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DECIDER: Flo 'The Black Panther' Simba, left, and Thabiso 'The Rock' Mchunu will meet in the semifinal of the Super 8 Last Man Standing tournament at the Emperors Palace on September 22. Photo: Yolanda van der Stoep

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Their second clash will be an official semifinal bout of the Super 8 Last Man Standing boxing competition. It will take place at Emperors Palace on September 22.

That is the same date for the collision between Zack "The Black Warrior" Mwekassa and Danie Venter to decide who goes through to the final. Boxing SA said yesterday that the decision given by referee Tony Nyangiwe to Mchunu won't be reversed.

"It still stands on both boxers' fight records," said Boxing SA's director of operations Loyiso Mtya.

"BSA has ordered the two boxers to fight again and the decision was based on two facts. A lot of people, including some within BSA, felt that though Mchunu was on top at the time of the stoppage, it was not yet time to stop the fight because Simba still had his full senses.

"The second is that the interest raised by this match has actually made sure that the kind of marketing boxing needs is talking to the objectives of Boxing SA."

Simba's management protested against Nyangiwe's actions last week. Brian Mitchell and trainer Harold Volbrecht complained that the fight was stopped prematurely and that Nyangiwe's actions killed the interest that had been generated by the boxing series.

Mitchell doubles as spokesperson for Golden Gloves, who are the organisers of this three-legged boxing competition, which carries a whopping first prize of R500000. He said they were delighted that their charge had been given the opportunity to redeem himself, albeit at the expense of Johnny "The Hurricane" Muller, who was to meet Mchunu in the semifinal.

"We are taking Muller out of the competition and he will now challenge Tshepang Mohale for the SA light heavyweight title. Hekkie Budler will defend his IBO against Florante Tondes from the Philippines in the main bout," said Mitchell.

Muller proceeded to the semifinal via a walkover because his opponent Ran Nakash from Israel failed to make the weight.

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Thu May 23 06:09:09 SAST 2013 ::

Jun 27, 2012

31lioking

THIS IS NOT FAIR TO MULLER AND MCHUNU JUST BECAUSE SIMBA IS HANDLED BY GOLDEN GLOVE THEY CAN MAKE WHAT THEY WANT, THAT'S F**k** UP!!!!!! EVEN DISSAPOINTED TO BSA ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN IT SHOWS THE LACK OF BACK BONE IN THEM INSTEAD OF STICKING WITH THEIR OFFICIAL AND DESCPLINING HIM BEHIND CLOSE DOORS THEIR MAKING HIM A LAUHGING STOCK!!!! NXA. THIS IS SOUTH-AFRICAN SPORT TO YOU, CAPITALISM WOULD NEVER GO AWAY AND THOSE IN BSA OFFICE WHO STILL SEE BAS WHEN THEY SEE GOLDEN GLOVE MUST VACATE THAT OFFICE.
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Jun 27, 2012

Bumnandibungaphansikwesdwaba

@Leoking
Simba will loose again, his performance is gradually going down
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Jun 27, 2012

Sompisi

@Bumnandi - Wenkabi ulokhucashephi wethu, busatholakala ubumnandi kwelikaMthaniya ......
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Jun 27, 2012

Bumnandibungaphansikwesdwaba

@Sompisi
lol, Godide bengisathathe ikhefu kancane, sekunzima kulamalanga manje thina esisagida ingoma ziyasithanda izintombi lezi sidlisela ngayo ingoma le ezinganeni, futhi kusangisebenzela okwamanje.
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Jun 28, 2012

KingMay

Simba is so over rated and will not win the rematch anyway!
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