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1501:11 Jan 2002
1492:Lundi Mbozi
1471:24 Mar 2002
1441:18 Aug 2002
1411:30 Nov 2002
1381:14 Dec 2002
1291:21 Feb 2004
1261:31 Jul 2004
1231:23 Oct 2004
947:31 Aug 2007
911:14 Dec 2007
875:12 Apr 2008
842:16 Aug 2008
803:11 Jul 2009
770:25 Feb 2011
670:14 Dec 2012
634:14 Apr 2013
550:31 May 2014
512:12 Dec 2014
477:28 Nov 2015
447:22 Apr 2016
417:21 Oct 2017
341:Round, time
311:By decision
300:By knockout
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1817:1980 births
1743:Daud Yordan
1546:SowetanLIVE
1351:5 Apr 2003
1321:6 Dec 2003
1198:4 Feb 2005
1165:6 May 2005
1129:5 Aug 2005
1093:2 Dec 2005
1057:7 Jul 2006
1024:9 Dec 2006
982:3 May 2007
732:2 Jul 2011
700:4 Jun 2012
621:Daud Yordan
591:6 Dec 2013
555:Cotai Arena
391:lightweight
385:Won vacant
376:6 Apr 2018
232:WBA (Super)
99:Lightweight
1811:Categories
1780:Chris John
1551:22 January
1527:References
578:Chris John
215:Chris John
161:Wins by KO
69:Statistics
41:1980-12-24
628:12 (12),
347:Location
335:Opponent
295:4 losses
76:Weight(s)
52:Mdantsane
1756:Vacated
1722:Vacated
1683:Box.Live
1648:21 April
1643:Box.Live
1623:21 April
1618:Box.Live
1598:21 April
1593:Box.Live
1515:See also
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1123:7 (12),
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836:8 (12),
585:6 (12),
544:5 (12),
370:8 (12),
292:30 wins
230:for the
128:Orthodox
764:3 (6),
667:4 (10)
557:, Macao
474:4 (12)
389:Africa
332:Record
329:Result
242:of the
1760:Vacant
1726:Vacant
1702:Vacant
1671:BoxRec
1573:31 May
1468:4 (4)
1438:3 (4)
1408:3 (4)
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1348:2 (6)
350:Notes
169:Losses
124:Stance
108:Height
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344:Date
338:Type
248:China
240:Macau
116:Reach
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1625:2022
1600:2022
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1120:TKO
1111:Win
1089:1:46
1084:TKO
1075:Win
1042:Win
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1015:TKO
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938:TKO
929:Win
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902:TKO
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860:Win
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833:TKO
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