Sauerland Event, Golden Gloves To Work Together
He might be sunning himself on holiday, but Rodney Berman still makes the calls that count.
On Sunday he met with the Sauerland boxing clan, patriarchs of German boxing who have over the years worked with the likes of David Haye, George Groves, Mikkel Kessler, Marco Huck, Alexander Povetkin, Steve Cunningham and Yoan Pablo Hernandez.
They have made a tentative agreement on an exchange deal whereby they will both feature the other’s fighters on local events. Wilf Sauerland is well set in this regard, having recently signed a major deal with German TV company Sat1.
Berman, of course, has a similar arrangement with Pan-African SuperSport television.
“Wilf is one of boxing’s nice guys and we go back a long way. I’m very confident we can work together closely,” said Berman from Cape Town. Sauerland Sr. also owns a home in the city.
The development follows closely on from the SA promoter concluding major negotiations with K2 Promotions’ Tom Loeffler, one of world boxing’s major power brokers. They met at the WBC convention in Las Vegas.
One of the spinoffs will see the winner of the Tommy Oosthuizen-Ryno Liebenberg fight in March secure a place on the undercard of Wladimir Klitschko’s next title defence in New York on April 25.
A spot has also been pencilled in for Hekkie Budler to feature on a K2 tournament in the US in May, assuming Budler overcomes Jesus Silvestre in Monte Carlo next month.
