{"id":21662,"date":"2013-08-03T12:44:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T10:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cruiserweight-chambers-takes-on-south-african\/"},"modified":"2013-08-03T12:44:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T10:44:42","slug":"cruiserweight-chambers-takes-on-south-african","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cruiserweight-chambers-takes-on-south-african\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruiserweight Chambers takes on South African"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thabiso Mchunu. Photo: Gallo Images<\/p>\n

Eddie Chambers<\/a> will partake in his 40th professional fight today when he takes on little-known South African<\/a> Thabiso Mchunu in the co-main event of a fight card to be broadcast on the NBC Sports Network at the Mohegan Sun Casino<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s normally a time when a fighter is starting to run out of options, particularly heavyweights. But after more than 12 years and 40 fights, the boxing world is opening up for Chambers.<\/p>\n

He dropped to cruiserweight \u2013 a move that would have made sense years ago \u2013 and figures to become an instant factor in the 200-pound-and-under division.<\/p>\n

Chambers, 31, didn\u2019t take the conventional course, but it\u2019s one that has the possibility of working out perfectly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not trying to say I\u2019m stupid or anything, but if you look at some of the smart guys in boxing over the last few years and look at the way they ran their careers, they graduate [to heavyweight],\u201d Chambers said. \u2013 Eurosport<\/a><\/p>\n

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