Corrie Sanders © Fabian Weber

A rather sluggish Silence Mabuza (53.22kg) retained his IBO bantamweight belt when he stopped a gutsy Eden Sonsona (53.42kg) at the end of the eighth round when the Filipino went down for the second time in the fight and the indicated to the referee that he did not want to continue.

A flabby Corrie Sanders, the former WBU and WBO heavyweight champion, was knocked out at 2 minutes 41 seconds of the first round by South African heavyweight champion Osborne Machimana in a scheduled ten round non title fight. Full report to follow.