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Sanders KOd by Machimana in 1st round

3 Feb 2008 00:32       hits 13060 Print version

Corrie Sanders
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.


Source: fightnews.com

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Sanders, Machimana to collide! 2 Feb 2008 16:12

Sanders, Machimana to collide!

Former heavyweight champion "Iron" Mike Tyson poses with South African heavyweight champion Osborne Machimana (14-5-1, 10 KOs) and former WBO heavyweight champion Corrie Sanders (42-3, 31 KOs) at Emperors Palace near near Johannesburg, South Africa, during Friday's weigh-in for tonight's Fire and Brimstone boxing card. Tyson, who will be at ringside, wished both fighters well in their ten round heavyweight clash read more ...