Most novices would lack the confidence to brush off an experienced pugilist such as Johnny "The Hurricane" Muller as simply human‚ but Youssef Mwanza is not one of them. The two boxers are scheduled to trade blows over eight rounds in the main bout of the Christmas Cracker tournament at Emperors Palace on December 5. A look at their records — Muller has engaged in 30 professional outings and Mwanza just 10 — suggests the muscle-bound upstart may be on a hiding to nothing. Mwanza thinks otherwise. "He’s just a human like me‚" said the Democratic Republic of Congo fighter, who relocated to Johannesburg a year ago to further his boxing career. "There’s nothing to worry about. The difference [in experience] doesn’t mean anything to me‚" he said in French with the help of a translator. Muller boasts 20 wins with 14 knockouts (KOs)‚ as well as eight defeats and two draws‚ compared to the young gun’s record of 7-2-1 (3 KOs). "I will use everything — all my skills against him — firstly my b...
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