Lovemore N'dou was born on 16 August 1971 and is a South African-Australian solicitor and former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012.
12 Facts About Lovemore N'dou
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Lovemore N'dou held the IBF junior-welterweight title in 2007, and the IBO welterweight title from 2009 to 2010.
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Lovemore N'dou had a successful amateur career of 68 fights with 66 wins and 2 losses, where he was a four-time South African champion in four consecutive years.
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Lovemore N'dou made his professional debut in 1993 against Enoch Khuzwayo in Johannesburg, South Africa winning on a points decision.
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Lovemore N'dou won his first major professional title on 29 November 2002 defeating Sarit Saeknaew by TKO to claim the IBF Pan Pacific Light Welterweight Title at Festival Hall in Melbourne.
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Lovemore N'dou lost the bout against Mitchell via a unanimous points decision.
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Lovemore N'dou closed out 2004 retaining his IBF Pan Pacific Light Welterweight Title against Ruben Francisco Silva Diaz in Sydney.
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Lovemore N'dou began 2005 with a 12 rounds unanimous points loss to Junior Witter at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA for the Commonwealth Light Welterweight Title.
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On 4 February 2007 in Sydney, Lovemore N'dou fought in the Australian Fight of the Year and defeated Naoufel Ben Rabah in an IBF World Light Welterweight Title Eliminator for the right to meet current title holder Ricky Hatton, after Hatton had won the title against Juan Urango in Las Vegas, USA two weeks earlier.
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Lovemore N'dou lost his first title defense on 16 June 2007 against American Paul Malignaggi in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA.
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On 24 May 2008, Lovemore N'dou got his rematch against Malignaggi.
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The bout was a much different one from their first encounter, with Malignaggi taking the lead a lot more and Lovemore N'dou playing the role of counter-puncher.