Zolani Tete: record, next fight and profile →
ZOLANI Tete is yet to receive his WBO belt after being elevated to a bantamweight champion due to permutations and already he is calling out other champions for unification. Tete (25-3, 20 KOs) beat Filipino Arthur Villanueva in a fight originally scheduled as a final eliminator at Leicester Arena in England last weekend.
South Africa's Zolani Tete was this evening confirmed as the new WBO World Bantamweight Champion. Tete oozed class over 12 rounds on his way to an emphatic points win over Filipino Arthur Villanueva on Saturday’s action-packed ‘City of Champions’ card at Leicester Arena, broadcast live on BoxNation.
Leicester Arena, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom - In a WBO middleweight eliminator, with the interim-WBO title at stake, Avtandil Khurtsidze (33-2-2, 22 KOs) stopped previously undefeated Tommy Langford (18-1, 6 KOs) in the fifth round to earn a crack at WBO full champion Billy Joe Saunders.
The packed house inside the Leicester Arena – as well as those tuning in on BT Sport or BoxNation – are in for a genuine fistic treat when a little magician, who throws punches like he is waving a wand, hotfoots it into the ring on Saturday. That is because the magnificent Zolani Tete is in town on business, with the objective of booking himself another world title shot.
Initially set to take place tomorrow, April 8th, the WBO bantamweight final eliminator between current WBO #1 and Asia Pacific bantamweight champion Arthur Villanueva and former IBF super flyweight world champion Zolani Tete has been moved to April 22nd.
Zolani Tete is set to return to the ring later this month as he looks to claim another world title. The former IBF super-flyweight world champion, who beat Ellesmere Port’s former bantamweight king Paul Butler in March, 2015 before relinquishing due to be offered a paltry purse for a mandatory defence against McJoe Arroyo, has been out of the
Promoter Frank Warren has big plans in store for Zolani Tete (24-3, 20 KOs) of South Africa. The talented boxer, who previously held the IBF super flyweight world title, is now in the bantamweight ranks and looking for more gold. Tete made his bantamweight debut in March of this year and stopped Jose Gonzalez for the IBF International title.
Zolani Tete is set to return to the ring later this month as he looks to claim another world title. The former IBF super-flyweight world champion, who beat Ellesmere Port’s former bantamweight king Paul Butler in March, 2015 before relinquishing due to be offered a paltry purse for a mandatory defence against McJoe Arroyo, has been out of the ring for eight months.
THE bypassing of Zolani Tete for a WBO bantamweight title shot in favour of a boxer he beat is raising eyebrows back home. Rated third in the bantamweight, Tete has been passed on for the title in favour of Paul Butler despite the fact he knocked him out in eight rounds when they fought for the IBF junior bantamweight title in March last year
Zolani Tete maintained his stoppage run with another early finish. The South African, 27, dominated Mexico’s Victor Ruiz (now 21-6, 15 KOs) over seven of 12 scheduled rounds, exclusively live on BoxNation.