HURRICANE HARRY SIMON is sweating and hurting as he punches hard the punching bag in the gym. He is under one of the world’s most experienced trainer, Normal Hlabane of South Africa. As he punch and sweat, his mind is concentrated on one man.
His punching power and speed has improved quite tremendously and as he shuffles and punches, spectators who flocks the gym to witness his training sessions cheers him by shouting hid name, Hurricane…go for HIM, in reference to the Serbian Beard Ajetovic whom Hurricane Harry Simon would meet just 12 days from today.
His training sessions are like boxing matches as he meets to shadow box and spar with most experienced boxers in Africa. Norman Hlabane has trained many a world champions and he as look at Hurricane Harry Simon when he train, he acknowledge and appreciate the kind of talents he sees in him. “He is gonna make it man” said Norman, “this is his time and nobody is gonna stop him” continued Norman Hlabane the man who made many African boxers world champions more than any other trainer around.
Hurricane Harry joined the paid ranks in 1994 when he met Leon Rensburg of South Africa at the Indoor Centre, springs, Gauteng, South Africa and demolished him by KO in round 1. This fight was the beginning of his illustrious boxing career which saw him won the world title in just 4 years when he met and dethroned Ronald Wright of USA in 1998 at the Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, Gauteng, South Africa. Hurricane Harry Simon16-0-0 was then to Wright’s 38-1-0.
The fight with Ronald Wright who was the 5 times world champion, made Hurricane Harry Simon an instant celebrity and this was an omen of many great things to follow. Simon went on to defend his world title 7 times until that fateful day when he was hurt in the serious motor vehicle accident in 2002.
The accident kept him outside the ring for 5 years until 2007 when he appeared in the 8 rounder non-title fight against Stephen Nzuemba at the Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia and won by points.
It is big time now for Hurricane Harry Simon as he measures his ability and capability to reclaim title after title starting on September 28 at the Sam Nujoma National Stadium, in Windhoek, Namibia when he meet the Serbian Beard Ajetovic who is also an experienced boxer and current IBF International Super Middleweight Champion.
Ajetovic too has a colorful boxing career springing from his first fight as a paid rank gladiator in 2003 against Ojay Abraham 19-43-4 at the Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom. The big hands Serbian gladiators proved his power when he defeated Abraham by points. This marked his gigantic entry in the paid ranks and was declared the IBF International Champion after 10 years in 2013 when he met Przemyslaw Opalach in 2013 at Urania Hall, al. Pilsudzkiego 44, Olsztyn, Poland and beat him by points.
It is like a match made in heaven when the two great boxers meet at Sam Nujoma National Stadium in Windhoek, Namibian September 28, 2013 vying for the IBF International Light Heavyweight Title.
Would it be Hurricane Harry Simon’s boxing renaissance or the Serbian Ajetovic’s stab at the helms of IBF Light Heavyweight! This one billion dollars question would be answered come September 28, 2013 at the Sam Nujoma National Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia,
Watch this space for more news towards the D-Day in September 28, 2013.
Congratulations Team Harry Simon. AFRICA is proud of you! Nothing else like IBF/AFRICA as it advances the African interests to the Global professional boxing fraternity”
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