Golden Gloves

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

Flo Simba’s career ambitions have taken a dramatic detour with the revelation that he will campaign as a cruiserweight from now on. “Yes, it’s true,” said Golden Gloves’ Rodney Berman in response to speculation that Simba would step down a division in order to prolong his career. Simba lost his two most recent fights in

It’s the last chance saloon for Flo Simba. Promoter Rodney Berman and manager Brian Mitchell this week acquiesced to his request to continue fighting – but on their terms. The heavyweight won’t fight this year, not only because he needs to rest, but because of the mandatory 90-day suspension that kicked in after his shock

Now that the hysteria has died down, Rodney Berman has decided to rest Flo Simba rather than dump him from the Golden Gloves stable following his catastrophic stoppage defeat to Danie Venter at the weekend. “He’s part of the Golden Gloves family and we don’t work that way,” said Berman, who nonetheless feels that a

The lights went down on a promising career on Saturday night as Flo Simba was destroyed in just under two minutes by unheralded Danie Venter. What should have been a routine assignment for the heavy-handed Simba turned into a nightmare from which he may never recover. He wobbled with the very first flurry of punches

There are five compelling bouts on the Thunderbolt undercard at Emperors Palace on Monday night, but almost all the focus will be on Flo Simba in the headline fight. Simba had enjoyed a charmed ride in the heayweight division until running into Fransie Botha a few months ago. It was a bump on the road