Silence Mabuza carved through six more opponents, all by knockout, in his native South Africa, before branching out to fight British journeyman Anthony Hanna on 4 April 2004, in Liverpool.
10 Facts About Silence Mabuza
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Silence Mabuza won his next seven fights, five by knockout, successfully defending his title six times, between 27 July 2002 and 13 May 2005.
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Silence Mabuza lost his IBO title to Marquez, who unified the two belts.
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Silence Mabuza traveled to New York City to defeat Ricardo Vargas in a 12-round, unanimous decision on 20 April 2006, to gain a second title shot vs Marquez, for the IBO and IBF Bantamweight titles.
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Marquez had scored a disallowed knockdown due to a low blow in the second, but thereafter had bloodied Silence Mabuza's nose, cut him beside the right eye, and dealt two parallel cuts on his left cheek in Round 8.
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Silence Mabuza had fought through a swollen right eye for five rounds, as well, when the fight was stopped after two rounds in which the action heavily favored Marquez.
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Silence Mabuza has since returned to his home in South Africa, where he has continued to fight, logging three victories since his second title-shot loss to Marquez.
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Silence Mabuza stopped Tanzanian Mbwana Matumla in the fifth round on 12 May 2007, to regain the IBO Bantamweight title, which had been vacated by Marquez's ascension to the Super Bantamweight division.
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Silence Mabuza defeated Eden Sonsona of the Philippines to defend his title on 2 Feb 2008, when the challenger retired from the bout after being knocked down at the final bell of Round 8.
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On 29 May 2009 Silence Mabuza suffered his third loss to Colombian Yonny Perez by TKO in the 12th round in an IBF Bantamweight eliminator.