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Former IBF welterweight champion Isaac Hlatshwayo will fight Bongo Lipembo on Jeff Ellis’ March 26 tournament at Emperors Palace. This follows the sudden withdrawal of Jason Bedeman, who was slated to face SA junior-lightweight champion Thomas Mokwena. “Jason wasn’t happy with the terms,” explained Rodney Berman, who said he found it strange given that he
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Tommy Oosthuizen went back to school this week. What a treat the more than 500 strong learners from Oosterlig High School in Boksburg were in for. The well-spoken IBO super-middleweight champion was a hit from the time he arrived until his departure. After displaying his hand speed on the pads with trainer Harold Volbrecht, Oosthuizen
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Vitali Klitschko hasn’t lost a fight in nine years. Despite his age (40), he hasn’t come close to doing so either, having rampaged through the heavyweight division with younger brother Wladimir. On Saturday in Germany the big man will step into the ring for the 10th defence of his WBC title against Dereck Chisora, a
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Rodney Berman has upped the stakes ahead of his formal announcement of the Super Eight tournament next week. The event will now also feature a third-place box-off (between the two losing semifinalists) with the fighters sharing R150 000 on a 60-40 split. “I gave it some careful thought,” said Berman. “It simply adds to the
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Top trainer Colin Nathan has many feelings ahead of Joey Stiglingh’s big fight against Sipho Taliwe at Emperors Palace on March 3, but cockiness is not one of them. Nathan has faith in his fighter’s abilities and has never lacked self-assurance, but he concedes that Stiglingh is in “deep water” this time round. “The odds
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Rodney Berman has issued a stark warning to Tommy Oosthuizen ahead of his fourth title defence early next month. “Not only must he win, it must be a command performance,” said the fighter’s promoter. “The super-middleweight division is very fluid right now and Tommy must be in the mix. Remember, he also has a fight
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With a month to go to the first Golden Gloves tournament of 2012, at Emperors Palace on March 3, the focus has shifted to arguably the most intriguing fight on the card: Flo Simba against Daniel Bruwer. While Tommy Oosthuizen’s bout has attracted interest, there is every chance that the Simba-Bruwer eight-rounder could steal the
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Big-time boxing returns to SuperSport this weekend with two separate world championship tournaments on offer. The first, taking place in Germany on Saturday night, will be a rematch between Yoan Pablo Hernandez and Steve Cunningham for the IBF cruiserweight title. The action will be broadcast from 8pm on SuperSport 2. This will be followed on
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Rodney Berman has finalised the cruiserweight Super Eight line-up, but there’s just one problem – he’s not telling anyone. “Wait for the announcement on February 24,” he said before hastening to add that he had made a significant change to the original concept. “My original plans were to make it an all-Africa affair, but a
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Notwithstanding his lifetime career as a boxing promoter, Rodney Berman isn’t a fighting man. However, he is on the warpath this week after becoming victim to a tiresome succession of potshots by Boxing South Africa and the like. Berman is apparently the nameless “monopoly” controlling boxing, the so-called “monopoly” BSA so publicly want to break
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Bedeman backs out, Bongo in
I became a fan of Bedeman on the night he beat Grant Fourie. That was one of the best GGP ...
Bedeman backs out, Bongo in
>Steel Deal, Anton, fight fan, Boxing Mad, Bedfordview fan, Dave, and all the other's, I'm a huge fan of The ...
Bedeman backs out, Bongo in
Dilo you are so one sided it's not funny, how can you even put this young man in the same ...