Ring-rated strawweight's Siyakholwa Kuse and Joey Canoy will meet in a WBC strawweight title eliminator at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg, South Africa, on March 28.

Kuse gave WBC titlist Melvin Jerusalem all he could handle when he challenged for the title October 29 and has been rewarded for his effort with a title eliminator.

Adding an extra layer of intrigue, both are highly rated by The Ring. Kuse (9-3-1, 4 KOs) sits at No. 4, while Canoy (24-5-2, 15 KOs) is fifth.

In chief support, Roarke Knapp (19-3-1, 14 KOs) and Brandon Thysse (19-4-1, 13 KOs) meet in the final of "Survivor" having won semifinals last year.

This will be the third meeting between the two, who are locked at one win each. Besides the South African junior middleweight national title on the line, the two will be sharing a prize fund of about $73,000, with the winner entitled to 60 percent.

The undercard will be filled out with unbeaten heavyweights Jose Kadima (6-0, 5 KOs) and Ethan Peters (1-0, 1 KO) taking on separate opponents while super middleweight Leo Careri (3-0, 2 KOs) and featherweight Sanele Sogcwayi (4-0, 2 KOs) also seeing action against yet-to-be-determined opponents.

Kuse unsuccessfully challenged for the South African national title in just his fourth fight against Xolisa Magusha, losing a unanimous decision. However, he rebounded to beat Magusha's conqueror, Sibusiso Bandla (KO 5), only to lose the title to Bangile Nyangani by majority decision. In a rematch, Kuse turned the tables on his countryman and regained the title by unanimous decision.

Canoy, a 32-year-old Filipino southpaw, has come up short in South Africa against Hekkie Budler (RTD 7), Nkosinathi Joyi (UD 12) and Nhlanhla Tyirha (UD 10). Sandwiched amongst those road fights was a win over Jerusalem.