Mzonke Fana
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Mzonke Fana Looking To Defy Father Time With Terry Flanagan
Four years after Mzonke Fana was brutally defeated by upstart Sipho Taliwe- a loss which was then believed to have ended his career- he is back fighting for a major world title when he challenges Englishman Terry Flanagan for the WBO lightweight crow...
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Terry Flanagan-Mzonke Fana Added To July 16 Cardiff Card
Terry Flanagan will still face Mzonke Fana next month. The World Boxing Organisation lightweight champion had been set to defend his crown against the 42-year-old South African, who last fought in March and scored a seven-round stoppage, on July 9, l...
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Flanagan vs. Fana Set As Chief Support To Fury-Klitschko Rematch
Manchester’s Terry “Turbo” Flanagan (30-0, 12 KOs) meets South Africa’s Mzonke Fana (38-9, 16 early) at the Manchester Arena on July 9 in the third defense of the WBO lightweight title that he won in July of last year. The bout will serve as the c...
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Oosthuizen Loses Title At Scales, Demoted To Undercard
Thomas Oosthuizen is at it again. The unbeaten but oft-troubled light heavyweight showed up more than a full pound above the light heavyweight limit, thus forced to forfeit his IBO title at the scales ahead of Saturday's showdown with Robert Berridge...
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Mzoke Fana Set To Return, Still Chases a World Title
Former two-time 130 pound world champion Mzonke Fana is refusing to give up his ambition of winning yet another world title as he continues to fight on despite being clearly past his sell-by date. The 40-year old veteran will take on Themba Shicil...
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Eastern European Round-Up: Tatli, Glazewski, Pianeta
Aside from the several major cards during this rich boxing weekend, involving a number of high-profile competitors, there were several local shows in Europe the last couple of days. Also two Russian fighters made modest waves across the Atlantics, sc...
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Tatli Defends Against Fana on December 7 in Espoo
WBA I/C lightweight champ Edis Tatli, 21-0, will defend the title against South African former double world champ Mzonke Fana, 32-6, December 7 in Espoo (Finland). Fana replaces Argentinian Matias Ezequiel Gomez, who wasn´t approved by the WBA as he...
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Mzonke Fana Shocks Takalani Ndlovu in South Africa
Mdantsane Indoor Centre, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa - Mzonke Fana can, at the age of 39, suddenly be looking forward to a few more profitable fights. And the veteran’s promoters will also be shopping around for reputable opponents for...
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Fana's Promoter: If Burns Wants It, Make a Better Offer
Former IBF super-featherweight champion Mzonke Fana and WBO champion Ricky Burns’ chances of meeting in a 130lb unification battle earlier this year were scuppered by Burn’s promoter Frank Warren, according to the South African’s promoter Branco Mile...
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SA Parliament wants Fana reinstated as IBF champion
The South African Parliament on Tuesday called a meeting between the local boxing commission (Boxing South Africa), former IBF world junior lightweight champion Mzonke Fana and top promoter Branco Milenkovic to seek answers about Fana’s tripping of h...
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Fana's Promoter is Fed Up, Confirms IBF's Stripping
South African promoter Branco Milenkovic has confirmed that the IBF stripped Mzonke Fana of the junior lightweight title. Fana and his manager recently tried to dispute reports of the sanctioning body taking away their title. Branco is fed up with hi...