One-time knockout boxing artist Phillip \u201cTime Bomb\u201d Ndou has opened a new chapter in his life.<\/p>\n
The rangy former Olympian from Thohoyandou in Limpopo, who floored 34 of his 37 victims before he retired in 2016, now hones the skills of aspirant fighters.<\/p>\n
Based in Welkom, 48-year-old Ndou says his wife, promoter Promise Moyo, pleaded with him to impart his knowledge to youngsters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted nothing to do with boxing because of how my career ended,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut because we already had our fitness gym at home, I thought, \u2018Let me give it a go\u2019, and it\u2019s all because of my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ndou trains three professionals and six amateurs at his gym.<\/p>\n
thought, \u2018Let me give it a go\u2019, and it\u2019s all because of my wife<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u00a0Phillip Ndou<\/p>\n
Two of those amateurs, Yaseen Khan and Tiaan Meyer, turned professional at the weekend when Boxing SA held trials in Welkom. <\/p>\n
Khan and Meyer, who campaign in the cruiserweight division, graduated to the paying ranks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am excited, but it\u2019s not easy because boxers don\u2019t listen,\u201d said Ndou, who was the first to beat Cassius \u201cShy Guy\u201d Baloyi in his 27th pro fight.<\/p>\n
Ndou and his then trainer, Nick \u201cMthakathi\u201d Durandt, won the SA and WBC international featherweight and WBU junior lightweight titles.<\/p>\n
They, however, lost in their attempt to dethrone WBC lightweight champ Floyd \u201cPretty Boy\u201d Mayweather Jr in 2003.<\/p>\n
Ndou and Mayweather first met during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.<\/p>\n
They competed in the same featherweight division, but Ndou was eliminated early, while the American lost in the finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One-time knockout boxing artist Phillip \u201cTime Bomb\u201d Ndou has opened a new chapter in his life. The rangy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,240248,802,240249,200268,85],"class_list":["post-470333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-based-in-welkom","tag-boxing","tag-floored-34-victims","tag-former-olympian","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}