Michael Grant: record, next fight and profile →
Showpony Promotions CEO Damian Michael has told WBN that a final decision will be coming very soon on whether British heavyweight champion David Price (13-0, 11KOs) will be featured on the Nelson Mandela Boxing Tribute event, which takes place on February 2 in South Africa.
According to a report in the Liverpool Echo, British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price has been sounded out for a fight on the upcoming Nelson Mandela Boxing Tribute on February 2nd 2013.
With a fight between Seth Mitchell against one of the Klitschko brothers a desire for Mitchell’s team for the not-too-distant future, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions said Mitchell’s next fight could come against another very tall heavyweight.
On November 19 at the Monte Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa, heavyweight veteran Francois Botha was seconds away from winning a decision over Michael Grant (48-4, 36KOs). Botha, who was ahead on points, got caught with a huge right hand which knocked him out in the twelfth and final round. Nicknamed the "White Buffalo," Botha (48-6-3-1, 28KOs) told BoxingScene.com that a rematch is already in motion for the month of March, in South Africa.
Former world title challenger Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson has announced that he is a promotional free agent. Johnson, a resident of Atlanta, GA, via Asbury Park, NJ, was most recently promoted by New York based Star Boxing.
Monte Casino, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Francois Botha was seconds away from winning the fringe WBF heavyweight title when Michael Grant knocked him out on Saturday night. The South African was ahead on points when a huge right by the American sent him crashing to the canvas in the final round of their fight.
Francois Botha was seconds away from the WBF heavyweight title when Michael Grant knocked him out on Saturday night.
South Africa's 43-year-old Francois “White Buffalo” Botha looks like a certain underdog in the heavyweight fight at Montecasino on Saturday night. On the scales, age-wise, in reach and in height, his opponent, Michael Grant of the United States, has a considerable advantage. While revealing he was a spiritual soulmate of Botha, sharing religious beliefs, the affinity would be banished from his mind when he seeks to gain the fringe WBF championship title.
They may have a combined age of 81 years with a combined fight record of 108 fights but Francois Botha has promised an explosion when he faces American Michael Grant at Monte Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa on November 19.
In Johannesburg South Africa on the 19th of November, a battle of veterans will take place between Francois ‘White Buffalo’ Botha and the hard-hitting Michael Grant. The American boxer, Grant, boasts a highly impressive record of 45 wins with 37 KOs against only four losses. Former world heavyweight champion Botha himself has an outstanding record of 50 wins against only 5 defeats. Grant vs. Botha will headline the show.