Professional Boxing Association of Botswana (PBAB) awaits to hear if it will be granted autonomy. In 2019, the association which controls professional boxing in the country wrote a letter to the Ministry of Sport requesting autonomy from the Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC). PBAB president Tsietsi ‘Shakes’ Kebualemang says the request is in line with how the sport is run in other countries. Kebualemang says as a pro-boxing body, being under the subjugation of BNSC has a lot of disadvantages. “PBAB seeks to be autonomous like pro boxing in other countries. The decision was taken after the association realized there were a lot of disadvantages from the affiliation to BNSC,” Kebuwalemang explains.