Nhlanhla Tyirha

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Nhlanhla Tyirha
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Nickname(s)Kilimanjaro
Weight(s) Light-flyweight
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
NationalitySouth African
Born1999
East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record [1]
Total fights10
Wins8
Wins by KO2
Losses2

Nhlanhla Tyirha is a South African professional boxer, who has held the WBO Global light flyweight title since 2021.

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Professional boxing career

Tyirha made his professional debut against Sabelo Nkosi on 17 June 2018. He won the fight on points. Tyirha amassed an undefeated 3–0 record during the next four months, before being booked to challenge Bongani Silila for the South African light flyweight title on 7 December 2018. He captured his first professional title by a third-round knockout. [2]

Following his victory against Silila, Tyirha challenged the reigning WBO Africa light flyweight champion Nkosinathi Joyi on 28 April 2019. He suffered the first loss of his professional career, as Joyi won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 116–112, 116–113 and 118–112. [3]

Tyirha faced Joey Canoy for the vacant WBA Inter-continental light flyweight title on 21 May 2021. [4] He won the fight by unanimous decision. [5] Tyirha next faced Jaysever Abcede on 1 October 2021 for another vacant belt, the WBO Global light flyweight title. [6] Despite being knocked down in the opening round, Tyirha rallied back to win the majority of the remaining rounds and capture the title by unanimous decision, with scores of 117–110, 117–110 and 116–111. [7]

Tyirha faced Esneth Domingo (16–1) on 28 May 2022, at the Premier Elicc in East London. [8] He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 97–93, 96–94 and 96–94. [9] Later that same year, on 30 October, Tyirha faced Orlie Silvestre for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental light flyweight title. [10] He captured the vacant belt by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 119–109 and one scorecard of 120–108. [11]

Professional boxing record

10 fights8 wins2 losses
By knockout21
By decision61
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
10Loss8–2George KanduloKO6 (8), 1:572 Jul 2023International Convention Centre, East London, South Africa
9Win8–1Orlie SilvestreUD1230 Oct 2022International Convention Centre, East London, South AfricaWon vacant IBF Inter-Continental light-flyweight title
8Win7–1Esneth DomingoUD1028 May 2022International Convention Centre, East London, South Africa
7Win6–1Jaysever AbcedeUD121 Oct 2021International Convention Centre, East London, South AfricaWon vacant WBO Global light-flyweight title
6Win5–1Joey CanoyUD1021 May 2021International Convention Centre, East London, South AfricaWon vacant WBA Inter-continental light-flyweight title
5Loss4–1 Nkosinathi Joyi UD1228 Apr 2019Orient Theatre, East London, South AfricaFor WBO Africa light-flyweight title
4Win4–0Bongani SililaKO3 (12), 0:487 Dec 2018Orient Theatre, East London, South AfricaWon South African light-flyweight title
3Win3–0Luyanda KwankwaSD812 Oct 2018Indoor Sports Centre, Mdantsane, South Africa
2Win2–0Sakhekile QumbaTKO1 (6)27 Jul 2018International Convention Centre, East London, South Africa
1Win1–0Sabelo NkosiPTS617 Jun 2018Orient Theatre, East London, South Africa

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