Ali Funeka finally returns

South Africa's Ali Funeka (30-3-3, 25 KOs), a former lightweight contender, will return as a junior welterweight on Saturday in Johannesburg for his first fight since a split decision loss to Joan Guzman in March 2010. Funeka was suspended after the fight by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for nine months and fined $35,000 (of his $105,000 purse) for testing positive for a banned substance, the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide. Funeka was eligible to fight months ago, but did not. He will face Zolani Marali (21-4, 13 KOs) on the undercard of a show headlined by a heavyweight fight between faded contenders Francois Botha (48-5-3, 29 KOs), who is from South Africa, and American Michael Grant (47-4, 35 KOs). The card is being carried on pay-per-view in the United States beginning at 2 p.m. ET.