Emperor's Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa - Flo Simba (12-2, 10KOs), the one-time “golden boy” prospect of the heavyweight division – until suffering shattering successive knock-out defeats – made his debut in the lower cruiserweight division and gave an encouraging, if not spectacular display while clearly beating journeyman Daniel Bruwer (22-4) on points.

The judges gave the 10-round verdict to the popular Simba by 98-92, 97-93 and 99-91 margins and this more or less reflected his superiority against an opponenet who fought only in spurts.

For all this, Simba suffered a continual bloodied nose from the early rounds and the question marks against his ability to take a punch came into question at times as Bruwer launched desperate sorties.

Simba disclosed after the fight that he had shed a substantial 7,5kg to make the cruiserweight limit, but felt that had not affected his strength or fitness level.

He will now return on June 16th at the same venue, against Tshepang Mohale (8-4, 7KOs).