Zolani Tete: record, next fight and profile →
by Tris Dixon - “This tournament is the toughest challenge that all the participants will have faced in their careers,” said Adam Booth, trainer of bantamweight world champion Ryan Burnett. Booth, who has created a formidable stable including the likes of welter prospect Josh Kelly and Irish star Mick Conlan...
THREE reigning world bantamweight champions have agreed to put their titles on the line in the next season of the World Boxing Super Series. WBO ruler Zolani Tete and new WBC champion Emmanuel Rodriguez were unveiled at a London press conference today, while WBA king Ryan Burnett’s attendance – following an agreement earlier in the morning – was confirmed moments before.
Three Bantamweight World Champions, Ryan Burnett (WBA), Manny Rodriguez (IBF) and Zolani Tete (WBO), are the first confirmed fighters for the second season of the World Boxing Super Series. “After a fantastic first season with Super Middleweight and Cruiserweight, we have decided that bigger is better. So we are going out with three divisions in our second season,” said Comosa’s Chief Boxing Officer, Kalle Sauerland.
Emmanuel Rodriguez picked up a world title just last weekend –– and he is already in line for multi-million-dollar paydays. The Puerto Rican, who is undefeated in 18 contests with 12 early, outpointed Ellesmere Port's Paul Butler at the O2 Arena in London las Saturday to claim the then-vacant IBF bantamweight title.
FIGHT WEEK IN Belfast once again more than delivered the goods in a big way and the plotting of Carl Frampton’s next move is now very much in the works. It is a complete pleasure promoting major shows in the city and the response of the boxing public is always first class. The atmosphere generated in the arena is unsurpassed and it makes for such momentus occasions.
SSE Arena, Belfast, Ireland - WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (27-3, 21 KOs) dominated mandatory challenger and former world champion Omar Narvaez (48-3-2, 25 KOs) over twelve rounds for a unanimous decision win. All three judges scored it 120-108.
World Champion Zolani Tete says the best should fight the best after once again calling on a unification bout with Belfast’s Ryan Burnett. The South African hotshot puts his WBO Title on the line as he faces veteran Argentine Omar Narvaez on the undercard of Carl Frampton v Nonito Donaire this Saturday night live on BoxNation.
World record breaking knockout king Zolani Tete has fired another warning shot at Bantamweight rival Ryan Burnett ahead of his WBO Bantamweight World Title defence against Omar Andres Narvaez this Saturday at the SSE Arena in Belfast, shown live on BT Sport and BoxNation.
YET another high profile boxer has sidestepped fiery WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete. This time it is Japanese star Naoya Inoue who has decided to seek a title in another direction rather than challenge Tete even though he had intimated that he will do so beforehand.
With just under two months until his return to Belfast, Zolani Tete is excited to put on another show at the SSE Arena. On April 21st, the WBO World Bantamweight Champion meets experienced Argentine Omar Narvaez on the stacked Carl Frampton undercard. Belfast local Ryan Burnett unified two titles last year, but his team have so far been unwilling to take on Tete, and the South African believes the fans know why.