The left-hander from Meyerton, who is based in California, said he would square off against Raymond Narh over 10 rounds at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, on April 16.
CHRIS van Heerden's international career is taking shape.
The left-hander from Meyerton, who is based in California, said he would square off against Raymond Narh over 10 rounds at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, on April 16.
Narh is a Ghanaian who fights out of Brooklyn, New York.
"There is no belt on the line but a win could put me in a big card at the MGM Grand [in Las Vegas]," said Van Heerden, who will be involved in his second fight in his adopted country since he relocated there this year.
His debut in the land of the dollar was a fourth-round stoppage of Mexican fighter Cosme Rivera in California on February 6.
The 35-year-old Narh has 26 wins, including 21 KOs, in 30 fights.
His major achievements are the Ghanaian junior lightweight and the North American Boxing Council lightweight belts. The NABC is a professional boxing and martial arts sanctioning body whose headquarters are in Indianapolis.
Narh failed to win the United States Boxing Association welterweight belt against Ray Robinson on August 2 last year.
He was outpointed by Jessie Vargas over 10 rounds on October 11 last year and he has not fought since that fight.
Van Heerden, who is trained by Manuel Robles, said training for the bout was going well.
"Trainer Freddie Roach has requested that I assist Miguel Cotto with sparring for his upcoming fight against WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez on June 7," said the former IBO undefeated champion
"I am hunting bigger dreams."
But Van Heerden is yet to get a top-15 spot in any of the four top sanctioning bodies the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO.
Van Heerden left South Africa in search of the real fame and fortune that eluded many great local fighters who were not fortunate enough to get opportunities to showcase their skills outside the borders of Africa.
The lucky ones include Gerrie Coetzee, Francois Botha, Welcome Ncita, Brian Mitchell, Dingaan Thobela and Lovemore Ndou.
Coetzee, Botha and Ncita spent time in the US while most of Thobela's fights were outside the country.
Ndou relocated to Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, where the former IBF junior welterweight and IBO welterweight holder, who is now a practising lawyer, has lived since 1995.
Nahr big ticket for Van Heerden
The left-hander from Meyerton, who is based in California, said he would square off against Raymond Narh over 10 rounds at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, on April 16.
CHRIS van Heerden's international career is taking shape.
The left-hander from Meyerton, who is based in California, said he would square off against Raymond Narh over 10 rounds at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, on April 16.
Narh is a Ghanaian who fights out of Brooklyn, New York.
"There is no belt on the line but a win could put me in a big card at the MGM Grand [in Las Vegas]," said Van Heerden, who will be involved in his second fight in his adopted country since he relocated there this year.
His debut in the land of the dollar was a fourth-round stoppage of Mexican fighter Cosme Rivera in California on February 6.
The 35-year-old Narh has 26 wins, including 21 KOs, in 30 fights.
His major achievements are the Ghanaian junior lightweight and the North American Boxing Council lightweight belts. The NABC is a professional boxing and martial arts sanctioning body whose headquarters are in Indianapolis.
Narh failed to win the United States Boxing Association welterweight belt against Ray Robinson on August 2 last year.
He was outpointed by Jessie Vargas over 10 rounds on October 11 last year and he has not fought since that fight.
Van Heerden, who is trained by Manuel Robles, said training for the bout was going well.
"Trainer Freddie Roach has requested that I assist Miguel Cotto with sparring for his upcoming fight against WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez on June 7," said the former IBO undefeated champion
"I am hunting bigger dreams."
But Van Heerden is yet to get a top-15 spot in any of the four top sanctioning bodies the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO.
Van Heerden left South Africa in search of the real fame and fortune that eluded many great local fighters who were not fortunate enough to get opportunities to showcase their skills outside the borders of Africa.
The lucky ones include Gerrie Coetzee, Francois Botha, Welcome Ncita, Brian Mitchell, Dingaan Thobela and Lovemore Ndou.
Coetzee, Botha and Ncita spent time in the US while most of Thobela's fights were outside the country.
Ndou relocated to Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, where the former IBF junior welterweight and IBO welterweight holder, who is now a practising lawyer, has lived since 1995.
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