Tough love
Subtitle: how a Limpopo homeboy become a world champ turned lawyer
By: Lovemore Ndou
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Johannesburg; Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781776191550; 9781776191567
Subjects: Boxers (Sports); Biography; South Africans; Immigrants; Lawyers
Description: "After receiving his first boxing training at the gym of a local copper mine, he set off for Johannesburg to further his career. There he was exposed to some of the hard truths of the boxing world, like unscrupulous promoters who made empty promises. Through sheer determination, he managed to stay afloat and soon the Black Panther (his name in the ring) started winning fights. When he was offered an opportunity to go boxing in Australia, he left the country in the mid-1990s and began to make a name for himself internationally. Once again, he faced many setbacks and challenges but eventually became a triple-world champion. A number of big names in local and international boxing circles feature in the book. Lovemore describes his awe at meeting Dingaan Thobela and Brian Mitchell, how he trained at Gerrie Coetzee's boxing centre on the East Rand and how, in later years, he was the main sparring partner for Floyd Mayweather during a stint in the USA. Never knocked out in 64 professional bouts, Ndou transitioned from combat in the ring to confrontation in the courtroom in a successful post-boxing career as a lawyer. Today he has his own practice in Sydney, Australia." --
Notes: "Orginally published in Australia by New Holland Publishers (Australia)."
Table of contents: title: The elephants go to war; title: Swimming with crocodiles; title: Dark tidings from the skies; title: Unjustified incarceration; title: The school of hard knocks; title: Tears in the dust; title: Dirty tricks and great escapes; title: Welcome to the city of gold; title: From rags to glitches; title: Welcome to the Hammer Gym; title: Striking blows for democracy; title: An audience with the African queen; title: Justice for sale; title: Bewitched by the land down under; title: The long goodbye; title: Rolling dice in the Lucky Country; title: The good the Vlad and the ugly; title: Fighting talk and fireworks from team Fenech; title: When friends become foes : the uncivil war; title: Rocky ride on the Mordey money train; title: The return from the Black Panther; title: Welcome to Mississippi; title: From wedlock to deadlock; title: The first shot at the world title; title: The 'Kalinka dance' that never happened; title: Training with the 'money' man; title: 'A luta continua'; title: Boom-shakalah