Sivenathi Nontshinga edges Hector Flores, Claims IBF light flyweight title

September 3 2022:

In a twelve round shootout South African Sivenathi Nontshinga claimed the vacant IBF junior flyweight title. The 23-year-old Nontshinga scored a knockdown in round two.
Flores and Nontshinga went toe-to-toe for the rest of the fight. After 12 rounds the judges scored the fight; 115-112 Flores, 116-111 and 114-113 Nontshinga.

SIVENATHI NONTSHINGA


CURRENT IBF LIGHT FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION	TOTAL FIGHTS: 11
BORN: December 3 1998 (23)	WINS: 11 (KO 9) \| LOSSES: 0
BIRTHPLACE: Newlands, Eastern Cape, South Africa	WORLD TITLE FIGHTS: 1
HEIGHT: 1.65 m	WINS: 1 (0 KO) \| LOSSES: 0
PROFESSIONAL DEBUT: Jul 30, 2017	SUCCESFULL TITLE DEFENSES: 0