Drake Thadzi
Drake Thadzi 
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| Birth Name | Drake Thadzi |
| Fight name | Nightmare |
| Weight class | Light heavyweight |
| nationality | Malawi |
| birthday | November 23, 1960 |
| place of birth | Lilongwe |
| style | Left delivery |
| Profile in the BoxRec database | |
Drake Thadzi (* 23. November 1960 in Lilongwe ) is a former boxer in the heavyweight , the October 19, 1996 to August 2, 1998 World Champion of the Association IBC and 14 May 1997 to 12 December 1998 world champion of the Association IBO was.
Career
Amateur career
Thadzi became an amateur in 1980. His greatest achievement was participation in the Summer Olympics in 1984 . However, he lost in the round of 16 unanimously against the Algerian Mustapha Moussa , who later won the bronze medal.
Professional career
1995 Thadzi became mandatory challenger of the reigning world champion of the WBA and IBF Virgil Hill . Hill won the fight unanimously on points and retained his title.
On May 14, 1997 Thadzi fought against the American James Toney for the vacant IBO title and was able to win it after a majority decision.
In December 1998 he fought against the previously undefeated Poland Dariusz Michalczewski , who held the WBO world title . Thadzi lost to TKO in the ninth round.
Web links
- Drake Thadzi in the BoxRec database
- Drake Thadzi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Drake Thadzi in the BoxRec database
- ↑ Drake Thadzi in the BoxRec Wiki
- ↑ Drake Thadzi on FightsRec
- ↑ Canadian Professional Boxing Council ( Memento from March 7, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
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| SURNAME | Thadzi, Drake |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Malawian light heavyweight boxer, IBC world champion (1996–1998) and IBO world champion (1997–1998) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lilongwe |