South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, ‘The Rose of Soweto,’ dies aged 57

  • April 30, 2024
South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, ‘The Rose of Soweto,’ dies aged 57

Defending champion Eric Lucas, right, serves an uppercut to South Africa’s Dingaan Thobela, left, during the WBC super middleweight championship on Nov. 30, 2001, in Montreal, Canada.

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.

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