Zolani Marali

Zolani Marali (5 May 1977 – 4 February 2022) was a South African lightweight boxer.

Zolani Marali
Born	(1977-05-05)5 May 1977 Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died	4 February 2022(2022-02-04) (aged 44)
Nationality	South African
Other names	Untouchable
Statistics
Weight(s)	Lightweight
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	30
Wins	24
Wins by KO	13
Losses	6
Draws	0
No contests	0

Life and career

Marali was born in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Marali won a bronze medal in the flyweight category at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg. In April 2009, he won the International Boxing Organization (IBO) superfeatherweight boxing title after defeating Gamaliel Diaz.^[1] He had previously won the titles for World Boxing Foundation super bantamweight and super featherweight as well as IBO super bantamweight.^[1]

Marali died on 4 February 2022, at the age of 44.^[2]

Titles in pretence
Vacant Title last held by Paulie Ayala	World Super Bantamweight Champion IBO Recognition 11 July 2003 – 22 May 2004	Succeeded by Thomas Mashaba
Vacant Title last held by Billy Dib	World Super Featherweight Champion IBO Recognition 2 April 2009 – 12 October 2009	Succeeded by Ji-Hoon Kim

References

1. USA Today
2. "Former SA and multiple world champion dies". Super Sport. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.