(AUG 14) World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Womens World Super Welterweight Champion Noni
Tenge, 19-1-1 (10), will make the third defense of her title on
Sunday August 25 at the Indoor Sports Centre in the Mdantsane
township of East London, South Africa.
She will be going over familiar ground, as her opponent will be
compatriot rival Mapule Ngubane, 8-7-3 (1), who is aiming to
make it third time lucky against Tenge, after losing twice on
points in entertaining previous encounters.
Tenge, who has been operating at world level for almost ten
years, won the WBF International and World Welterweight titles
in 2009, and made two defences of the WBF world championship in
2010 before adding the IBF world title in 2011.
In 2012 she suffered her sole defeat, when American Layla
McCarter defeated her in a bid to win the WBA World Super
Welterweight crown, but in 2012 she picked up the Interim WBA
World Welterweight title, before returning to Super Welterweight
in 2015 to win her second WBF World title.
Nicknamed “She Bee Stinging”, Tenge is perhaps the most
underrated current world champion at Super Welterweight, and
many believe she only needs the right opportunity to prove that
she can beat all her counterparts on the world scene.
But first she has to get by Ngubane again, and she will know
that, based on their previous bouts, it is likely going to be a
hard nights work against a foe with a deceivingly mediocre
record. However, its a chance to make a statement by winning in
more impressive fashion this time around.