Nkosinathi Joyi (born 1 January 1983 in Mdantsane, South Africa), is a South African professional boxer with a southpaw stance who goes by the nickname of "Mabere". Joyi is the former IBF Minimumweight world champion, he was ranked by BoxRec and The Ring Magazine as the number one boxer in the Minimumweight division. He is also the two-time and current IBO Minimumweight champion.

Professional career Joyi, who has fought his entire career in South Africa, made his professional debut on 28 April 2002 in Queenstown. He beat Dalisizwe Komani over the six round distance to make a winning start to his career. Joyi won his first minor championship on 24 April 2004, beating Mzikayse Foslare to win the South African minimumweight title.

Minimumweight world title

The first major fight of his career came on 26 June 2009 in East London, where he fought the Filipino boxer Florante Condes in an IBF Minimumweight title eliminator. Joyi won the fight by a wide unanimous decision with scores of: 120–107 (twice) and 119–108. In his next fight, on 26 March 2010 and also in East London, Joyi challenged for the IBF title against the Mexican Raúl García. Joyi once again gained a unanimous points decision and claimed García's title, the scores were 119–109 (twice) and 118–110. On 29 January 2011, Joyi faced former WBC Minimumweight champion, Katsunari Takayama. Joyi appeared to be in full control of the bout until the third round, when an accidental clash of heads opened a deep cut along Takayama's hairline. Since four rounds had not been completed, the bout was ruled a no-contest. Joyi then defeated Takayama via a unanimous decision in a direct rematch on 30 March 2012 in East London. He had reportedly injured his left hand in the second round of that fight. Joyi's promoter Branco Milenkovic has planned to stage a unification match. However, two of the other three champions of the four major sanctioning bodies were Japanese. Although Japan's reigning world champions have been allowed to fight in a unification match with any champion of the four major sanctioning bodies since 28 February 2011, the WBC's Kazuto Ioka and the WBA's Akira Yaegashi were due to fight in their title unification bout. So, they were unavailable until at least June 2012.

In Joyi's first fight outside of South Africa, he suffered an upset knockout loss at the hands of local fighter Mario Rodriguez (14–6–4) in Sinaloa, Mexico on 1 September 2012.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes38Loss Abeid ZugoKO4 (12)21 May 202137Loss29–6–1 Ayanda NdulaniKO4 (12), 21 May 202136Win29–5–1 Joey CanoyUD1216 Dec 201935Draw28–5–1 Siphamandla BaleniTD3 (12), 27 Jul 201934Win28–5 Nhlanhla TyirhaUD127 Dec 201833Win27–5 Mpho SeforoKO5 (10), 7 Dec 201832Loss26–5 Simphiwe KhoncoUD1220 Nov 201631Win26–4 Luyanda NkwankwaPTS822 Apr 201630Win25–4 Sinethemba MagibiselaTKO5 (10), 4 Sep 201529Loss24–4 Rey LoretoTKO1 (12), 22 Mar 2015 28Loss24–3 Rey LoretoKO3 (12), 1 Feb 2014 27Win24–2 Benezer AlolodKO9 (12), 31 Aug 2013 26Loss23–2 Hekkie BudlerSD1215 Jun 2013 25Win23–1 Walter RojasTKO1 (12), 8 Dec 2012 24Loss22–1 Mario RodriguezKO7 (12), 1 Sep 2012 23Win22–0 Katsunari TakayamaUD1230 Mar 2012 22NC21–0 Katsunari TakayamaNC3 (12), 29 Jan 2011 21Win21–0 Raúl GarcíaUD1226 Mar 2010 20Win20–0 Florante CondesUD1226 Jun 2009 19Win19–0 Lorenzo TrejoKO2 (12), 22 Nov 2008 18Win18–0 Sammy GutiérrezTKO7 (12)27 Jun 2008 17Win17–0 Gabriel PumarKO1 (12), 16 Nov 2007 16Win16–0 Armando dela CruzKO2 (12), 4 Nov 2006 15Win15–0 Thobani MbangeniTKO2 (12), 22 Sep 2006 14Win14–0 Thulani NdyamaraTKO1 Apr 2006 13Win13–0 Mawanda SinekoKO6 (12)29 Oct 2005 12Win12–0 Mawanda SinekoUD125 Mar 2005 11Win11–0 Wele MaqoloUD1228 Aug 2004 10Win10–0 Khuselekile GadaTKO1 (12), 16 Jul 2004 9Win9–0 Mzikayse FoslareTKO1 (12), 24 Apr 2004 8Win8–0 Thembinkosi BlouTKO2 (8)21 Feb 2004 7Win7–0 Elliot TokonaTKO4 (6)6 Dec 2003 6Win6–0 Sakhumzi MqadaruTKO2 (6)2 Aug 2003 5Win5–0 Mlungiseleli XokolosheUD105 Apr 2003 4Win4–0 Siyabulela MejeniTKO1 (6)14 Dec 2002 3Win3–0 Khuselekile GadaTKO2 (6)24 Aug 2002 2Win2–0 Makhi NokheleTKO3 (6)15 Jun 2002 1Win1–0 Dalisizwe KomaniPTS628 Apr 2002

See also List of world mini-flyweight boxing champions

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