When Soccer City Roared for a World Champion: Remembering Mbulelo Botile’s 1995 Title Night

On April 29, 1995, Mbulelo Botile turned Soccer City into a boxing cauldron, stopping Harold Mestre in the second round to claim the IBF bantamweight crown. Three decades later, the win still stands as a landmark for South African fight nights and the country’s place on boxing’s world stage.