d Jerusalem at Emperors Palace on May 16. <\/p>\n
The first WBC world champ from Mdantsane said: \u201cI am happy that I will be able to defend it the same year I won it. I must prove to myself that I am a worthy world champion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am bringing my world title back \u2014 no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in New York in 2009 for his stellar career, which included 12 successful defences of the WBA junior-lightweight belt, Mitchell said Ricardo \u201cMagic Man\u201d Malajika\u2019s fight in Japan for the vacant WBC junior-bantamweight belt on September 27 is still on.<\/p>\n
On that date in 1988, Mitchell won the WBA and The Ring junior-lightweight world titles by a 10th-round stoppage of defending champion Alfredo \u201cPreciso\u201d Layne of Panama at Sun City.<\/p>\n
Malajika \u2014 the reigning IBO junior-bantamweight champ, who is rated No 2 by the WBC in that weight class \u2014 will take on the No 1 contender, Tsuboi \u201cTrickster\u201d Tomoya of Japan.<\/p>\n
Tomoya, 30, has three wins, two by stoppages, and a no contest. <\/p>\n
He is rated No 1 by the WBO, No 3 by the WBA, No 5 by the IBF, and No 6 by The Ring magazine.<\/p>\n
Kuse and Malajika are both trained by Manny Fernandes at the Brian Mitchell Boxing Academy in Edenvale.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, we are excited that both our guys will fight on the same card,\u201d said Mitchell, whose first world boxing champion was Namibian Harry \u201cThe Terminator\u201d Simon, who won the WBO junior-middleweight belt from Ronald \u201cWinky\u201d Wright of the US at the Carousel Casino in Hammanskraal on August 22 1988.<\/p>\n
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