Mbulelo Botile

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Mbulelo Botile (b 23 July 1972 in Duncan Village, East London) was a South African boxer in the Bantamweight division.

[edit] Professional Career

Botile turned pro in 1989 and won his first twenty-one bouts, including fifteen straight to set up a shot at the IBF Bantamweight title against Harold Mestre in 1995. Botile won with a second –round TKO. He successfully defended the title five times before losing the belt to Tim Austin in 1997, by a seventh-round TKO.

Botile moved up in weight and in 2000 took on IBF Featherweight title-holder Paul Ingle, winning the belt with a twelfth-round TKO. He lost a decision in his first defence against Frank Toledo in 2001 and then moved up to Super featherweight. He took on former champion Cassius Baloyi in 2002, losing by an eleventh-round TKO. Botile retired after the loss, but came back in 2005, only to be knocked out Anthony Tshehla.

Preceded by: Harold Mestre	IBF Bantamweight Champion 29 Apr 1995– 19 Jul 1997	Succeeded by: Tim Austin
Preceded by: Paul Ingle	IBF Featherweight Champion 16 Dec 2000– 6 Apr 2001	Succeeded by: Frank Toledo