Boxer knocks out rival in 11 seconds


  • World
  • Monday, 20 Nov 2017

This photo is taken on Dec. 20, 2015 shows Lethwei martial arts fighter Tun Tun Min in the ring with his opponent, US national Cyrus "Black Dynamite" Washington. (Agence France -Presse/Ye Aung Thu)

BELFAST: Zolani Tete took just 11 seconds to record the fastest knockout in world championship fight history in Belfast on Saturday night.

The South African etched his name into the record books when he flattened countryman Siboniso Gonya with his first punch to retain his World Boxing Organisation bantamweight crown.

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