The former South African and Commonwealth boxing champion - a 51-year-old married father of four children , was responding to a question about his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement which saw sporting codes, in particular cricket and rugby, making headlines recently following Proteas' fast bowler Lungi Ngidi's stance.
Said Thysse: "The Black Lives Matter movement was started in America in 2016 as a stand from African-Americans who stood up against slavery. I believe we as South Africans have taken it out of context. I think a lot of people here don't know what was all about. It has become a racial thing and I don't know the full concept of it here."
"When I shout or scream to a coloured or black person it is not because I am racist but I want them to do things right. You must hear me when I shout at a white person. It has got nothing to do with race."
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