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The troubled former IBO champion is in jail on a drugs charge and is due to appear in court on March 19. One bail application has already been unsuccessful.

Consequently, promoter Rodney Berman has scrapped plans to match him with Thabiso Mchunu at Emperors Palace in June.

“It’s just too risky,” said Berman, who has been burned by the fighter previously. “There was a good purse on offer, but with his lifestyle and this latest nonsense, we just can’t take the chance.”

“Tommy clearly has a life to sort out,” said Berman, “and my wish is that he does so.”

There might be opportunities with other promoters, but it’s a long shot against him again reaching the heights when he was a top 10 contender and looking to be a major player.

Two years ago:

Feb 2016:

"Drug, alcohol abuse forces Thomas Oosthuizen out of March 12 bout"

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/1 ... ch-12-bout

Drug abuse was the biggest problem in the 1980's.... That's a decade where Michael Dokes, Gerry Cooney, Greg Page, Pinklon Thomas, Aaron Pryor, Tony Tucker, Jimmy Young, and Tony Ayala became addicts... Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello and many others used drugs casually... I remember being offered cocaine dozens of times in the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's... I tried it a few times because of peer pressure, not wanting to be a party pooper...

I never liked the high I got from coke and I didn't like marijuana... I never tried heroin figuring that it was too addictive and I didn't trust the needle thing... If I bothered to get my own needles and syringes maybe I would have tried it just out of curiosity... That's how 90% of addicts get hooked.. They're curious about the high and just want to sample it.