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Zolani Marali

Zolani Marali

South African boxer (1977–2022)

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

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    USA Today
  2. [2]
    "Former SA and multiple world champion dies". Super Sport. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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