Dingaan Thobela, better known as the 'Rose of Soweto', was a South African boxer who competed professionally between 1990 and 2006.
Thobela was a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO lightweight title from 1990 to 1992, the WBA lightweight in 1993, and the WBC super-middleweight title in 2000.After compiling an amateur record of 80-3, Thobela, known as “The Rose of Soweto”, turned pro in 1986 and won the WBO lightweight title in 1990 after beating He stopped WBF junior welterweight champion Kenny Vice in a non-title fight shortly after that.
Dingaan Thobela later moved up significantly in weight class, and in the twilight of his career in 2000 took on WBC super middleweight title holderThe loss to Hilton was the beginning of the end for Thobela, who lost his next five fights, including a TKO loss to Thobela returned to the ring at the age of 40 and after an absence of nearly two years on 27 October 2006 when he challengedfor the South African light heavyweight title at the Wembley Indoor Arena in Johannesburg.
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