Wishing you all a wonderful 2017 filled with joy and happiness. ‘Thunder & Lightning’ Emperors Palace 4 February 2017 Box & Dine 19H30 Bout Card INTERNATIONAL CRUISERWEIGHT CONTEST 10 ROUNDS Kevin Lerena (SA) vs Vikapita Merora (Namibia) INTERNATIONAL LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CONTEST 10 ROUNDS Ryno Liebenberg (SA) vs Enrico Koelling (Germany) VACANT IBO JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT WORLD […]
GOLDEN GLOVES / SUPERSPORT / EMPERORS PALACE SAMLIN CONSTRUCTION 22 OCTOBER 2016 / 19H30 ORDER OF BOUTS RED BLUE (ENTER FIRST) (ENTER SECOND) 1 STRAWWEIGHT GAUTENG TITLE – 10 ROUNDS NYELASANI THAGAMBEGE vs DEEJAY KRIEL 2 Junior Middleweight – 4 ROUNDS NATHAN HAMMOND vs ZAMEHLO DLUDU 3 WBA PAN […]
GOLDEN GLOVES/EMPERORS PALACE/SUPERSPORT PRESENTS ‘Prospects at the Palace III’ Emperors Palace 24 July 2016 MAIN BOUT BOUT 8 – SA Welterweight Title over 12 Rounds Shaun Ness vs Ayanda Mthembu BOUT 7 – Minimum Flyweight 8 Rounds Deejay Kriel vs Mthobisi Nkosi BOUT 6 – Welterweight 6 Rounds Thulani Mbenge […]
Box And Dine 11TH June 2016 Contact Uncle Jeff @ African Ring ORDER OF BOUTS RED BLUE 1.LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT – 4 ROUNDS FISTON KABAMBA vs CHAZ WASSERMAN 2.IBO MINIMUMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD – 12 ROUNDS […]
Golden Gloves/ Emperors Palace/African Ring Kevin Lerena (SA Cruiserweight Champion) vs Johnny Muller (Challenger) ‘The Brawl for it All’ Date: 24th April 2016 (Sunday afternoon) Venue: Emperors Palace Starting time: 14h00 One thing is for certain amongst die-hard boxing fans, ‘Local is Lekker’. It’s matching two special fighters that will make boxing fans talk. Golden […]
Golden Gloves ‘Supercharged’ countdown has begun! First off is an open house training session at Colin Nathan’s Hot Box gym next Wednesday 24th February. If you have never been to a training session now’s your chance. You have been invited to Meet & Greet the champions. Starting Time 11h30 for 12h00. The Box & Dine […]
Jeff Ellis of African Ring in conjunction with Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves provided plenty of hot action with seven knockouts in eleven fights at the Emperors Palace near Kempton Park on a hot Gauteng Sunday afternoon. In the main bout Deejay Kriel (48.72kg) scored a hard-earned unanimous six round points decision over the gutsy […]
Boxing is the hardest sport in the world. The training is intense and the sparring and preparation for a fight has no boundaries. The Golden Gloves show next Sunday afternoon (7th February) will no doubt bring out the best in the youngsters participating. Non-stop action is expected 10 of the fights are scheduled over 4 […]
Possibly one of the best small-hall promoters in the long history of South African boxing is Jeff Ellis, who has done it all. He has been a boxer, trainer, manager, local and international board representative, and, in the in the latter part of the 1990s, he promoted a series of shows to packed houses at […]
Georges Carpentier nicknamed the “Orchid Man” was possibly the best European fighter of all time and virtually fought in every division, but he is best known for his fight with Jack Dempsey at Boyles Thirty Acres in Jersey City on July 2 1921. Many journalist referred to it as the ‘the match of the century’ […]