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When Florante Contes fell out of a tree in the Philippines, as he claimed he did this week, the impact on Golden Gloves’ March 3 tournament at Emperors Palace was significant. Contes’ unavailability for his IBO title challenge against Hekkie Budler put a spanner in the works and forced a frantic runaround by Golden Gloves.
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Some very disparaging remarks have recently been made on the website. I repeat: this website is there for boxing enthusiasts and for meaningful dialogue. While opinions that differ from ours are welcome, I will not tolerate that kind of thing. I would rather that this calibre of person does not participate on this website. If these libellous
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Not content with crowning one of the continent’s best cruiserweights, Rodney Berman has now set his sights firmly on the lightweights. A flurry of interest from countries throughout Africa, not to mention the good quality of lightweights that abound, has convinced him to expand Golden Gloves’ tentacles. “If you look at the ABU rankings, the
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You can always trust boxing to deliver. It has only been a couple of weeks since I announced the Super Eight concept and the uptake has been enormous – everyone wants in and the fans are excited. It proves the adage that when you have something out of the ordinary, no other sport can match
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It was Winston Churchill who spoke of Russia as a riddle wrapped in an enigma. Now, local boxing has its own curious riddle after the discovery of a mysterious Old Buck belt by Rodney Berman last month. Berman, who famously collects memorabilia, was drawn to a fellow collector in Simonstown who claimed he owned the
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Tommy Gun replaces unlucky Hekkie
Dilo, Budler is being protected. There are a dozen boys down in the Eastern Cape just waiting to get there ...
Tommy Gun replaces unlucky Hekkie
Does any one know the full bill on the 3 of March? Tommy will do what he does best that is ...
Tommy Gun replaces unlucky Hekkie
I THINK DANIEL WILL HAVE TO MUCH EXPERIENCE FOR FLO ,GONNA BE A GOOD ONE,THANK YOU MR BERMAN