Colin Nathan cries foul over poor running of boxing in South Africa

The new board will be announced next month, with the current board having had a lot of administrative bungles in the past few months, including the latest developments of R12 million irregular spending in the past year, which was flagged by the Auditor General.

Speaking to SABC Sport at his Hotbox Gym last week, Nathan says BSA is lacking administratively.

"I was on a radio show last night where Gregory Clark [former South African middleweight champion] was being interviewed and said, he went up to the [BSA] acting CEO and started speaking to him, but the acting CEO had no idea who he was," noted Nathan.

"So, I'm going to answer you with a question. Do you think it's adequate for our boxing, and our former champions, where the acting CEO doesn't know ex-champions?

"We need boxing people, we don't need politicians. It's a sport, it's not politics. And if you look at this year alone, administratively, you've got to question what's been going on.

"Licensees haven't had their licenses processed because they didn't attend assessments – who were those assessments run by? I mean, you've got to scratch your head, roll your eyes and think, 'Really!?'

"So, you talk about fighters being talented, and yes we do [have], but administratively it is just lacking. I mean, it's really, really lacking."

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The current board, chaired by Luthando Jack with the Acting CEO Eric Sithole, is winding up their business ahead of the new board appointments next month. 

In the latest BSA financials, traveling costs have risen to R5.5 million from R1.23 million the previous year, bringing more questions for the outgoing board.

Nathan has got nothing positive to say about their tenure and accuses them of not caring for the boxers.

"Again, it's run politically, it's not run by sports [people]. Boxing, unfortunately, is run politically in this country at the moment, and that needs to change," he added.

"We need sporting people who genuinely care about the fighters, and I have to say right now that, if you look at the current system, they don't care about fighters.

"How many tournaments have been cancelled this year? Why? Because there's no funding, there's no money in the bank."