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Bushy Bester

2717 KOs
41 KOs
0Draws
Last six: W-W-W-W-W-W
Career
division
Light Middleweight
status
inactive
bouts
31
rounds
181
KO %
63%
KO wins
17
KO losses
1
career
1977–1983
debut
1977-01-29
last fight
1983-06-11
Profile
alias
Solomon Bester
sex
M
nationality
South Africa
origin
South Africa
city / state / zip
Pretoria, Gauteng
dob
1956-08-23
age
69

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Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Jun 11
Coenie Bekker
24 10 2
W-TKO
Wembley Sports Pavilion, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
6 of 10
Referee: Stanley Christodoulou
Event →
Apr 23
Walter Gomez
44 7 2
W-PTS
Wembley Sports Pavilion, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
10 of 10
Event →
Mar 14
Leo Simelane
11 7 0
W-TKO
West Ridge Park, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
2 of 10
Event →
Feb 5
Buster Drayton
12 5 1
W-PTS
Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
10 of 10 · 154 lbs
Event →
Oct 2
Patrick Tshabalala
8 3 1
W-TKO
Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
2 of 8
Event →
Mar 27
Leo Simelane
10 4 0
W-PTS
Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
8 of 8
Event →
Feb 27
Nathan Moloi
5 2 0
W-KO
Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
2 of 8
Event →
Jan 31
Gert Steyn
29 7 2
L-PTS
Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
South African Light Middleweight Title
12 of 12 · 152 / 153 lbs
Event →
Nov 28
Steve Delgado
16 5 1
W-UD
Portuguese Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
10 of 10
Event →
Sep 6
Ayub Kalule
33 0 0
L-UD
Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark
WBA World light middleweight title
15 of 15 · 153 / 153 lbs
Event →
May 10
Alvin Anderson
30 9 3
W-KO
Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
2 of 10
Event →
Mar 29
Gert Steyn
28 5 2
W-TKO
Wembley Sports Pavilion, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
South African Light Middleweight Title
10 of 12
Event →
Mar 1
Maxwell Malinga
41 11 3
W-KO
Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa
6 of 10 · 156 / 158 lbs
Event →
Feb 9
Pat Hallacy
21 2 0
W-PTS
Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
8 of 8
Event →
Dec 1
Gert Steyn
28 4 2
W-PTS
Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
10 of 10
Event →
Aug 27
Gert Craemer
25 12 1
W-TKO
Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Vacant Transvaal Light Middleweight Title
3 of 10
Event →
Apr 28
Patrick Tshabalala
4 0 1
W-KO
Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
1 of 10
Event →
Feb 3
Jessie Wilson
1 3 0
W-KO
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
2 of 6 · 160 / 169 lbs
Event →
Nov 11
Johannes Mpesi
3 3 0
W-TKO
Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
3 of 8 · 158 / 158 lbs
Event →
Oct 23
Nelson Bosso
1 0 0
W-KO
Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
7 of 10 · 154 / 154 lbs
Event →
Sep 23
Louis Fourie
14 0 0
W-TKO
Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Transvaal Light Middleweight Title
4 of 10
Event →
Aug 5
Johannes Mthembu
2 2 0
W-TKO
Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
5 of 8 · 154 / 152 lbs
Event →
Jul 17
Coenie Bekker
7 2 0
W-TKO
Goodwood Showgrounds, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
7 of 8 · 154 / 153 lbs
Referee: Alan O'Connor
Event →
Jul 3
David Motlengwa
5 1 0
W-PTS
Skateways Ice Rink, Welkom, Free State, South Africa
8 of 8 · 147 / 147 lbs
Event →
May 20
Louis Fourie
13 0 0
L-PTS
Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa
Vacant Transvaal Light Middleweight Title
10 of 10
Event →
Apr 3
Wentzel Marais
5 2 1
W-KO
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
3 of 6
Event →
Aug 29
Charlie Weir
2 0 0
L-KO
Wembley Ice Rink, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
1 of 6
Event →
May 21
Jerry Molefe
0 3 0
W-PTS
Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
4 of 4
Event →
Mar 19
Phillipus As
0 0 0
W-TKO
Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
2 of 4
Event →
Mar 4
Daniel Mphuthi
0 0 0
W-PTS
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
4 of 4
Event →
Jan 29
Lemwell Nkumane
0 1 0
W-PTS
Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
4 of 4
Event →