JOHANNESBURG — South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, a two-weight world champion known as “The Rose of Soweto,” has died, the ministry of sports said on Tuesday. He was 57. Thobela won the WBO ...

Former multiple world boxing champion Dingaan Thobela has died. The popular 57-year-old boxing personality, fondly nicknamed “The Rose of Soweto”, was found dead in his Johannesburg flat on Monday ...

Three-time world boxing champion Dingaan Thobela was found dead in his Mayfair, Johannesburg, flat on Monday evening. The legendary boxer, who fought across four weight divisions during his ...

Veteran boxing writer Ron Jackson has reminisced about the hugely billed rematch between Dingaan Thobela and Tony Lopez 31 years ago almost to the day at Sun City Superbowl in North West Province, ...

A product of Cajun country in south Louisiana, Jeff played football through high school, and baseball through college and beyond. After getting a BFA from the Savannah College of Art & Design, he ...

Two deserving applicants for the Dingaan Thobela Bursary will be announced in September, Rodney Berman has announced. An astute former attorney based in Rosebank, Berman has done majestic work in ...

A ripple of excitement fills the Hands of Stone Boxing Academy gym in Central Western Jabavu in Soweto when trainer Norman Hlabane walks in with a familiar figure – former world lightweight boxing ...

Dingaan ‘Rose of Soweto’ Thobela (57) passed away last night, following an illness. According to media reports, Thobela’s childhood friend Eddie Mutungutungu said the former boxing world champion was ...

FORMER boxing champion Dingaan Thobela has been found dead at his home in Johannesburg after battling with a short illness. Thobela, 57, united both black and white supporters during his career which ...

JOHANNESBURGJOHANNESBURG — South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, a two-weight world champion known as “The Rose of Soweto,” has died, the ministry of sports said on Tuesday. He was 57. Thobela won the ...

South African boxing legend Dingaan Thobela has died aged 57 (Getty) Former boxing world champion, Dingaan Thobela, has died aged 57 after battling illness. Thobela, nicknamed the ‘Rose of Soweto’, ...