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Jacob Matlala

5326 KOs

133 KOs

2Draws

Last six: W-L-L-W-W-W

Career

division

Light Flyweight

status

inactive

bouts

68

rounds

548

KO %

49.1%

KO wins

26

KO losses

3

career

1980–2002

debut

1980-02-02

last fight

2002-03-02

Profile

alias

Baby Jake

sex

M

stance

orthodox

height

4′ 11″ / 150cm

nationality

South Africa

origin

Soweto, RSA

city / state / zip

Johannesburg, Gauteng

dob

1962-01-08

age

64

Latest news

Why you should be doing fitness boxing

2018-03-04 · Independent Online

When you think of boxing, the first people that come to mind are the greats like Rocky Marciano, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala and Dingaan Thobela. Boxing, however, isn't just a sporting contest anymore, as fitness lovers are increasingly using the so…

Baby Jake - a boxing legend

2016-02-08 · SuperSport (blog)

Not many people know that Jacob Matlala known to his fans as ?Baby Jake? was a natural left-hander who was switched from the southpaw stance to orthodox when he was still a boy. At the age of 10 Jake's father took him to the Dube Boxing Club, which was …

SA Boxing Legend 'Baby Jake' Passes Away

2013-12-29 · AllAfrica.com

Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, watched by former President Nelson Mandela and top Hollywood actor Will Smith, brought the curtain down on his 22-year professional boxing career on 3 March 2002 with a seventh-round stoppage win over Juan Herrera to …

Jacob Matlala, boxer and campaigner

2013-12-13 · Financial Times

Nelson Mandela was an amateur boxer in his youth. As he wrote in his autobiography, Long Walk To Freedom, ?I did not enjoy the violence of boxing, so much as the science of it.? His ring heroes, he told US television 10 years ago, were Joe Louis…

Boxing giant Baby Jake laid to rest

2013-12-13 · Independent Online

Johannesburg ? Dressed in royal blue and white uniforms and black berets, the New Covenant Church brass band escorted the coffin of boxing legend Jacob ?Baby Jake? Matlala into the Rhema Church auditorium on Friday morning. The funeral service was …

