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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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In an exciting twist for Tommy “Gun” Oosthuizen, promoters Rodney Berman and Lou Di Bella have pulled him off the February 11 card in the United States in favour of topping a ShoBox bill, also in the US, in April. While there was delight that Oosthuizen would feature on the undercard of the Victor Ortiz-Andre
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As Christmas tidings go, Tommy Oosthuizen could not have asked for much more. This follows promoter Rodney Berman receiving confirmation that he will appear on the undercard of one of the biggest fights of 2012 – the February 11 rematch between Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Promoter Lou
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Tommy Oosthuizen’s stocks continue to rise. The IBO super-middleweight champion, fresh off a successful title defence against Francisco Sierra, got official word this week that Di Bella Promotions, Golden Gloves’ partners, are pushing for him to appear on the undercard of Andre Berto-Victor Ortiz II in Las Vegas on February 11. “They recognise that Tommy
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While Francisco Sierra was distraught at the fight stoppage against Tommy Oosthuizen, promoter Rodney Berman has no doubt the ending was spot-on. “Sierra went into the 11th round with one outside chance of victory – and that is a KO of Tommy. He did not win a round. He was taking a terrible pounding in
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Tommy Oosthuizen delivered in emphatic style on Wednesday night as he crushed the challenge of rugged Mexican Francisco Sierra in defence of his IBO super-middleweight championship at Emperors Palace. In a career-best performance, Oosthuizen delivered the coup de grace in the 11th round, a booming left hand stunning Sierra enough to convince referee Andile Matika
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Tommy Oosthuizen has always been the consummate professional. On Wednesday he will need to produce another first rate performance to ensure his career follows its upward trajectory. Indeed, the rewards could be huge. In a frank exchange with Golden Gloves promoter Rodney Berman last week, American counterpart Lou Di Bella said that the time had
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The final SA boxing extravaganza of the year will feature IBO super-middleweight champion Tommy Oosthuizen making the third defence of his title against dangerous Francisco Sierra at Emperors Palace on Wednesday night. The “Grand Slam” tournament will be broadcast live on SuperSport 4 from 8pm. The champion has enjoyed an outstanding year with three wins
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Rodney Berman says that plans for Tommy Oosthuizen in the US are “mind-boggling”, lending an even greater weight to his fight next week against Francisco Sierra of Mexico. “Lou Di Bella and I have chatted seriously and he has big plans, especially as world boxing is crying out for new stars. A loss at this
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Simba-Bruwer hotting up
I like the way issac fights I still think that fight with tomy wasn't a draw to me isac won ...
Simba-Bruwer hotting up
Ruben, im not disputing your skills or ability to pull a crowd. I enjoy your fights because you give 100% ...
Simba-Bruwer hotting up
Let's let the man fight and see wat his got let's all keep quiet and let him do the talkin ...