Takalani Ndlovu to defend his IBF super bantamweight gold against Jeffrey Mathebula - Boxing news
Takalani Ndlovu, the current IBF super bantamweight champion, is scheduled to enter in his second title defence bout against Jeffrey Mathebula, the former WBC international featherweight champion, in a 12-round bout on March 24, 2012.
The ring for the event will be setup at Carnival City Casino situated in Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa and the event will be promoted by Branco Milenkovic of Branco Sports Productions. The duo will headline the event and will put forth the boxing fanatics
an aggressive brawling experience since both men share a short but exciting history.
Takalani, 34, has been in a total 39 bouts and came out victorious in 33. He has collected 18 of his total wins by knockout and has also held the vacant IBO super bantamweight and WBF featherweight titles as well.
Widely known as the ‘Panther’ in his hometown, Takalani proudly secures the first position in his country and ranks sixth in the world super bantamweight rankings. This will be the second time that Takalani and Jeffrey will meet in the ring.
In their first skirmish, the duo brawled for the number one position in the IBF super bantamweight title eliminator tourney. Both men gave a real tough time to each other and at the end of the day it was the South African Takalani who got the chance to bout
the then IBF champion Steve Molitor, by collecting a split decision in his favour.
Takalani afterwards became the new champion by convincingly grabbing a unanimous decision in his favour. The African Panther’s Saturday night opponent Jeffrey has been in a total 30 bouts and emerged victorious in 25. He has collected 14 of his wins by knockout.
Jeffery, infamous as the ‘Mongoose’, is on a two-bout win streak after his last loss to Takalani. A keener look at the resume of both men shows that Jeffery needs to come up with an effective and unique plan to outclass Takalani otherwise the decision will
remain be the same.
In a recent interview, Takalani recalled the last encounter’s memories and said, “When I went to Mexico, fought in front of a hostile crowd and I only had my family and my trainer and it was great for us. I told myself that I didn’t go all the way to Mexico
to be knocked out and lose my title. I know I’m a good boxer and he was a good boxer but it was that experience that counted the most. I’m on a different level and this is another step forward.”
The event is named as the “African Glory 2 and will be co-headlined by the South African lightweight championship bout between Thompson Mokwana and Patrick Malinga.
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