Boxing trainer Harold Volbrecht probably has the best talent in the country as far as the heavyweight division is concerned.<\/p>\n
Two of those big fighters, Ilunga Makabu and Junior Muller, will be in action on August 31, at Emperors Palace.<\/p>
Makabu, who has recently moved to Ekurhuleni, will be headlining the bill, which is called Triple Thunder.<\/p>\n
He will be defending his WBC silver cruiserweight title against Eric Fields.<\/p>
Makabu, who is also known as Junior, recently won the title when he beat Dmytro Kucher in Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n
The exciting southpaw put on a great performance on the island in the south of France when he handed Kucher his first career loss.<\/p>\n
He will be looking to keep his winning streak alive against Fields, who has set up a training camp in Canada.<\/p>\n
Fields boasts a good record, with his only defeat being at the hands of top contender Ola Afolabi.<\/p>\n
The GCN visited Volbrecht\u2019s gym and got to see Makabu and Muller spar.<\/p>\n
The two boxers showed good form in training.<\/p>\n
Muller will face Tshepang Mohale for the South African light heavyweight belt.<\/p>\n
This will be a rematch of their 2011 scrap for the same title.<\/p>\n
Mohale took the belt by a technical knockout the last time around.<\/p>\n
Muller, however, has looked a much tougher fighter since then.<\/p>\n
He has had two entertaining fights with Ryno Liebenberg, who will also be in action that night.<\/p>\n
Muller, known affectionately as “The Hurricane”, will look to reclaim his belt.<\/p>\n
Liebenberg will face Gabriel Ramirez for the WBC silver international light heavyweight title.<\/p>\n
That night will also see former IBF and IBO strawweight champion Nkosinathi Joyi take on Benezer Alolod for the WBC international junior flyweight title.<\/p>\n