One more question. What does Vrek mean? Is it a curse, like sh*t? Or is it like Oh Hell No?

Just curious.

Sorry to bombard you. I just couldn't find anyone who could translate this before.

Thank you.

I also have some video of Knoetze after beating Randy Stephens, and he grabs the mic in the ring and tells the audience something before Tate and Coetzee enter the ring. I heard Coetzee's wife was angry with Knoetze for doing it. If I uploaded it, could you translate that for me? Or do you know what...

Thank you so much for doing this. I really appreciate it.

If you have time to do part 2, I'd love to read it.

I've seen so many interviews with Knoetze, but I've never seen a translation anywhere.

Great stuff.

Thanks again.

Can anyone translate these interviews? Afrikaans is a version of Dutch, so if there's anything in particular that you're interested in let me know. I have no idea what he's talking about, but I'd be interested in hearing what he has to say. If you get some time, maybe you could just let us know wha...

Caractacus wrote:Here is video-tape interview with once heavyweight contender Kallie Knoetze.
He talks about his amateur days boxing Gerrie Coetzee and also his fights with Mike Schutte and Big John Tate.

Part One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GamI-dIudIc

Can anyone translate these interviews?

Unless the bout is billed as an exhibition, every time a heavyweight champion steps in the ring it is a title fight. Typically, lighter-weight champs can get away with it by fighting in over-the-weight bouts. A welterweight champ, for instance, won't lose his title if he loses a fight at junior midd...

Frank Bruno versus Ken Norton is an interesting match. Does Ken Norton just start launching overhand rights - like he did against Duane Bobick -- and take Bruno out early? Does Frank land a couple hard jabs or a left hook, and Ken backs up into his horrible cross-armed defense and gets bombed out ea...

One of the worst stoppages in heavyweight championship history. This came a few weeks after Larry Holmes nearly beat Tex Cobb to death for the better part of an hour on prime time television. And Keith Jackson was calling Weaver-Dokes because Howard Cosell (the voice of Boxing on ABC) refused to cal...

Marvin Johnson ate jabs all night long. He would've been hard for Hill to miss. And Virgil was a converted southpaw. His left hand was his harder punch. I loved watching Marvin fight. I think if Johnson and Hill fought a handful of times, Marvin would win a couple. I just think Hill outpoints him mo...

I think Virgil Hill wins a clear decision over Marvin Johnson. Nobody hit Virgil Hill in the head and knocked him out. Roy Jones hit him in the side (more towards the back than front - which was arguably an illegal punch) and broke Virgil's rib. Other than that, nobody knocked out Virgil (on the flo...

Those were all really good. Thanks for posting them.

I would give a prime Virgil Hill a very good chance to beat Eddie Gregory and Victor Galindez. Gregory drove people nuts because he could look great in one fight and just completely stink out the joint in another. Galindez was often the same way. He barely edged quite a few challengers during his re...

witherspoon was due to fight tyson but he lost to bonecrusher smith , i met tim and he said don king told him to take a dive vs smith don't know if it was true as we was both drunk but he said it. I think Tim Witherspoon was probably just "drunk talking." Bonecrusher Smith knocked one of ...

Actually, I know what happened with the Morrison fight. Tommy Morrison signed with Don King in early 1996 because King wanted to put on a Tyson-Morrison title fight. But the first card King promoted featuring Morrison (vs. Arthur Weathers) was the one that Morrison tested positive for HIV. I remembe...

Thomas Williams Jr.'s dad - Thomas Williams Sr. - went to prison for taking dives in fights. He built up a decent pro record. Lost a couple fights. Realized he wasn't as good as the top-level guys. And then he just started taking money to go down in whatever round they wanted him to go down in. Or h...

This is why people have stopped coming to this board. I listed some guys who were actually ranked in the top 10 in the ratings when Nino Valdes beat them. And you started this thread and told people it was my list of the top 10 heavyweights from 1950-1955. What utter bullsh*t. Should I start a poll ...

You are insinuating that there has been corruption. Um, there was so much corruption, the U.S. Senate investigated, there were criminal trials, the organization was dissolved, and many of the players went to prison. The sport and that organization were corrupt to the very top. I'm just pointing out...

I have no idea what you're doing. First you listed some guys Valdes fought who were once ranked in the top 10, now you're making the BEST OF lists from that era. You're all over the place. Well quite frankly, you stated that a list of outside/fringe contenders were among the top 10 Heavyweight cont...

Okay, this is open for debate but I'll throw down a list of 10 Heavyweight fighters from the 1950s: (I'll focus in from 1950-55 and I'll exclude Marciano) Jersey Joe Walcott Ezzard Charles Bob Baker Bob Satterfield Don Cockell Rex Layne Hurricane Jackson Clarence Henry Roland LaStarza Kid Matthews ...

Dubblechin, Valdes had his big chance in 1955, he really did. That fight against Archie Moore was make or break for him and he failed. Listen, with respect - I'm really struggling with your point of view on this. I'm sure other posters could make even more compelling arguments regarding Baker or Sa...

Also, when you get another half hour to kill, Valdes beat a lot more guys who were ranked at heavyweight than that. *Heinz Neuhaus *Karel Sys *Pat McMurtry *Brian London *Joe Erskine *Mike DeJohn *Johnny Summerlin But that doesn't help your argument, does it? Better leave those names off. :lol: Are...

Just because you are bringing Jimmy Young in to the conversation doesn't prove anything. Young and Valdes are different fighters who fought in different eras. I can't just throw up an upset like Rahman beating Lewis as proof that Martin Rogan would beat Wlad Klitschsko - it's just not credible. And...

Let's face it. Rocky was pretty much Weill's stooge. That creep treated the Rock like a dim-witted gofer, even slapping his face once in public for some imagined transgression. Marciano would have fought Godzilla if Weill told him to. Weill for devious reasons of his own twisted mind, did not want ...

Ill leave this thread at this... 1. Charles was the # 1 contender when he fought Marciano. NOT Valdes. Ring Magazine May 1954 Champion: Rocky Marciano 1. Ezzard Charles 2. Nino Valdes 3. Don Cockell 4. Jimmy Slade 5. Tommy Jackson 6. Roland La Starza 7. Dan Bucceroni 8. Earl Walls 9. Heinz Neuhaus ...

Valdes lost more fights to top contenders than what he won. If you care to count them up, you know that you will be found out. I've got a half hour to kill, and I've decided to put this to the test. Nino Valdes - good wins : Aug 1953: Defeated Ezzard Charles by UD. Sep 1953: Defeated Doc Williams b...