Sad news: Dingaan Thobela, a.k.a. "The Rose of Soweto," a South African boxer, has passed away at the age of 57 as a result of.....

Sad news: Dingaan Thobela, a.k.a. “The Rose of Soweto,” a South African boxer, has passed away at the age of 57 as a result of…..

May 1, 2024 admin Boxing 0

JOHANNESBURG — South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, a two-weight world champion known as “The Rose of Soweto,” has died, the ministry of sports said on Tuesday. He was 57.

Thobela won the WBO lightweight title in 1990 and the WBA lightweight title in 1993, when he beat American Tony Lopez in a rematch. He moved up to super-middleweight and beat Britain’s Glenn Catley for the WBC belt with a 12th-round stoppage in 2000, his finest moment.