{"id":148641,"date":"2017-04-09T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T04:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148641\/emperors-palace-announces-exciting-boxing-line-up\/"},"modified":"2017-04-09T06:32:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T04:32:31","slug":"emperors-palace-announces-exciting-boxing-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2017\/04\/09\/emperors-palace-announces-exciting-boxing-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Emperors Palace announces exciting boxing line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing fans are in for a treat with not one but two hard-hitting boxing events coming to Emperors Palace in April and June, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The festival of boxing will include the thrilling \u201cShowstoppers\u201d, on April 23, and the action-packed \u201cHurtin\u2019 for Certain\u201d, on June 10.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Kevin \u201cThe KO Kid\u201d Lerena, whose planned trip to the USA has been postponed, is one of the exciting fighters expected to wow fans on April 23.<\/p>\n<p>The Fourways fighter has been included on the nine-fight bill and told boxing legend Brian Mitchell during an interview, at the official launch held at Killarney Country Club, recently, that the fight will allow him the opportunity to stay fit and focused while awaiting his overseas trip.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Mitchell also spoke to an excited Simphiwe Khonco about his upcoming fight against Lito Dante of the Philippines for the IBO strawweight title \u201cHurtin\u2019 for Certain\u201d tournament on June 10.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_148643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148643\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-148643\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/04\/14GCNSPORTEMPEL_39910-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/04\/14GCNSPORTEMPEL_39910-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/04\/14GCNSPORTEMPEL_39910-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/04\/14GCNSPORTEMPEL_39910-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/04\/14GCNSPORTEMPEL_39910.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Mitchell (left) speaks to Simphiwe Khonco about his IBO strawweight title fight against Lito Dante of the Philippines. Photo by: Yolanda van der Stoep.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joining Khonco on the fight card for the tournament will be Johnny \u201cThe Hurricane\u201d Muller and Thabiso \u201cThe Rock\u201d Mchunu, who will battle it out for the ABU cruiserweight title in a 10-round bout.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_148644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148644\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-148644\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/04\/14GCNSPORTEMPEL_96042-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/04\/14GCNSPORTEMPEL_96042-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/04\/14GCNSPORTEMPEL_96042-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/04\/14GCNSPORTEMPEL_96042-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/04\/14GCNSPORTEMPEL_96042.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Mitchell (left) asks Johnny \u201cThe Hurricane\u201d Muller and Thabiso \u201cThe Rock\u201d Mchunu what they expect for their 10-round bout during the \u201cHurtin\u2019 for Certain\u201d tournament, scheduled for June 10. Photo by: Yolanda van der Stoep.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148343\/great-masters-athletics-this-saturday\/\">Great masters athletics this Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/147897\/get-ready-for-the-alan-robb-race\/\">Get ready for the Alan Robb race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='610fff57d280a741958f4c4d800b76cf'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing fans are in for a treat with not one but two hard-hitting boxing events coming to Emperors Palace soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":148642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[1120,8297,1012,1003,980,1106,979,969,2730,6247,2362,1119,1724],"class_list":["post-148641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-boxing","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-emperors-palace","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-local-sport-news","tag-south-africa","tag-sport-2","tag-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["Boxing","community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","Emperors Palace","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","local sport news","South Africa","sport","sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}