Retired boxers get together to trade old tales of fights long fought and to launch Boxing Legends United
Retired boxers get together to trade old tales of fights long fought and to launch the organisation Boxing Legends UnitedSome 350 former boxers reconnected in Pretoria at the weekend‚ trading old war stories like they used to exchange leather in decades gone by.
They were in their element at Bernie’s Joint in industrial Pretoria‚ surrounded by vintage cars and their own classic tales. When asked who had hit him the hardest‚ he thought about the question briefly and then replied with a laugh “nobody!” Volbrecht‚ who defended his SA welterweight title a record 19 times‚ presented three of his former foes with medals and then made a confession to them.
Thobela recounted how as a young amateur Kit Markotter had helped him out‚ giving him assistance and a pair of gloves. Taylor’s fitness was unmatched. Mileham remembered his stablemate running effortlessly up the BP centre in Braamfontein and then still running back to the gym.
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