Current location:world >>
South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, 'The Rose of Soweto,' dies aged 57
world2People have gathered around
IntroductionJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, a two-weight world champion known as “The R ...
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.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Global Gateway news portal”。http://saintkittsandnevis.downmusic.org/news-93d998942.html
Related articles
The government wants to buy their flood
worldHOUSTON (AP) — After the floodwaters earlier this month just about swallowed two of the six homes th ...
【world】
Read moreIndustrial chain sharpens China's edge
worldImported cars are unloaded at the Tianjin Port in September. TONG YU/CHINA NEWS SERVICEComprehensive ...
【world】
Read moreYoung entrepreneurs taking to world of AI
worldSONG CHEN/CHINA DAILYStartups bring wide range of fresh business opportunitiesA platform powered by ...
【world】
Read more
Popular articles
- Pope trip to Luxembourg, Belgium confirmed for September, 2 weeks after challenging Asia visit
- Mobile World Congress 2023 sees strong return of Asian participants
- Chinese researchers prove presence of ocean on Mars
- Energy cooperation empowers Belt and Road
- Biden says Brown v. Board of Education ruling was about more than education
- Travel industry posts solid recovery during Spring Festival
Latest articles
Kosovo prepares a new draft law on renting prison cells to Denmark after the first proposal failed
Economy on stable footing, experts say
Online literature industry continues to grow
3D printing expo displays high
What's next for Iran after death of its president in crash?
Chinese commerce minister meets with WTO director
LINKS
- As the Glastonbury 2024 lineup is announced, AI reveals the ultimate headliners
- I've been hit with 40 driving penalties in London
- Come fry with me! The UK's cheapest and priciest airports for a full English breakfast revealed
- Mercedes upgrades its electric EQS to give the EV a huge 511 mile
- Independent publisher rejected from taking part in Hong Kong Book Fair
- Travel insiders' expert tricks to get a FREE upgrade on your holiday
- Independent publisher rejected from taking part in Hong Kong Book Fair
- Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong for July 1 celebrations, makes first visit to city since 2017
- Revealed: The pernickety passport rules Brits NEED to know before the Easter getaway
- This is Money