Virgil Kalakoda - Early Career

Early Career

Virgil grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. His dad Steve Kalakoda was a boxer and he used to go to the gym with him, and learnt by watching, since he was about 4 years old. Growing up around the likes of Mike Bernardo when he was in his K-1 prime was a huge influence to him.

He had 10 amateur boxing fights, with only one loss to Ruben Groenewald in the final of the national tryouts.

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