South African boxer

Masibulele Makepula (born 3 March 1973 in East London, South Africa) is a professional boxer and later became charismatic pastor.

Contents

• 1 Amateur Achievements
• 2 Professional career
• 3 See also
• 4 External links

Amateur Achievements

• Represented South Africa at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.
• Gold Medalist at the 1995 All-Africa Games in Harare as a Light Flyweight.
• Represented South Africa at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia as a Light Flyweight. His results were:
• Defeated Debind Thapa (India) TKO 1
• Lost to Rafael Lozano (Spain) points

Professional career

Nicknamed "Hawk", Makepula turned pro in 1996 and captured the vacant WBO light flyweight *le with a decision win over Jacob Matlala in 2000. He vacated the *le and moved up in weight after the win. In 2006 he lost an eliminator to Jorge Arce by TKO.

See also

• List of light-flyweight boxing champions

External links

• Boxing record for Masibulele Makepula from BoxRec (registration required)