Nokuthula Tshabangu (born 22 July 1965) is a
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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from
Zimbabwe
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, who competed in the
flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb).
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of b ...
(– 51 kg) division at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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. In his first round bout, he defeated
Bonifacio Garcia of
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
before losing to
Kim Kwang-sun
Kim Kwang-sun (born June 8, 1964) is a retired South Korean boxer.
Amateur career
Kim won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight (51 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He was a two-time Boxing World Cup champion as well.
...
of
South Korea
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in his second fight. He won a silver medal at the
1990 Commonwealth Games in the flyweight division, losing in the final to
Wayne McCullough
Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough (born Wayne William McCullough; 7 July 1970) is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held the WBC bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997, becoming the first boxer fr ...
of
Northern Ireland
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.
Tshabangu had a professional record of 7 wins and 9 losses from 1993 to 2003. His losses included a second round knockout defeat to
Jason Booth in
Nottingham
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for the Commonwealth Flyweight Title on 26 February 2001.
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1965 births
Living people
Flyweight boxers
Olympic boxers of Zimbabwe
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Zimbabwean male boxers
Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Zimbabwe
Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
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