South Africa’s sportsman of the year enjoys his second round on top of the world ring
Durandt’s record in South African boxing is unmatched, having produced 95 champions.
A photo of Nick Durandt holding a boxing mitt and Muhammad Ali delivering a mock blow occupies pride of place in the gym of one of SA’s top trainers.
South Africa’s highest-rated boxer, Silence Mabuza, silenced raging Argentinean tornado Damien Marchiano to retain his IBO world bantamweight title with a rousing fifth-round TKO win on Saturday night. Although relatively slightly built, even for the bantamweight division, Marchiano performed more like a raging bull from the Pampas at the opening bell.
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/ 5 February 2008
South African heavyweight boxing champion Osborne ”Big Daddy” Machimana (29) can go on to win a world heavyweight title. So says Golden Gloves promoter Rodney Berman after the giant from Limpopo smashed former two-time world champion Corrie Sanders to the canvas for the full count on Saturday night at Emperors Palace.
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/ 4 February 2008
Silence Mabuza showed why he is considered to be South Africa’s finest pound-for-pound boxer, when he halted a game but outclassed Eden Sonsona in the eighth round of their IBO world bantamweight title bout at Emperors Palace on Saturday night.
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/ 20 November 2007
Two of the country’s best heavyweights, Corrie Sanders and Osborne Machimana, will clash at Emperors Palace on February 2 next year, it was announced by promoter Rodney Berman on Tuesday. The tantalising showdown for Machimana’s South African heavyweight title will head a boxing extravaganza.
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/ 13 November 2007
Thomas ”Merciless” Mashaba showed no mercy to retain his IBO world featherweight title with a ninth-round tko victory over the United States’s two-time former champion Eric Aiken on the Lords of the Ring boxing bill at Emperors Palace on Monday night. Also, Cassius Baloyi gained a narrow revenge victory over Gairy St Clair.