{"id":386071,"date":"2025-11-22T12:29:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=386071"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:29:24","slug":"ninja-in-icu-after-defeating-bulelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=386071","title":{"rendered":"Ninja in ICU after defeating Bulelo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAULUS Shimweefeneni \u201cNinja\u201d, a former notorious gang leader who was released from prison last year after serving a 25-year sentence, is in the Intensive Care Unit of Ongwediva Medipark following an exhibition boxing bout on Friday in which he defeated well-known boxer and head of an Ondangwa-based boxing academy, Hedison Nghipondoka \u201cBulelo\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ninja was declared the winner by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two months ago, Bulelo predicted that any fight between himself and Ninja would end with his opponent\u2019s hospitalisation. \u201cHe will leave the ring in an ambulance,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ninja defeated Bulelo and did not leave the ring in an ambulance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he was eventually taken to hospital and admitted to the ICU. 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