Mbulelo Botile (born 23 July 1972) is a South African former
professional boxer
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who competed between 1989 and 2005. He is a
world champion in two weight classes, having held the
IBF
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bantamweight
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The name for the class is derived from Ba ...
title from 1995 to 1997 and the IBF
featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Boxing
Professional boxing
History
A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this ...
title from 2000 to 2001.
Professional career
Botile turned pro in 1989 and won his first twenty-one bouts, including fifteen straight to set up a shot at the
IBF
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Counci ...
Bantamweight title against Harold Mestre in 1995. Botile won with a second-round KO. He successfully defended the title five times before losing the belt to
Tim Austin
Timothy Austin (born April 14, 1971) is an American former professional boxing, boxer. He is now a coach at the Cincinnati Golden Gloves gym in Cincinnati.
Amateur career
Austin had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a record of 113-9.
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in 1997, by a seventh-round TKO.
Botile moved up in weight and in 2000 took on IBF Featherweight title-holder
Paul Ingle
Paul Andrew Ingle (born 22 June 1972) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2000. He held multiple featherweight world championships, including the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title from 1999 to 2000 and the ...
, winning the belt with a twelfth-round TKO. He lost a decision in his first defence against
Frank Toledo
Frank Toledo (born April 12, 1970) is an American boxer who held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight championship in 2001.
Biography
Toledo, born in Newark, New Jersey, fought out of Paterson, New Jersey. He became a profess ...
in 2001 and then moved up to Super featherweight. He took on former champion
Cassius Baloyi in 2002, losing by an eleventh-round TKO. Botile retired after the loss, but came back in 2005, only to be knocked out by Anthony Tshehla.
Botile later stated that the injuries caused to Paul Ingle, during the bout in 2000, had caused him such distress, that he had never felt focused on boxing again.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of bantamweight boxing champions
This is a list of world bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize ...
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List of featherweight boxing champions Championship recognition
Public Acclamation: 1884 to 1921
Champions were recognized by wide public acclamation. A heavyweight champion was a boxer who had a notable win over another notable boxer and then went without defeat. Retirements from the ...
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Bantamweight boxers
Featherweight boxers
Super-featherweight boxers
World bantamweight boxing champions
World featherweight boxing champions
International Boxing Federation champions
International Boxing Organization champions
South African male boxers
People from Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality