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They each held one victory over
the other going into their third
fight on Thursday evening,
October 26 at Ferdi Meyer Hall
in Welkom, South Africa, so
expectations were high for the
rubber-match between World
Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens
World Bantamweight Champion
Bukiwe Nonina and challenger
Matshidiso Mokebisi.
Mokebisi had stopped Nonina in
their first outing back in
February of 2016, while Nonina
came out on top by unanimous
decision in the rematch a month
later. Barring a draw, the score
would be settled in what was the
main event of a show promoted by
The Iron Lady Promotions.
Once again it was a good,
spirited fight between two
top-class competitors, but the
reigning world champion got off
to the better start and appeared
a little sharper in the
exchanges. Many rounds were
fairly even, but the cleaner
punching came from Nonina.
Heading into the last few rounds
it was clear that Mokebisi
needed to finish strong, and she
did just that by being more
active than Nonina and winning
rounds nine and ten.
Unfortunately for her it was too
little too late, as Nonina was
awarded the victory by majority
decision.
Judge Ben Ncapayi scored the
fight 97-93, Judge Simon Mokadi
had it 98-93, while Judge Fred
Makhatani´s tally read 95-95.
Referee in charge of the action
was Phumeza Zinakile.
Bukiwe Nonina improved her
professional record to 13-4-1
(2), retaining her title for the
first time, and Matshidiso
Mokebisi, still the WBF
International Champion at both
Bantamweight and Super
Bantamweight, drops to a very
misleading 8-8-1 (3).
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