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The World Boxing Federation's
global expansion continues at a
rapid rate, with the WBF
International Super Middleweight
title being contested in
Cartagena, Columbia on 28
September. Local hero Alexander
Brand (18-1, 15 KOs) faces his
toughest opponent in his
illustrious career when he meets
former two times world champion
William Gare of South Africa.
Gare, who was rated as high as
12 in the world on Boxrec two
years ago, has a moderate but
extremely deceiving record of
26-15. Many of Gare's losses
were on the road and
controversial, and most occurred
when he was struggling to make
weight at junior middleweight.
Since moving to super
middleweight, Gare won the South
Africa title as well as the WBF
world title, but relinquished
the title when losing on points
in yet another controversial
result against the current # 5
in the world Tommy Oosthuizen.
He was scheduled to clash with
another former world champion,
England’s Robin Reid, for the
vacant WBF World title this
month, but unfortunately that
bout was cancelled.
So how good is Gare? In his last
five fights he has beaten former
WBA world champion Maselino
Masoe, current world title
contender Les Sherrington,
former WBC world champion
Rigoberto Alvarez, countryman
Roland Francis, who will also be
fighting on this Colombian bill
and the disputed points loss
against Oosthuizen.
Brand himself can also fight,
and is considered almost a cult
hero in Colombia and a potential
future world champion, and the
winner of this fight is penciled
in to fight for the WBF World
Super Middleweight title towards
the end of the year.
WBF President Howard Goldberg,
will be in attendance to
supervise this fight and to meet
with promoter Hamir Gonzales who
has done an excellent job in
putting this outstanding bill
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