Masibulele Makepula (born 3 March 1973) in East London, South Africa) is a professional boxer and later became charismatic pastor.
Amateur Achievements
- Represented South Africa at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.
- Gold Medalist at the 1995 All-Africa Games in Harare as a Light Flyweight.
- Represented South Africa at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia as a Light Flyweight. His results were:
- Defeated Debind Thapa (India) TKO 1
- Lost to Rafael Lozano (Spain) points
Professional career
Nicknamed "Hawk", Makepula turned pro in 1996 and captured the vacant WBO light flyweight title with a decision win over Jacob Matlala in 2000. He vacated the title and moved up in weight after the win. In 2006 he lost an eliminator to Jorge Arce by TKO.
See also
External links
- Boxing record for Masibulele Makepula from BoxRec (registration required)
| Olympic Games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preceded byDino Quattrocecere | Flagbearer for  South Africa Atlanta 1996 |
Succeeded byShirene Human | ||
| Sporting positions | ||||
| Major world boxing titles | ||||
| VacantTitle last held byMichael Carbajal | WBO light flyweight champion February 19, 2000 – 2000 Stripped |
VacantTitle next held byNelson Dieppa | ||
| Minor world boxing titles | ||||
| VacantTitle last held byDamaen Kelly | IBO flyweight champion January 26, 2002 – September 14, 2002 Vacated |
Succeeded byMzukisi Sikali | ||
| All-Africa Boxing Champions in Men's Light Flyweight | |
|---|---|
| 1973 – 2007: up to 48 kg | |
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Light-flyweight boxers
- World light-flyweight boxing champions
- Flyweight boxers
- World Boxing Organization champions
- International Boxing Organization champions
- Boxers from East London, South Africa
- Olympic boxers for South Africa
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
- African Games gold medalists for South Africa
- African Games medalists in boxing
- South African male boxers
- Competitors at the 1995 All-Africa Games
- South African boxing biography stubs