London next stop for ’road warrior’ Mthalane

Marlene Minopetros

South African flyweight boxer Moruti Mthalane (38) faces another “test on the road” when he takes on the 25-year-old undefeated Brit Sunny Edwards in the fourth defence of his IBF world title tonight in London. Mthalane, a veteran of 39 pro fights spanning a career of two decades - he started out in December 2000, is no stranger to fighting away from home. He is a true road warrior, and his last four bouts were in China, Japan, and Malaysia. The KwaZulu-Natal boxing star is in his second spell as an IBF world champion. He first won the title in 2009 and then relinquished it shortly before he won the IBO strap in 2014. He regained the IBF crown in 2018. He last fought in December 2019 when…

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