Shervantaigh Koopman (proper) fires a punch at Wendy Toussaint. Photograph by James Gradidge
Shervantaigh Koopman has constructed an unbeaten document in opposition to modest opposition.
A press release win in opposition to a former world title challenger may put him ready to face the perfect fighters at 154 kilos.
Koopman will face Brandon Cook dinner Saturday evening at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa. The ten-round bout will headline a six-bout ‘The Conquerors’ card that may air stay stream stay on TrillerTV (5 p.m. UTC).
Rodney Berman, who has promoted struggle playing cards all through South Africa for over 45 years, is assured that Koopman can emerge as a legit contender, ought to he defeat Cook dinner in spectacular trend.
“Koopman is ‘the perfect saved secret’ within the division,” Berman instructed The Ring Thursday. “That’s one of the simplest ways to sum it up. Cook dinner is a really revered fighter with a formidable document. I’m assured that the struggle will spotlight simply how good Shervantaigh is.”
In his final bout on June 15, Koopman (14-0, 9 knockouts), who’s initially from Pretoria, South Africa, defeated Wendy Tossaint by unanimous determination. Toussaint’s solely two defeats previous to the Koopman struggle have been in opposition to Charles Conwell and Ardreal Holmes, Jr., each of whom are at the moment unbeaten contenders at 154 kilos.
Koopman scored a one-sided determination over Cristiano Ndombassy in his earlier struggle on November 25.
The 30-year-old Koopman, who has been a fixture on a number of current struggle playing cards promoted by Berman at Emperors Palace, additionally has knockout victories over Brandon Thysse and Jackson Kaptein. He at the moment lives and trains in Johannesburg and is educated by Vusi Mtolo.
Cook dinner (26-2, 18 KOs) has not fought since December 2, stopping Luis Vidales Gutierrez within the third spherical. In his earlier struggle on April 29 of final yr, Cook dinner defeated fringe middleweight contender Gino Natalio Godoy by break up determination.
The 38-year-old Cook dinner, who resides in Ajax, Canada, has received his final six fights since a knockout loss to then-WBO world junior middleweight titleholder Jaime Munguia in September 2018.
The struggle in opposition to Koopman will mark his third time preventing outdoors Canada. In addition to the loss to Munguia, which occurred in Las Vegas, Cook dinner’s different struggle overseas occurred in Kazakhstan, which resulted in a knockout loss to Kanat Islam.
Within the co-feature, Brandon Thysse (16-4-1, 12 KOs) of close by Germinston will sq. off in opposition to Junior Makondo (9-6-1, 7 KOs) of Malamulele, South Africa in a 12-round bout.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]
