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BOXNEWS Boxer Mzonke Fana

Mzonke Fana

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Record 30 (12 ko's) + 4 + 0 = 34
Nick The Rose of Khaleyelitsha
Weight division Super Featherweight (130 lbs)
Positions in ratings 7 - WBC Super Featherweight (December 2006)
3 - WBA Super Featherweight (February 2005)
World Title - IBF Super Featherweight (December 2010)
11 - WBO Super Featherweight (July 2010)
Nationality South Africa   South Africa
Lives & trains South Africa   South Africa, Cape Town
Born South Africa   South Africa,
Profdebut6 Mar 1994
Birthday29 Oct 1973
Stance Orthodox
Boxrec ID 009357

Records list

# Date Opponent Record Location Result
501.09.2010 South Africa Cassius Baloyi[37-4-1, 19]South Africa  South Africa, BrakpanW UD 12 (12)more...
412.04.2008 South Africa Cassius Baloyi[34-3-1, 18]South Africa  South Africa, MafikengL MD 12 (12)more...
331.08.2007 Argentina Javier Osvaldo Alvarez[34-6-1, 16]South Africa  South Africa, KlerksdorpW KO 9 (12)more...
220.04.2007 South Africa Malcolm Klassen[19-3-2, 10]South Africa  South Africa, KhayelitshaW SD 12 (12)more...
109.04.2005 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera[59-4-0, 41]USA  USA, El PasoL KO 2 (12)more...







News: Mzonke Fana

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Fana new IBF champion 2 Sep 2010 12:15

Fana new IBF champion

Mzonke Fana (30-4, 12 KOs) took a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over Cassius Baloyi (37-5-1, 19 KOs) to win the vacant IBF junior lightweight title on Wednesday night at Carnival City in Brakpan, South Africa. Scores were 119-109, 118-110 and 119-110. Baloyi had beaten Fana for the same belt in April 2008 read more ...
Postfight Barrera-Fana! 11 Apr 2005 11:29

Postfight Barrera-Fana!

Barrera hurts hand; will stay at 130:"I respect what Fana says," Barrera said, taking his turn at the stand. "But when he got hit, he WAS hurt. We all saw that he could not go on. But I'm happy it ended in this fashion. It wasn't the quality of the opponent I faced tonight--it was the quality of my preparation..." read more ...
Barrera slaughters no-hoper Fana 
10 Apr 2005 08:17

Barrera slaughters no-hoper Fana

The fears that the HBO pay per view WBC junior lightweight championship fight between champion Mexico's Marco Antonio Barrera and South African Mzonke Fana would turn out to be a total mismatch proved well founded Saturday night. At the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas it took title holder Barrera about twenty seconds to realize that Fana was simply... ...Undercard Action: WBO titleholder Fernando Montiel reclaimed his 115lb with a sensational 7th round drubbing of Ivan Hernandez. Montiel, 29-1-1 (23), was too slick for the tough guy Hernandez, who suffered his first career loss, 19-1-1 (13). Montiel proved he could hit to the body... read more ...
Mzonke Fana: “I’m coming with speed—and punching power behind.” 7 Apr 2005 10:49

Mzonke Fana: “I’m coming with speed—and punching power behind.”

“It makes me very, very happy to be an underdog,” says WBC #1 Contender Mzonke “Fantastic” Fana (22-2, 8 KOs). “I fight much better as an underdog.” For, both, Fana’s sake, and for fight fans shelling out 40 clams to watch Saturday night’s HBO pay-per-view event or for those spending $30 to $100 to see it live at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas, the unknown “Rose of Khaleyelitsha” will, hopefully, bloom and not read more ...
Barrera ready for Fana! 2 Apr 2005 12:54

Barrera ready for Fana!

WBC Super Featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera is ready for his bout on Saturday, April 9th at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, TX. Mzonke Fana may not strike fear in a majority of fighters here in the United States, but Barrera has trained for seven weeks in Big Bear, two weeks longer than he usually does. "I have trained very hard for this fight," said Barrera, who had Oscar De La Hoya translate for him during a recent telephone conference with reporters. "I have seen tapes of him. But... read more ...
Barrera vs Fana official! 18 Feb 2005 12:16

Barrera vs Fana official!

The stage is set for the return of three-time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera according to promoter Oscar De La Hoya. "El Paso has my word, it's official that Marco Antonio Barrera will be defending his WBC World Super Featherweight title against Mzonke Fana at the Don Haskins Center on April 9th..." read more ...