rs Oosthuizen losing his IBO light heavyweight title reects a lack of selfdiscipline. Other SA boxers have also failed to make the weight cut
Dingaan Thobela
Ali Funeka
Thabo Sonjica
Corrie Sanders (late)
Johnny du Plooy (late)
Mike Tyson
In 2003, an overweight Thobela
avoids the w weigh-in in Copenhagen, Denmark, and disappears on the eve of his eight eight-round bout against Mads Larsen. Thre Three years later, Thobela fails to make mak the required 79.38kg limit for th the S SA light heavyweight title against agains inst Soon Botes. He weighs in at 81.7kg 81.
Malcolm Klassen
In April 2015, he is overweight for
his IBO international junior lightweight bout against Xolani Mcotheli at Orient Theatre, East London. Klassen tips the scales at 60.75kg two days before the ght. He manages to whittle down his weight to 59.45kg, but misses the stipulated 58.97kg limit
The erstwhile World Boxing
Organisation heavyweight kingpin struggled to shed weight ahead of key ghts as he spent most of his time on the golf course instead of working out
In 2010, the former International
Boxing Federation lightweight champion test positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a banned diuretic that helps ghters control their weight ahead of tournaments
Arguably the countrys most
gifted heavyweight in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Gained fame for beating Mike Waver for World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title. He lived life in the fast lane and did not take his training seriously
In 2014, loses his International
Boxing Organisation (IBO) junior lightweight belt on the scales when he is too heavy to defend it against Filipino Roli Gasca
The then world heavyweight
kingpin gains notoriety for biting off a piece of Evander Holyelds ear in 1997 for their WBA heavyweight title bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas. Tyson is disqualied and loses his boxing licence Graphics24
