Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala (1 August 1962 – 7 December 2013) was a South African boxer and junior flyweight champion from Meadowlands, Johannesburg. He won 4 world championship titles. In 2004, Matlala was voted #72 in the "100 Greatest South Africans" poll organized by SABC.
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Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala (1 August 1962 – 7 December 2013) was a South African boxer and junior flyweight champion from Meadowlands, Johannesburg. He...
the group stage. Famous combat sport personalities include Baby Jake JacobMatlala, Vuyani Bungu, Welcome Ncita, Dingaan Thobela, Corrie Sanders, Gerrie...
1997 in Las Vegas once again, he was defeated by South Africa's JacobMatlala. Matlala handed Carbajal his first inside the distance defeat ever, stopping...
Evelyn Mase – midwife nurse and former first wife of Nelson Mandela. JacobMatlala – "Baby Jake" (1962–2013) was a South African boxer and junior flyweight...
Weir (def. Paul Oulden) 23 Nov 1994 – 18 Nov 1995 1 5 JacobMatlala 18 Nov 1995 – 1997 2 Matlala vacates the title to fight Michael Carbajal rather than...
Bull" = Endre Weibye "The Ballet Dancer" = Salamo Arouch "Baby Jake" = JacobMatlala "Big Bad John" = John McDermott "Big George" = George Foreman "The Boxing...
final fight came in September 2001 when he unsuccessfully challenged JacobMatlala for the WBU light flyweight title, the South African stopping him in...
He defended the belt once against Ric Magramo before losing it to JacobMatlala after Weir was unable to continue due to a deep cut from an accidental...
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flyweight (112 lbs) to challenge the WBO world title with South Africa's JacobMatlala on October 15, 1994. Lacus was the unanimous loser again. His last bout...
title against Porter, but lost it in May 1993 when he was stopped by JacobMatlala in the eighth round at the Scottish Exhibition Centre. Clinton was out...
soldier, second-to-last surviving veteran of the Polish–Soviet War. JacobMatlala, 51, South African WBO flyweight and light flyweight champion boxer...
captured the vacant WBO light flyweight title with a decision win over JacobMatlala in 2000. He vacated the title and moved up in weight after the win....
"Blue Jaguar" Morodi, Levy " Golden Boy" Madi, and world renowned Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala. Mthembu has received numerous awards for his contribution to...
Matlala, Alex Japho (20 June 2018). "Penny Penny aims at top Limpopo ANC job, slams 'tribalism'". The Citizen. Retrieved 2 December 2022. Matlala, Alex...
Ntendeya Moses Mavundla) and then Maluleke, Seriti, Matlala & Makume (with Maluleke, Nano Matlala, and Motsamai Makume). Seriti served as the chairperson...
compensation. He rose to national prominence as an outspoken supporter of Jacob Zuma, then-ANC president and later President of South Africa. However, Malema's...
1942) Masibulele Makepula, professional boxer (born 1973) "Baby" Jakes Matlala, junior flyweight champion (born 1962–2013) Brian Mitchell, WBA Super Featherweight...
Ramaphosa. Johannesburg: Jacana. p. 1. ISBN 9781431401840. Modjadji, Ngwako; Matlala, Alex. "Ramaphosa 'not born in Limpopo'". The Citizen. Archived from the...
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