Zolani Marali (5 May 1977 – 4 February 2022) was a South African lightweight boxer.

Life and career

Marali was born in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Marali won a bronze medal in the flyweight category at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg. In April 2009, he won the International Boxing Organization (IBO) superfeatherweight boxing title after defeating Gamaliel Diaz.[1] He had previously won the titles for World Boxing Foundation super bantamweight and super featherweight as well as IBO super bantamweight.[1]

Marali died on 4 February 2022, at the age of 44.[2]

Titles in pretence
Vacant
Title last held by
Paulie Ayala 		World Super Bantamweight Champion
IBO Recognition
11 July 2003 – 22 May 2004 		Succeeded by
Vacant
Title last held by
Billy Dib 		World Super Featherweight Champion
IBO Recognition
2 April 2009 – 12 October 2009 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ a b USA Today
  2. ^ "Former SA and multiple world champion dies". Super Sport. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolani_Marali
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