Top South African light flyweight Nkosinathi Joyi (24-2, 17 KO’s) will face Rey Loreto (17-13, 9 KO’s) at Salle des etoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco this Saturday in a co-feature attraction on a card headlined by world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin defending his IBO and WBA titles against Osumanu Adama. After two and a half years as the South African … [Read more...]
Geale, Golovkin Move Up in Middleweight Division, Rodriguez Upsets Joyi, More…
Some significant changes in this week's rankings: In the middleweight division, Daniel Geale adds the WBA title to his IBF strap with his split decision victory over Felix Sturm on Saturday. With the win, he moves up from #4 to #3 while Sturm falls to #4 from #3. Also at middleweight, Gennady Golovkin moves up to #6 from #8 after his TKO 5 win over Grzegorz Proksa. In … [Read more...]
Nkosinathi Joyi to defend IBF title against Mario Rodriguez, August 18
IBF strawweight champion, Nkosinathi Joyi (22-0, 15 KOs) will make an optional title defense against Mexico’s Mario Rodriguez (14-6-4, 10 KOs) on Saturday, August 18 in Mexico at a site to be determined later. Joyi, who is fighting outside of his native South Africa for the first time in his career, is coming off back-to-back defenses against Katsunari Takayama. The first … [Read more...]
Joyi defends IBF strawweight title against Takayama
IBF strawweight titlist, Nkosinathi Joyi (21-0, 15 KOs) defends his title against Japan’s Katsunari Takayama (24-4, 10 KOs) in a rematch of their January 2011 contest that ended in a no contest. The Orient Theater is East London, East Cape, South Africa will play host to this 12-round title fight. After holding the minor IBO strawweight title for two years, Joyi, a tall … [Read more...]
Strawweight Titlefight featuring Nkosinathi Joyi vs Katsunari Takayama, Saturday October 29th
Nkosinathi Joyi (21-1, 15KOs) will defend his IBF strawweight title belt Saturday, October 29th. He will face challenger Katsunari Takayama (24-4, 10KOs) in his home country of South Africa. The fighters met previously in the ring on January 29, 2011, but the bout ended in the third round with a NC ruling by the referee. Takayama suffered a bad cut near his hairline, … [Read more...]