Thomas ‘Tommy Gun’ Oosthuizen has accepted the idea of unity among boxers as they are facing numerous challenges, especially with Boxing South Africa (BSA) having no functioning board since the National Professional Boxing Promoters Association (NPBPA) successfully interdicted it from taking office last December.
The 35-year-old Oosthuizen was elected as the chairperson of voluntary boxers association at a meeting of managers, trainers and boxers, which was held at the Hotbox Gym in Johannesburg on Saturday.
“The meeting was a very, very good meeting to have. It’s going in the right direction. I do believe that the seven points that were addressed by Warren Hulley are really, really valid and obviously need to be addressed. These are matters that have been discussed and obviously need to be taken to more consideration,” Oosthuizen remarked.
“That’s the side that I definitely like, obviously, the managing side Boxing South Africa need to take ground from the people that lay down their lives for years for the sport, for this industry. For sure, people that need to be put into positions, especially on the high boxing board of South Africa, they need to be put in those positions that they actually know what they do. Everybody is ready to attack this thing head on.”
The erstwhile International Boxing Organisation (IBO) super-middleweight and light-heavyweight champion has been tasked to push a boxers’ agenda as they move towards the formation of a national boxers association.
