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Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter
SOUTH Africa-based heavyweight pugilist Elvis “Bulawayo Bomber” Moyo says he will emerge stronger after losing to Brendon Groenewald in an Extreme Fighting Championship Africa title eliminator in Cape Town, South Africa, last week. It was the Bulawayo born-pugilist’s second bill in the mixed martial arts having opened his account in a cage fight with a convincing win against Sors Grobelaar in March.

Moyo yesterday conceded defeat to Groenewald and said he is back at the gym preparing for his next fight.
EFC Africa stages tournaments every six weeks and Moyo is the first Zimbabwean to participate in the growing sport which is dominated by South Africans, Ghanaians, Congolese, Nigerians and a few Egyptians.

“I’m in the EFC to dominate. That defeat was a fluke and what I must do now is to perfect my ground work more. The other thing, EFC must treat fighters fairly and let us beat each other until one gives in or taps down.

“Fights must not be stopped prematurely like what happened to me as I think the referee got it wrong. That call was a huge spoiler because I know I was down but not out at that time,” said Moyo.

The “Bulawayo Bomber” moved to cage fights after a frustrating boxing year which saw him fail to get boxing matches.
He is disappointed that he is out of contention for a title fight.

“I lost a good opportunity to fight for the title but like I said, I will be back and my time will come. I want to conquer cage fight just like I have done in boxing where I am the World Boxing Federation All Africa heavyweight champion.

“Despite this setback, I want to thank my loyal friends, supporters, family, my team from Bronx Gym led by Gert Strydom for having faith in me and I want them to know that this is just a small hump on the road to stardom,” said Moyo.