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Molefe 'Lion King' Matima
floored Siabulela Ziqula
(correct record 18-7) in each of
the first three rounds before
catching Ziqula with a left hook
which resulted in a knockout win
in round four for the
outstanding prospect Matima.
He is now the World Boxing
Federation All Africa
Featherweight champion.
Ziqula in 25 fights had never
been dropped nor stopped, but
was no match for Matima although
he was certainly never lacking
in the courage department.
In fact, Ziqula caught Matima to
the body several times and made
him miss badly at times such is
the experience of Ziqula. However,
Matima was not in the mood to go
the distance and with his
excellent job opening the way
for further combinations, Matima
edged closer to a world title
shot, probably sometime in
August.
Matima moves to 10-1 with 7
knockouts and boasts a knockout
win over the current South
African featherweight champion
Sabelo Jubatha.
The officials were:
Supervisor: Archie Jonas,
Referee: Terence 'Ace' Makaluza,
Judges: Simphiwe Mbini, Lulama
Mtya, Edith Futhkhwe. |
