Mbulelo Botile (born 23 July 1972) is a South African former professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2005. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997, and the IBF and International Boxing Organization (IBO) featherweight titles from 2000 to 2001.
Professional career
Botile turned pro in 1989 and won his first twenty-one bouts, including fifteen straight to set up a shot at the IBF Bantamweight title against Harold Mestre in 1995. Botile won with a second-round KO. He successfully defended the title five times before losing the belt to Tim Austin in 1997, by a seventh-round TKO.
Botile moved up in weight and in 2000 took on IBF Featherweight title and IBO title of Paul Ingle, winning the belt with a twelfth-round TKO. He lost a decision in his first defence against Frank Toledo in 2001 and then moved up to Super featherweight. He took on former champion Cassius Baloyi in 2002, losing by an eleventh-round TKO. Botile retired after the loss, but came back in 2005, only to be knocked out by Anthony Tshehla.
Botile later stated that the injuries caused to Paul Ingle, during the bout in 2000, had caused him such distress, that he had never felt focused on boxing again.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes31Loss27–4 Anthony TshehlaKO7 (12), 11 Mar 2005 30Loss27–3Cassius BaloyiTKO11 (12), 26 Oct 200229Loss27–2Frank ToledoUD12 6 Apr 200128Win27–1 Paul IngleTKO12 (12), 16 Dec 2000 27Win26–1Héctor Lizárraga10 19 Nov 199926Win25–1Maxim PugachevTKO3 (8), 24 Sep 199925Win24–1David TurnerUD10 18 Nov 199824Win23–1 Dino OlivettiRTD5 (10)28 Jul 199823Win22–1Mustapha HameUD10 21 Mar 199822Loss21–1Tim AustinTKO8 (12), 19 Jul 199721Win21–0Aristead ClaytonUD12 26 Nov 199620Win20–0Marlon Arlos8 (12), 29 Jun 199619Win19–0 Ancee GedeonKO11 (12), 2 Apr 199618Win18–0Reynaldo HurtadoKO2 (12), 25 Nov 199517Win17–0Sammy StewartUD12 4 Jul 199516Win16–0Harold MestreKO2 (12), 29 Apr 199515Win15–0Eddy SaenzTKO4 (10)4 Mar 199514Win14–0Jose AyalaUD10 19 Nov 199413Win13–0Javier Diaz10 15 Oct 199412Win12–0Derrick Whiteboy1229 May 199411Win11–0Sipho CekisoKO2 (8)9 May 199310Win10–0Raymond MolefiTKO6 (?)26 Sep 19929Win9–0Zolani MakhubaloPTS1012 Apr 19928Win8–0Mxolisi MayekisoPTS8 17 Nov 19917Win7–0Philani KaliTKO2 (8)14 Oct 19916Win6–0Xolile DudaKO2 (6)25 Nov 19905Win5–0David MolahloeTKO2 (6)14 Oct 19904Win4–0Thembikile BlaweniKO1 (4)26 Aug 19903Win3–0Dolly Qhoni6 5 May 19902Win2–0Dallas Mooi3 (6)29 Oct 19891Win1–0Makhosandile Mbiza3 (6)30 Jul 1989
See also List of bantamweight boxing champions List of featherweight boxing champions
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