Antonio Cervantes vs. Norman Sekgapane

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Antonio Cervantes 139 lbs beat Norman Sekgapane 139 lbs by TKO in round 9 of 15

  • Date: 1978-08-26
  • Location: Independence Stadium, Mmabatho, North-West, South Africa
  • Referee: Luis Sulbaran

"Columbia's swift-moving Antonio Cervantes retained his world junior welterweight title Saturday, scoring a TKO in the 9th round over South African challenger Norman Sekgapane. Cervantes never was troubled by the South African, who was at a disadvantage both in height and reach and who took stiff punishment from the 4th round onward. The end came early in the 9th round when Cervantes caught Sekgapane on the back foot and going backward, with a devastatingly accurate and powerful left. Sekgapane took an eight-count. Then he moved into another of the Columbian's lefts that looked like it was going to behead him. But before the South African could be hit again, Venezuelan referee Luis Sulbaran mercifully stopped the fight." -United Press International

  • Sekgapane was also down twice in the 4th round.

Post fight comments

  • "I thought I could have carried on." -Norman Sekgapane
  • "I admire him for his courage in the way he kept coming forward and for his determination." -Antonio Cervantes
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