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

26 5 2

W-KO

Carnival City, Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa

World Boxing Union light flyweight title

7 of 12 · 109 / 108 lbs · 1:43

Judges: Sazi Xamlashe | Edward Marshall | Howard Goldberg

Referee: Darryl Ribbink

Mickey Cantwell

14 6 1

W-TKO

Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, United Kingdom

World Boxing Union light flyweight title

5 of 12x3 · 108 lbs

Judges: Reg Thompson | Karl Rogers | Sazi Xamlashe

Referee: Len Hunt

10 6 0

W-TKO

Carnival City, Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa

vacant World Boxing Union light flyweight title

4 of 12 · 107 / 107 lbs · 2:25

Judges: Reg Thompson | Howard Goldberg | Edward Marshall

Referee: Darryl Ribbink

17 1 1

L-MD

Carnival City, Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa

World Boxing Union flyweight title

12 of 12 · 110 / 110 lbs

Referee: Darryl Ribbink

Masibulele Makepula

16 0 0

L-UD

Carnival City, Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa

Vacant WBO Light Flyweight Title

12 of 12 · 107 / 108 lbs

Referee: Stanley Christodoulou

20 17 1

W-UD

Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, Florida, United States

International Boxing Association light flyweight title

12 of 12 · 108 / 108 lbs

Judges: Mark Streisand | Julie Lederman

Referee: Jorge Alonso

34 20 5

W-PTS

Carousel Casino, Temba, North-West, South Africa

10 of 10 · 110 / 108 lbs

23 8 1

W-TD

Argosy Festival Atrium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

International Boxing Association light flyweight title

8 of 12 · 108 / 108 lbs

13 2 0

W-TKO

Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, Gauteng, South Africa

International Boxing Association light flyweight title

12 of 12 · 108 / 108 lbs

Referee: Clement Martin

Michael Carbajal

45 3 0

W-TKO

Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

International Boxing Association light flyweight title

9 of 12 · 108 / 107 lbs · 1:24

Judges: Duane Ford | Bill Graham | Art Lurie

Referee: Richard Steele

Mickey Cantwell

12 3 1

W-SD

New London Arena, Millwall, London, United Kingdom

WBO Light Flyweight Title

12 of 12x3 · 108 / 107 lbs

Referee: Mike Ortega

10 2 0

W-TKO

Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

WBO Light Flyweight Title

10 of 12x3 · 107 lbs · 1:55

Referee: Paul Thomas

10 1 0

W-TD

Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

WBO Light Flyweight Title

5 of 12x3 · 105 / 108 lbs · 2:36

Francisco Mendoza

11 9 0

W-PTS

Village Green, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

8 of 8 · 113 lbs

10 2 1

D-PTS

Village Green, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

10 of 10 · 111 lbs

Alberto Jimenez

27 3 2

L-TKO

Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, Gauteng, South Africa

WBO Flyweight Title

8 of 12 · 111 / 110 lbs · 2:35

Referee: Lou Moret

34 5 2

W-UD

Sun City Bowl, Sun City, North-West, South Africa

WBO Flyweight Title

12 of 12 · 111 / 109 lbs

Referee: Genaro Rodriguez

11 2 0

W-TKO

York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom

WBO Flyweight Title

9 of 12x3 · 110 / 112 lbs

Referee: Raul Caiz

Luigi Camputaro

25 6 0

W-TKO

Superbowl, Sun City, North-West, South Africa

WBO Flyweight Title

7 of 12 · 111 / 111 lbs

Referee: Rudy Battle

14 4 2

W-UD

Wembley Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

10 of 10 · 111 lbs

20 1 0

W-TKO

Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

WBO Flyweight Title

8 of 12x3 · 111 / 112 lbs · 1:57

Referee: Joe O'Neil

3 3 1

W-PTS

Springs Indoor Arena, Springs, Gauteng, South Africa

8 of 8 · 108 / 109 lbs

7 2 1

W-PTS

Nasrec Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

South African Light Flyweight Title

12 of 12 · 107 / 108 lbs

8 7 1

W-PTS

Nasrec Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

10 of 10 · 109 / 114 lbs

17 2 2

L-KO

Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

IBF Flyweight Title

10 of 12x3 · 110 / 111 lbs · 2:23

Referee: Randy Neumann

11 6 3

W-TKO

Nasrec Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

South African Light Flyweight Title

8 of 12 · 105 / 108 lbs

6 1 0

W-KO

Nasrec Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

South African Light Flyweight Title

6 of 12 · 108 / 108 lbs

14 3 1

W-PTS

Uitenhage Indoor Sports Centre, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Vacant South African Light Flyweight Title

12 of 12

2 6 0

W-UD

Don Mateman Hall, Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

10 of 10 · 110 / 111 lbs

Sonnyboy Nghona

2 2 1

W-TKO

Indoor Sports Centre, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa

2 of 10

8 3 0

W-PTS

Portuguese Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

10 of 10 · 110 / 111 lbs

Martin Cardenas

6 7 1

W-PTS

Feather Market Hall, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

10 of 10 · 112 / 111 lbs

19 4 1

W-KO

Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

6 of 10

11 1 1

L-PTS

Orient Theatre, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

South African Flyweight Title

12 of 12 · 111 lbs

9 4 2

W-PTS

Orient Theatre, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

8 of 8

20 8 4

W-TKO

Shareworld Sports Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

8 of 10 · 110 / 111 lbs

19 1 0

L-UD

Great Centenary Hall, New Brighton, Eastern Cape, South Africa

South African Light Flyweight Title

12 of 12

5 1 0

W-PTS

Graceland Casino, Secunda, Mpumalanga, South Africa

8 of 8 · 108 / 106 lbs

5 1 0

W-DQ

Great Centenary Hall, New Brighton, Eastern Cape, South Africa

7

7 4 1

W-TKO

Springs Indoor Arena, Springs, Gauteng, South Africa

Transvaal Light Flyweight Title

9 of 10 · 107 / 107 lbs

13 1 0

L-PTS

Great Centenary Hall, New Brighton, Eastern Cape, South Africa

South African Light Flyweight Title

12 of 12

7 9 1

W-PTS

Don Mateman Hall, Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

8 of 8 · 108 / 104 lbs

10 1 0

L-TKO

Volkswagen Stadium, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa

South African Light Flyweight Title

11 of 12

9 9 0

W-PTS

Modderfontein, Gauteng, South Africa

Transvaal Light Flyweight Title

10 of 10 · 105 / 108 lbs

6 1 0

L-PTS

Feathermarket Hall, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

8 of 8

Mveleli Luzipho

16 2 0

L-PTS

Sisa Dukashe Stadium, Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa

South African Light Flyweight Title

12 of 12

9 7 0

W-PTS

Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Transvaal Light Flyweight Title

10 of 10

2 1 1

W-TKO

Sisa Dukashe Stadium, Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa

3 of 8

Gilbert Makenete

5 8 0

W-PTS

Portuguese Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

6 of 6

Thamsanqa Sogcwe

15 5 1

W-PTS

Great Centenary Hall, New Brighton, Eastern Cape, South Africa

8 of 8