Twelve months after the prizefighting comes to an end for the year 2025, with it comes the Sowetan Awards for those individuals who stood out among others.
Malajika is an obvious pic. The IBO junior bantamweight champion, who did not only chalk up two successful defences, four in total, but went down a weight division and dethroned IBO flyweight holder Jackson M3' Chauke via a second-round knockout.
Human beings are wired for transformation. Perhaps our most extraordinary quality as a species is the ability to learn and adapt to nearly any situation.
