1974 — Future world champion Peter “Terror” Mathebula suffers the first stoppage defeat of his career in his eighth bout as a professional. He lost on a fourth-round technical knockout to Joe Ngidi junior, but would go on to avenge the loss in style nearly two years later. By the time Mathebula, South Africa’s first black world champion, retired he had been stopped in five of his nine career defeats.
1996 — Mbulelo Botile makes the fourth defence of his IBF bantamweight title by stopping Filipino Marlon Arlos in the ninth round in Fort Hare, Eastern Cape.
2002 — Werner Greeff makes his debut as the Springboks trounce Argentina 49-29 at the PAM Brink Stadium in Springs. Wing Stefan Terblanche scored two of South Africa’s six tries, with flyhalf Andre Pretorius dotting down once and converting five tries and slotting three penalties.
2003 — Jacques Kallis scores an unbeaten 125 as the Proteas beat Zimbabwe by 46 runs in Canterbury in a triangular competition. Andrew Hall took 3/38 as SA restricted their opponents to 226/9 in their 50 overs.
2007 — Morne van Wyk’s 82 and a run-a-ball 55 by Mark Boucher push the Proteas to 226/6, but it’s not enough as SA lose to India by six wickets in the second ODI of the three-match series in Belfast. Sachin Tendulkar’s 93 was instrumental in getting the Indian win with five balls remaining.
2010 — South Africa win the third Test against West Indies by seven wickets in Bridgetown on the fourth day to take the three-match series 2-0. Chasing just 47 runs to win, the visitors knocked off the runs inside nine overs. Spinner Johan Botha played a key role in the field, taking seven wickets in the match.
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