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Golden Gloves Promoter Rodney Berman sees his Class of 2010 as a turning point in the expansion of his Company’s growing empire. “We’re witnessing a really exciting time in South African boxing” said Berman, “and one in which the likes of Isaac “The Golden Boy” Chilemba, Hekkie “The Hexecutioner” Budler, Tommy “Tommy Gun” Oosthuizen, Flo “The Demolition Man” Simba, Tshifhiwa “The Atomic Spider” Munyai, Johnny “Hurricane” Muller and Gideon Buthelezi, will establish the trend for the forseeable future. Moreover in July next year the embattled Jared “The Storm” Lovett will be back in action after a lengthy layoff and our long range prognosis is enviable to say the very least.
Naturally the CEO of GGP hasn’t for one moment forgotten some of his emerging starlets such as Joey Stiglingh, Chaz Wasserman and Bongani Dlamini, nor an established warrior in IBO welterweight king Lovemore Ndou and while most of Berman’s upper crust are still in the developing stages of their careers, he predicts that the future has never been brighter.
“Fighters come and go and because we’ve been promoting since the mid-1970′s it’s understandable that GGP has come to compromise with the inevitable. Yet having said that, our current class of boxers (2010) are as exciting as any crop of fighters we’ve ever produced and there are a few who we’ve rubber-stamped for international glory”.
June 28, 2010 at 10:40 am, Britt said:
what about Thabiso Mchunu ?
June 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm, Terry Pettifer said:
Because of various reasons the talented Mchunu will not be promoted by GGP anytime soon.
June 28, 2010 at 9:11 pm, Patsy said:
Hi Terry
Sorry you left out one name that should be in that article.
Jason the BADMAN Bedeman, he shold be in the class of 2010 as well.
Just a thought.
June 29, 2010 at 7:51 am, Suzy said:
How about this…
Johnny Muller Vs Thabiso Mchunu for the IBO Youth title, Flo simba VS Bull Muravha, Grant F
June 29, 2010 at 7:52 am, Luke said:
What about “The Fireball” ?
June 29, 2010 at 8:00 am, Fight Fan said:
And what about the talented Fourie ????
June 29, 2010 at 8:15 am, Suzy said:
How about this…
Johnny Muller VS Thabiso Mchunu IBO Youth Title, Flo Simba VS Bull Muravha, Daniel Bruwer VS Jarred Lovett,
June 29, 2010 at 8:18 am, Suzy said:
How about this…
Johnny Muller VS Thabiso Mchunu IBO Youth Title, Flo simba VS Bull Muravha, Daniel Bruwer VS Jarred Lovett, Jason Bedeman VS Joey Stigling, Morne Bothma VS Hekkie Budler, Grant Fourie VS Kyle Bothma, Tommy Oosthuizen VS William Gare?????????
June 29, 2010 at 9:22 am, Britt said:
Good match making Suzy but I could think the Thomas/Gare fight will happen or the Jared/Daniel; because Daniel fights for Nick and reasons being GGP does not work with Nick. uhm Jason And Joey great match making indeed. And then Morne vs. Hex I’m afraid I’m going to call it a miss match.
June 29, 2010 at 10:12 am, Jono B said:
Hi Suzy
That is funny stuff, Joey VS Jason that will be such a miss match.
Come on Joey is a points boxer and the BADMAN is power puncher.
I think Jason likes Joey too much to hit him.
June 29, 2010 at 11:04 am, Suzy said:
Thanks Britt for the info on the fight why do you think the Gare/oosthuizen fight and morne/budler and what do you think about Fourie/kyle fight?
June 29, 2010 at 11:21 am, Britt said:
Personally I’ve motioned this Gare/Oosthuizen fight and I’ve spoke to Thomas about it and he’ll fight Gare any day he’ said, But I think Gare will come short Thomas really can punch, and I don’t think Gare can handle a Tommy left hook express. Like I said Morne very cool guy, but he needs grooming and still needs to be fed be for he walks in to the ring with the boxing teenage HEX. Kyle/Fourie well I don’t know hey the Primrose Fireball has lots of potential, to out point and outclass Kyle. But hey anything can go any way in the beautiful game of boxing. God bless.
