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July 29th 2010

One suspects that Golden Gloves Promoter Rodney Berman seldom sported a broader smile than after his “RISING STARS” Box & Dine event at Emperors Palace on Wednesday night

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July 26th 2010

Wednesday night’s RISING STARS Box & Dine event at Emperors Palace is sure to serve up a feast of action as the likes of Tshifhiwa “The Atomic Spider” Munyai, Johnny “Hurricane” Muller and Flo “The Demolition Man” Simba enter the ring to stake a berth on the Golden Gloves Promotions fistic extravaganza at the same

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July 26th 2010

Golden Gloves Promoter Rodney Berman and Mdantsane fight maestro Mzi Mnguni are to renew the successful working relationship they had during the 1990’s during the heady days of world champions like Vuyani Bungu, Mbulelo Botile, Hawk Makepula, Zolani Petelo and Welcome Ncita! This was announced by Berman after recent talks between the two

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July 26th 2010

While very few boxers actually ‘hate’ each their rivals, there’s no denying the fact that Joe Frazier’s words regarding his nemesis Muhammad Ali aptly apply to most “grudge” encounters. Asked if he really hated the self proclaimed Greatest, the phlegmatic Frazier broadly grinned before replying,

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July 23rd 2010

Amidst the cordial atmosphere of a press conference to announce next Wednesday’s “RISING STARS” tournament at Emperors Palace, emotions suddenly erupted after a fiery exchange of words between two fighters who only attended the function as interested guests

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July 20th 2010

Golden Gloves Promoter Rodney Berman has now promoted or co-promoted a mammoth 221 world championship bouts since entering the field of professional boxing back in 1977! “It seems like yesterday that we staged the Charlie Weir versus Davey Moore WBA junior middleweight title bout at Ellis Park” said Berman,

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July 19th 2010

Embattled light heavyweight drawcard Jared “The Storm” Lovett may still be twelve months away from resuming his career, after being slapped with a two-year ban for steroids, but the charismatic Southern Suburbs fighter is still as confident as ever

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July 19th 2010

Promoter Rodney Berman is aiming to market his IBO world junior flyweight champion Hekkie “The Hexecutioner” Budler (16-0, with 5 stoppages) aggressively in America over the next twelve months in order to underline the West Rand fighter’s prowess as an internationally class performer

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July 15th 2010

Three-time international champion Tommy “Tommy Gun” Oosthuizen (11-0, with 8 knockouts) may still be in the process of recovering from a recent motor vehicle accident, ahead of challenging Isaac “Golden Boy” Chilemba (15-0, with 8 knockouts) for the latter’s IBO world super middleweight title at Emperors Palace

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July 15th 2010

South Africa’s WBA International bantamweight champion Tshifhiwa “Atomic Spider” Munyai will be fighting Prosper Ankrah over a slated 10 rounds on the Golden Gloves Promotions “RISING STARS” bill at Emperors Palace on July

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