Mzonke Fana

Mzonke Fana
File:Mzonke Fana in Espoo, 2013.jpg Fana in Espoo (December 2013)
Statistics
Real name	Mzonke Fana
Nickname(s)	"Rose of Khayelitsha"
Rated at	Super featherweight Light Weight
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Reach	178 cm (70 in)
Nationality	South African
Born	(1973-10-29) 29 October 1973 Cape Town, South Africa
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	40
Wins	33
Wins by KO	14
Losses	7
Draws	0
No contests	0

Mzonke Fana (born 29 October 1973 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a professional boxer in the junior lightweight (130 lb) division. Known as "The Rose of Khayelitsha", he was a virtual unknown in the boxing world until he challenged and defeated Malcolm Klassen for the IBF World Junior lightweight title in 2007. Prior to the victory, he was knocked out on 9 April 2005 by Marco Antonio Barrera in the second round for the WBC championship. He fought Paulus Moses for the WBO international lightweight title, but the fight stopped in the 4th round. On 7 December 2013 he fought upcoming fighter Edis Tatli for the WBA Inter-continental lightweight title at the Barona Areena in Espoo, Finland, but lost a decision.

See also

• List of current world boxing champions

External links

• Professional boxing record for Mzonke Fana from BoxRec

Preceded by Malcolm Klassen	IBF Junior Lightweight Champion 20 April 2007 – 12 April 2008	Succeeded by Cassius Baloyi
Vacant Title last held by Robert Guerrero	IBF Junior Lightweight Champion 1 September 2010 – 19 May 2011	Vacant Title next held by Juan Carlos Salgado