South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, 'The Rose of Soweto,' dies aged 57
Time:2024-05-21 17:50:09 Source:styleViews(143)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, a two-weight world champion known as “The Rose of Soweto,” has died, the ministry of sports said on Tuesday. He was 57.
Thobela won the WBO lightweight title in 1990 and the WBA lightweight title in 1993, when he beat American Tony Lopez in a rematch. He moved up to super-middleweight and beat Britain’s Glenn Catley for the WBC belt with a 12th-round stoppage in 2000, his finest moment.
He finished with a professional record of 40 wins, 14 losses and two draws.
Thobela hailed from the famed Johannesburg township of Soweto and was widely popular in his home country as his rise coincided with South African boxing’s heyday in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was one of several world-class Black fighters to emerge during the last years of apartheid, when boxing was one of the few South African sports to allow Black athletes to compete on the world stage and gain international recognition.
Previous:Jessica Biel CHOPS her long locks into a bob after book signing in Studio City
Next:Amir Khan's £11.5m luxury wedding venue finally hosts its first marriage: Bride arrives on horse
You may also like
- Uber and Lyft say they'll stay in Minnesota after Legislature passes driver pay compromise
- U.S. plan to replace China
- Northerners head south for warmth
- Xi's Article on Advancing Chinese Modernization to Be Published
- Target to lower prices on basic goods in response to inflation
- Northerners head south for warmth
- China's mobile phone shipment tops 33 mln in January
- China sets up expert advisory committee for lunar samples
- Amtrak train hits pickup truck in upstate New York, 3 dead including child