On May 4, 1977, a son was born for Magret and Wilson Nemukula at Nweli Village, near Mbahe. This son, his mother's second child, was named Philip Ntsudzuluseni Ndou. According to his mother, this boy was very healthy and full of energy. "He was a very respectful and understanding child," she said.

However, Philip became exposed to rough life, from both the family and in the street, immediately after the divorce of his parents. As he was now relying on relatives for shelter and food, while his mother was in Gauteng, Ndou was experiencing the most terrible life many young boys could face.

Sometimes he would be chased out of the temporary home where he lived. Outside, he would face bullyboys who wanted to take advantage of his poor background by attacking him in the street. As a result, Philip would fight back and win the fight, irrespective of how big his attacker was.

He started to refine his boxing skills at the Makwarela Boxing Club. His love and involvement in the sport, boxing, made him clash more with his adoptive families.

Although the young man had, by then, already set his goal of becoming the best boxer ever seen in the world, like his idol, Muhammad Ali, some of his close family members once told him, "You will never make it in boxing."

With the help of sympathetic people and friends from his school, Maphaphuli Secondary, and his mentor, Mukandangalo Madzivhandila, Philip paved his way in amateur boxing, until 1996, when he became the only black boxer to represent South Africa in the Olympics in Atlanta.

On his return, Philip joined Nick Durant's Boxing Gym in Gauteng to turn professional. By then he was still called the "Silent Killer", because of his killer punch.

Unfortunately, hardly a year after this young and ambitious boxer joined Durant's stable, three of Durant's top boxers, Cassius Baloyi, Sugarboy Malinga and Jacob Mofokeng, all champions by then, left amid allegations of racist remarks.

This made Durant decide to close down the gym. However, for the sake of this gifted and highly talented young man, Philip, now called "The Time Bomb", the gym remained open and Durant made a promise that year, 1997, that he was going to produce the best ever boxer seen in the country and the whole world.

Through hard work and dedication, Philip has already earned the status of being the best "Pound for Pound" in the country, after his convincing win against Baloyi, the only boxer who took him to twelve rounds.

At least 29 boxers failed to go the full distance with Philip. That includes Jackie Gunguluza, whom he knocked out, to be crowned South African champion.

His only loss was against a British boxer, Anton Campbell, through a knockout, which was caused by inexperience.

Philip declared that he was going to be the first boxer to defeat Naseem Hammed. He also reared a python named Naseem in his Johannesburg flat to stress his point.

Unfortunately, Antonio Berreira defeated Naseem before Philip could get his chance.

From there he started chasing Floyd Mayweather Junior, who has been increasing his weight from time to time. But Philip did the same in order to get his chance.

Finally, Philip's chance has arrived and November 2 is the date. The underrated boxing analyst, Mashudu Siaga, has said that Philip stands a good chance of clinching the WBC title on Sunday, and South Africans and his fans must be prepared for the great news.