Christopher "The Heat" van Heerden

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  1. IntentionalButt

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    He returned this past April from an eighteen-month layoff and dominated Festim Kryeziu (aka Timo Schwarzkopf) in the quarterfinals of the José Sulaimán Invitational welterweight tournament staged by Evander Holyfield's fledgling Real Deal Promotions. The southpaw jab specialist from South Africa easily shook off the rust and coasted to victory, taking it 98-92 on my card as well as that of @CST80 and three of the five judges used. He was supposed to have fought in the semis against Fredrick Lawson in August, but visa issues saw the whole card scrapped - and the entire tourney seems now to have fallen by the wayside. I'm not sure Real Deal Promotions is even still afloat. :nusenuse:

    Anyway, his luck would seem to have changed for the better about five weeks ago, when he signed a lucrative deal with Top Rank. That momentary joy would quickly become ash in his mouth, as his 61 year old father was murdered just a few days ago in cold blood, attempting to make a citizen's arrest of a corrupt, thieving security guard:

    https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2018/12/30/details-emerge-daniel-chris-van-heerden/

    The following pair of quotes, from last month and today respectively, further drive home the bittersweet irony:

    “Sometimes it takes 10 years for the one year to come around and turn your dreams into reality. Signing with Top Rank is a childhood dream come to reality. I never stopped believing, even with all the adversity that showed up since my move to America in 2014. I will get to fight and fight often, now - 2019 will be promising for me...” he told Ring Magazine on November 21st.

    “For the last five years since my move to America, my dad called me every single day just to say; ‘Hello my boy I love you I miss you.’ I’m waiting for my phone to ring, but realizing I'll never get that call again..." he posted this morning.

    Jesus Christ. :ohno I hope CVH is able to somehow process this immense and senseless loss and get his career on track...
     
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    I watched the video of the shooting. Can someone explain what was going on and what they were saying because I could not understand much at all?
     
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  3. IntentionalButt

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    The assailant was a "Red Ant" (basically private sector mercenaries, used by landlords to evict squatters etc) who allegedly swiped meat off a delivery truck, and van Heerden's dad confronted him (with another son filming it), grabbed the guy's vehicle keys and ended up getting shot in the back with an 8mm by the Red Ant, who later claimed he somehow "believed he was being hijacked".
     
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  4. Tomato(e) Can

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    Isn't this the guy that slapped C. McZiggors around in sparring?
     
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  5. CST80

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    In spite of the controversial nature of the filmmaker, this is happening, and this is a well made, fair documentary, its a state sponsored terror campaign, that's reminiscent of Mao, Hitler and Stalin's forced relocation programs. And sadly Van Heerden's father fell victim to this ugly turn the democracy under this particular South African government has sadly taken. Mandela would not be happy.
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    I want nothing controversial in response to this vid, otherwise you'll probably end up getting banned by me. I'm just posting this to flesh out the story behind Chris' father's death.
     
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    Shared on my FB
     
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  7. ashishwarrior

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    Sad about his dad
     
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  8. MorvidusStyle

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    'Mandela would not be happy.' Mandela was a murderous 'Marxist' terrorist who would love to see what's happening to the Afrikaaners. He used gasoline necklaces on his own people for 'disloyalty', they just leave that part out when presenting the honorary rock concerts. The South Africans told the self-righteous Western Democracies what would happen there if the original power structure was destroyed and it's turned out just as they said.
     
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    No doubt, he was ruthless and not close to the angel the media portrayed him to be, but after he took power, he did make an effort to be conciliatory, which is what I was referring to.
     
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    Many, MANY more people need to see this.
     
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  11. IntentionalButt

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    Public perception of most shiny, squeaky clean "icons" is usually way off.

    Mother Theresa, for instance (who recently got canonized as a fucking saint, the evil cunt...) was a real piece of work, a fact that would've gone unnoticed if not for the late Christopher Hitchens making it a personal crusade to expose her hypocrisies.

    Gandhi had his own problems, too.
     
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    :deal: That's part of the reason I loved Hitchens deeply, and been a devout fanboy of his since the 90's. Along with Paglia. My ideological mother and father.:sisi1
     
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    Thanks for posting this. All I have to say is that I wish van Heerden the best and that the guy who shot his dad is 100% screwed under South African firearms law, unless there's something I drastically have misunderstood. This is a rough part of the neighbourhood.
     
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  14. ashishwarrior

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    Shot him acussing him of car jacking from what I understood
    Obviously something had brought both to a stand still and out there cars
    Strange times we live in
     
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  15. IntentionalButt

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    ...there's video, man, pretty unambiguous...
     
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