Ayabonga Sonjica
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Ayabonga Sonjica (born 27 June 1991 in
East London, Eastern Cape East London ( xh, eMonti; af, Oos-Londen) is a city on the southeast coast of South Africa in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of the Eastern Cape province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River ...
) is a South African boxer. At the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, he competed in the Men's bantamweight, but was defeated in the first round by Detelin Dalakliev of
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. He competed at the
2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
, where he reached the quarterfinals, losing to
Sean McGoldrick Sean McGoldrick (born 3 December 1991) is a Welsh professional boxer who has held the British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles since February 2023. As an amateur he was awarded the gold medal for the Bantamweight division at the 2010 Commo ...
.


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* 1991 births Living people Olympic boxers for South Africa Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Bantamweight boxers Sportspeople from East London, South Africa Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa South African male boxers African Games bronze medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games {{SouthAfrica-boxing-bio-stub