June 29, 2010 at 11:24 am, Barry said:
Hi Suzy, i like the way you think…
But i also have to agree with Britt, the Morne/Hekkie fight, complete miss match and also i think they trained by the same trainer, the Fourie/Bothma fight i think would be a good one though!
June 29, 2010 at 11:27 am, Sonny said:
I think Grant Fourie/Kyle Bothma would be a good fight! i agree Suzy, When is Fourie in action again Terry?
June 29, 2010 at 11:29 am, MIke said:
Nice match making I like your style suzy!! I see 3 very explosive fights Mhunu Vs Muller, oosthuizen vs gare and budler vs bothma great fights I think.
June 29, 2010 at 11:51 am, britt said:
Spell error. Mentioned
June 29, 2010 at 2:21 pm, south-hills b/c said:
flo simba sal enige heavy weight aan vat,wat in sy pad kom
June 30, 2010 at 1:20 pm, Chynna ( #1 Fan) said:
I also think THE BADMAN should be in that article!
June 30, 2010 at 3:16 pm, The Fan of The Badman said:
Agreed the Badman should be mentioned!
June 30, 2010 at 8:20 pm, "Uppercut" said:
Do not go and waist Tommy gun time with William Gare.They don’t even belong in the same bill,not to mention the same ring.I think the fight between Johnny and Thabiso Will be a good one.If fights like this happens GGP have to give Suzy a Job as a match maker.Only joking Mr “T”.Some of the fights do look good on paper,but in the ring a other story.Keep it coming Suzy I like your style.
July 01, 2010 at 7:47 am, Suzy said:
Thanks “Uppercut”, what do you think about Jason Bedeman VS Joey Stigling, Morne Bothma VS Hekkie Budler and Flo vs Bull??
July 01, 2010 at 7:53 am, Gideon said:
Hi,
Man i like this website, good matchmaking Suzy to be honest there is a few great fights you put on there, here is my predictions:
Mchubu Will beat Muller on points, Flo will knock Bull out in the later rounds, Bruwer will beat Lovett on points, Jason will Knock Joey out, Morne will win hekkie on points, Fourie Will win Kyle points and tommy will knock Gare out!
July 01, 2010 at 8:45 am, "Uppercut" said:
Well Susy ,Jason VS Joey,hard one to call.Both of them can punch,but neither of them can handle a punch.Morne VS Hekkie,after Hekkie last fight I have to go whit him ,The kid got a lot of guts.Flo VS bull.Flo got a lot to learn but I’ll still put my money on him.Thats if Bull don’t land to many of his big punches .
July 01, 2010 at 10:08 am, Jono B said:
Hi Susy
One thing is that your match making is off.
Reason why I say so is that, Joey is a Supper Featherweight and his rating is “10 “in the country.
Jason is a Lightweight and his rating is “4″ in the country and now on Boxrec “98″ in the World.
He has two Titles in a space of less than one year apart, now that is a Champion.
July 01, 2010 at 3:27 pm, Chynna ( #1 Fan) said:
I disagree Uppercut! You obviously didn’t watch the recent fight where THE BADMAN knocked Dlamini out. He can most certainly handle a punch.
July 01, 2010 at 5:08 pm, Britt said:
“Chynna” I think if you knew who “Uppercut” is, you won’t argue with him , he knows he’s boxing believe me someone who fought Sakio Bika,Lucian Bute,Mikkel Kessler, that my friend is an credit to the sport. I agree with you Uppercut, you’re a veteran.
July 01, 2010 at 7:00 pm, "Uppercut" said:
Britt thank you for the kind words but lets keep the comments coming.Chynna ,I did watch the recent fights.Dlamini did not laid a hand on Jason,because he fought the wrong fight.You can’t stand toe to toe with a fighter if you are a boxer.I hope Dlamini learned a lesson.You can’t go out and try to keep the promise you trainer made(Dlamini will knock Jason out in two rounds)that was the promise,he is not the one taking the punches.Trainers should’t make promises like that and put there boxers under pressure.
