Isaac Hlatshwayo vs. Jan Zaveck
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Isaac Hlatshwayo 146 lbs lost to Jan Zaveck 147 lbs by TKO at 2:55 in round 3 of 12
- Date: 2009-12-11
- Location: Wembley Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Referee: Kenny Chevalier
- Judge: Alfred Buqwana 17-20
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In an upset, Slovenia's Jan Zaveck, fighting out of Magdeburg, Germany, scored a third round stoppage of Isaac Hlatshwayo of South Africa to win the IBF welterweight title.
Zaveck decked Hlatshwayo in the second, and twice in the third with overland lefts. The referee stopped the contest at 2:55 of round three. With this win, Zaveck, now 25-1, 16 kayos, earned an immediate rematch with Rafal Jackiewicz of Poland, who split decisioned Zaveck in a 2008 12 round European title bout in Poland (Zaveck's only loss) and is the IBF's # 1 contender.