Emerging boxing star Shervontaig Koopman is his own cheerleader who does not need validation from someone else.
The 10-fight novice from Primrose in Germiston displayed his confidence when he assured Brian Mitchell that he will be victorious in the second defence of his SA junior middleweight boxing belt against Jackson Kaptein at Emperors Palace on March 18.
Mitchell, in a build-up interview for his promotion, said: “Talk about Jackson Kaptein; you gonna beat Jackson Kaptein on the 18th of March at Emperors Palace.”Koopman and Khumalo train together but Kaptein, from Freedom Square in Bloemfontein, stopped Khumalo in two rounds on December 11. The upcoming boxing match will be Koopman’s voluntary defence after his mandatory fight which was a seventh round stoppage of Jamie Webb in March last year. That was Koopman’s first defence since winning the belt from Simon Dladla who could hear the bell for the eighth round in 2021.The former champion who vacated that belt because he ran out of challengers and Kaptein are promoted by Lebo Mahoko.
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