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Kubukeka sengathi iminyaka isihambile kuMoruti Mthalane.
Ukuhlulwa kukaMthalane oneminyaka engama-38 ubudala empini yakhe yokuvikela isicoco se-IBF flyweight ebhekene noSunny Edwards wase-England e-London ngoLwesihlanu, kushiye iNingizimu Afrika ingenaye umpetha womhlaba osemthethweni.
Nguyena kuphela umpetha ophethe isicoco se-IBF, i-WBC, i-WBA ne-WBO.
Ekhuluma ne-Scrolla.Africa eseNgilandi ngaphambi kokuza ekhaya, uMthalane uthe: “Ubengumshayisibhakela ongcono kakhulu ebusuku. Ngizamile kodwa izinto azihambanga ngendlela yami.”
Ukuhlulwa ngu-Edwards kuvale iminyaka yakhe eli-13 yokuwina.
UMthalane uselwe izimpi eziningi nezingqwele ezifana noNonito Donaire obesatshwa futhi usemangaze ababukeli emazweni ayisikhombisa.
Kodwa ubhekene nobunzima eringini ngesikhathi ebhekene no-Edwards obeshaya isibhakela esisheshayo.
Irekhodi likaMthalane njengamanje limi ezimpini ezingama-42, ukunqoba izimpi ezingama-39 nokuhlulwa kathathu.
UMthalane ubonge wonke umuntu obemeseka.
“Ngihluliwe kodwa ngisaziqhenya ngokuthi ngibe nesikhathi eside emdlalweni wesibhakela futhi ngakwazi ukuwina izicoco zomhlaba ezintathu,” kusho yena.