WATCH: One-on-one with SA and African heavyweight boxing champ
Boxing from the Zululand Observer corner – newly crowned SA and African Boxing Union heavyweight champion – Josh ‘Red Beast’ Pretorius gives an exclusive behind-the-scenes interview on how he has worked his way to the titles.
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South Africa welcomed a new heavyweight boxing champion on Saturday when Josh ‘Red Beast’ Pretorius comprehensively out-pointed Juan ‘Rhino’ Roux in a Golden Gloves promotion at Emperor’s Palace.
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Photo: Yolanda van der Stoep
On top of that, Pretorius also claimed the vacant African Boxing Union heavyweight title.
But who is Josh Pretorius, and what has it taken for him to be a champion?
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Where does he live, train, fight and play? Who is in his corner in the ring; and who has his back out of it?
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Find out all this and more in an exclusive Zululand Observer interview with the champ who has done us proud and brought fame to the city and district.
The ZO presents…..Josh Pretorius!
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