Mzukisi Sikali, (30 July 1971 – 16 September 2005), was a South African
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who served as a world champion in three different weight categories: junior flyweight,
flyweight
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Boxing
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Professional boxing
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, and super flyweight.
Murder
Sikali, who was regarded as one of South Africa's top boxers, was stabbed to death after he attempted to fight off a couple of muggers in
Uitenhage
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, near
Port Elizabeth
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. The muggers were arrested around an hour after the incident; and a mobile phone, which had been stolen from Sikali, was also recovered.
Pro career
The last contest that Sikali fought before his death was a unification bout against the
Armenia
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n fighter
Vic Darchinyan
Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan ( hy, Վախթանգ Դարչինյան; born 7 January 1976) is an Armenian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2017. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF flywei ...
, in which Sikali lost his
IBO flyweight title after the fight was stopped in the eighth round. His professional record was twenty-nine wins (seventeen by KO), seven losses, and two draws.
See also
*
List of boxing triple champions
In boxing, a triple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in three weight classes. For most of the 20th century it was a remarkable and rare achievement accomplished by only a handful of fighters. Beginning in the 1970s, triple champions hav ...
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1971 births
2005 deaths
Flyweight boxers
Male murder victims
South African murder victims
People murdered in South Africa
Sportspeople from Port Elizabeth
South African male boxers
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