A sure-fire future star of South African boxing, Asekho Nocele won the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) International Bantamweight title on Friday night, September 27, in Cape Town.
On a show promoted by Jackie Brice Boxing Promotions, Nocele stopped game but out-gunned compatriot Ayanda Gangqa in the tenth round of an exciting fight.
Gangqa was floored in the first round, but showed incredible courage and made it competitive by continuing to come forward despite Nocele out-boxing him to win every round.
Eventually referee Elroy Marshall had seen enough in the tenth, calling it off 54 seconds into the round making Nocele the new champion by technical knockout.
Nocele, still only twenty years old, improved his professional record to 6-0 (4). Gangqa falls to a misleading 3-4-1 (1).
