Bongani Mwelase
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Bongani Mwelase (born 23 August 1982) is a South African former boxer who became the 2006 Commonwealth amateur champion at welterweight.
Amateur
The hard-punching southpaw failed to qualify for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in third place at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana. He won the Commonwealth boxing championships in Glasgow 2005 and the Commonwealth Games 2006. In the final 2006 he beat Vijender Singh who received a standing 8 count 33–26. He is South Africa's first black Commonwealth boxing champion.[1]
Pro
He won his first 14 bouts and scored 12 KOs, but he then dropped decisions to Lovemore N'dou and Chris van Heerden in back-to-back fights.
He retired from boxing in 2011, citing exploitation and racism by promotors who mistreated black boxers.[1] He finished his career with a record of 14–2.
References
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- Commonwealth 2006
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Welterweight boxers
- Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- South African male boxers
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing