It looks like the last chance saloon for Jeffrey Mathebula and Vusi Malinga as far as world boxing titles are concerned.
This was the view expressed by top South African trainer Nick Durandt, who has handled both South African fighters, at different times, following the defeats suffered by Mathebula and Malinga in IBF super bantamweight and bantamweight title fights in Europe on Saturday night.
Mathebula was stopped in the ninth round by a tough-as-teak Martinez at the Pabellon Esperanza in Elche while England's Stuart Hall outpointed Malinga in his bid to gain the IBF bantamweight title he has been chasing for the best part of four years.