July 01, 2010 at 7:58 pm, Terry Pettifer said:
Patsy the fiery Jason was in the article but so were the “gremlins”. If you would like an update on our plans for the Badman please try reading the daily newzsapers.
July 01, 2010 at 8:04 pm, "Uppercut" said:
Britt,you asked about Thabiso Mchunu .Good boxer ,great fighter,but he must watch out for Johnny and Daniel Bruwer ,now thats two boxers that means a lot in the cruiser weight division.
July 02, 2010 at 1:28 pm, fight fan said:
Morne and Budler ar not in the same weight devision. This fight can not happen.
July 02, 2010 at 1:39 pm, fight mad said:
Needless to say Budler will outclass him. Has done a few times in his amature days.
But I believe these two boys are friends so this will not happen.
July 02, 2010 at 7:38 pm, MIke said:
Hi “fight fan”,
I am sure that if bothma and budler wants to fight they will be able to make it happen maybe meet in a catchweight fight or bothma can pull the weight…
July 04, 2010 at 6:57 pm, "Uppercut" said:
You people must understand all fights are possible ,you don’t have to be in the same weight.These guys are 3 to 4 kg different,if the money and publicity are right they will fight
July 05, 2010 at 7:59 am, Gideon said:
I would love to see this Budler/Bothma fight, i completeley agree with you “UPPERCUT” ANY fight can happen!
July 05, 2010 at 8:05 am, Suzy said:
Hi,
Jono B this fight can most definitley happen as it will be very easy for Joey to put some weight on, it is just an suggestion it doesn’t mean they have to fight i personally think this will be quite a good fight as they are both unbeaten, as for the Budler/Bothma fight i personally think that this will be a good fight as both boys has heart and will never EVER give up lets make this happen!
July 05, 2010 at 9:21 am, pete moscardi said:
What on earth is this nonsensical talk of matching Morne Bothma with Hekkie Budler? Who is Morne Bothma anyway and what has he done to even merit a mention in the same breath as Hekkie? Get real guys. Hekkie is an IBO champion and his future opponents will come from international rankings and not from local prelim fighters.
July 05, 2010 at 9:43 am, Britt said:
Amen Pete!
July 06, 2010 at 7:44 am, Suzy said:
i would love to see it no matter what!!
July 06, 2010 at 4:20 pm, Billy-south-hills said:
TO ALL THAT THINK THAT MORNE BOTHMA CAN TAKE ON HEKKIE BUDLER MAKING A BIG MISTAKE BECAUSE THEY IN 2 DIFF WEIGHT DIV’S, MORNE IS NOT IN HEKKIES CLASS DIV.THAT WILL BE MORNE LAST FIGHT IF THAT HAPPENS
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July 07, 2010 at 7:39 am, Billy-south-hills said:
SUZY,
HEKKIE& MORNE IS FROM THE SAME TRAINIG CAMP UNDER COLLIN NATHAN,AND THEY ARE GOOD FRIENDS.
BUT I WILL LIKE TO SEE THE FIGHT. THEY DID FIGHT IT OTHER IN AMATEURS LONG TIME AGO
July 07, 2010 at 12:20 pm, fight mad said:
Firstly Pete Moscardi you are defnately more qualified than some of these matchmakers on this website. Suzy and Gideon firstly Morne will have to loose between 16 and 20 kg to even
be able to get into the ring with Budler.
Budler boxed Bothma in amature fights at least 4 times and each time he beat Bothma.
Bothma will need to get in the ring with a few of Budler’s opponets first and establish some kind of name for himself before any one will let him in the ring with Budler. Alternatively
visit Hotbox gym and you can maybe catch the two sparring. Then you can decide.
July 08, 2010 at 7:45 am, Gideon said:
Hi “Fightmad”,
It seems like you know EVERYTHING unless you are Bothma’s trainer I don’t believe you, I would love to go and see them sparring, where can i go and when???
July 08, 2010 at 7:52 am, Suzy said:
Hi,
“Fightmad” amateur boxing and professional boxing is very different from each other, i would love to go and see them sparring, and Fightmad we are trying to make this website more interesting for us readers, we are not trying to bring the boxers down!!!
July 08, 2010 at 7:57 am, Brian said:
And dont take anything away from Bothma, he is a good little boxer, and definalty worth the mention…
July 08, 2010 at 8:10 am, Mike said:
I would love to see them spaaring as well, will we be able to see that???
July 08, 2010 at 11:09 am, fight mad said:
No body is bringing the boxers down. Am am very happy to see that you are trying to make the web page interesting for all readers. But then lets entertain them with common sense not baffel them with Bull.
July 08, 2010 at 3:54 pm, Paul said:
Hi “fightmad”
that will be a good fight it makes perfect sense to me maybe not now in 2 or 3 fight but it will be a good fight!!
July 12, 2010 at 3:46 pm, Gideon said:
Hi Brian,
You are going a bit over board here saying that it will be his last fight! I really want to see them sparring, come on Collyn organise something for us and even though they train at the same gym doesn’t mean they can’t fight????
July 12, 2010 at 3:47 pm, Gideon said:
Sorry Brian not you it was meant for Billy
July 13, 2010 at 7:46 am, Amanda said:
Hi Guys,
Will we be able to see them sparring collin??
July 14, 2010 at 11:52 am, fan of boxing said:
Come on guys it time you asked Morne if he will fight Budler. I do not think he will stand more that 3 rounds against him. But let it happen maybe we can make some money from this fight. Suzy any more good ideas.
For now my money is on Budler and Oosthuizen.
And get Kyle away from his dad put him with a decent trainer he might give Grant a hiding.
July 14, 2010 at 1:38 pm, flo simba-fan *do it right* said:
Hi fan of boxing
Morne must drop alot of weight if he want to fight budler, yes kyle bothma must leaf his old dad and make like Johnny Muller and go to Harold.
July 14, 2010 at 4:49 pm, Amanda said:
Hi Guys,
He has to drop weight but come on to stand a chance of winning Budler surely he will be able to drop the weight i say this will be one brilliant fight.
July 14, 2010 at 4:53 pm, Mike said:
Hi,
I agree with you “fan of boxing” let’s make this Bothma/Budler happen… this will be explosive while it lasts as i read in the paper today “Friends” in Boxing is never really friends they might be friends now but give them the opportunity to fight and all respect flies out of the window this is what we want to see guys a GRUDGE fight!!!!!
July 21, 2010 at 7:16 am, flo simba-fan *do it right* said:
HI AMANDA
LET MORNE FIRST TAKE ON GIDEON BUTHELEZI, THEN TRY HEKKIE,THAT WILL BE A WARM-UP FIGHT TO SEE IF HE CAN TAKE ON “HEKKIE”
July 22, 2010 at 5:03 pm, the real fight fan said:
Morne is a sweet boy but win Hekkie not possible,Hekkie has beaten him many times as a amature and even now Hekkie will still beat him.Amanda I know Morne is your son and a mother will back her kid but I recon it will be such a mis match and that fight won’t happen.Morne will have to get alot of experience to win Hekkie just remember rounds count and Hekkie is so fit and has the confidence to beat anyone anytime in his weight division.But maybe in the distant distant future……..but only time will tell.
July 23, 2010 at 7:42 am, Amanda said:
Hi “The Real Fight Fan”,
Haha i think your making a small mistake, i am not morne’s mother at all, to be completeley honest i don’t even know him, iv’e seen him box twice. And i didn’t say he will win Hekkie i said to stand a chance of winning him! I just agree with Suzy that it will be a good fight it’s just my personal view.
July 23, 2010 at 2:45 pm, Boxing mad said:
Amanda both you and Suzy are related to Morne.
You must be how els can you even think he is good enough to get in the ring with Budler.
Budler will stop him and He will never box again thats a promise.
Just a pitty that this can not happen it will realy prove what i am telling you.
July 23, 2010 at 4:19 pm, Amanda said:
Well Boxing Mad,
All i said was that i would love to see the fight i promise you i don’t know him i am not sure about Suzy though but to comment on your comment i really don’t think that he will stop morne at all and i would still love to see that fight i don’t really care what you think!!!!
April 17, 2011 at 9:02 pm, Diamonds said:
Bling Bling.