FRIDAY, 9.00AM:
THREE big matches have been scheduled for veteran South African heavyweight boxers over the next few weeks.
Former WBA champion Gerrie Coetzee hits the comeback trail when he faces ex-WBC middleweight champion Iran “Oh No” Barkley in California on June 8. Johnnie Du Plooy will fight Benjamin Manyube in Durban on June 15. Mike Bernado will take part in the world kickboxing championships in Switzerland on June 7.
SA welterweight champion Peter Malinga’s match against Italian Alessandro Duran has been put back a week to June 19, as Duran is getting married.