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Phillip Ndou (born May 4, 1977 in Thohoyandou
Thohoyandou

Thohoyandou is the administrative and legislative centre for this Venda region in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Previously, it was the capital of the Bantustan of Venda....
, South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
) was a boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
. He had an excellent knockout
Knockout

A knockout is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving strike ....
 percentage, with a record of 31-3 (30 KOs). He was forced into early retirement when he collapsed after a loss to Isaac Hlatshwayo. A brain scan revealed an abnormality that would endanger Ndou's health if he continued to box.

Ndou never won a major world title, but he won many minor title fights at featherweight
Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing and wrestling ....
 and super featherweight
Super Featherweight

Super Featherweight is a Boxing weight classes in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 lbs.The super featherweight division was created by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although first established by the New York State Athletic Commission in 1930....
. His most notable fight was an entertaining seven-round bout against WBC lightweight
Lightweight

The word lightweight usually refers to a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight. It is also a slang term, indicating insignificance or ineptitude, for example having a low tolerance for liquor....
 champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.






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Phillip Ndou (born May 4, 1977 in Thohoyandou
Thohoyandou

Thohoyandou is the administrative and legislative centre for this Venda region in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Previously, it was the capital of the Bantustan of Venda....
, South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
) was a boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
. He had an excellent knockout
Knockout

A knockout is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving strike ....
 percentage, with a record of 31-3 (30 KOs). He was forced into early retirement when he collapsed after a loss to Isaac Hlatshwayo. A brain scan revealed an abnormality that would endanger Ndou's health if he continued to box.

Ndou never won a major world title, but he won many minor title fights at featherweight
Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing and wrestling ....
 and super featherweight
Super Featherweight

Super Featherweight is a Boxing weight classes in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 lbs.The super featherweight division was created by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although first established by the New York State Athletic Commission in 1930....
. His most notable fight was an entertaining seven-round bout against WBC lightweight
Lightweight

The word lightweight usually refers to a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight. It is also a slang term, indicating insignificance or ineptitude, for example having a low tolerance for liquor....
 champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on November 1, 2003.

Coincidentally, Ndou had competed in the same featherweight boxing tournament
Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
 as Mayweather at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
. Ndou lost in the second round to the eventual gold medal
Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the highest medal awarded for achievement in a non-military field. The concept comes from the military, initially with a simple recognition of military rank, and later decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times....
ist, Kamsing Somluck of Thailand
Thailand

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.

Phillip Ndou won his comeback fight on the 14th of February 2009, defeating Frenchman Rachid Drilzane on a technical knockout in the fifth round.

The former World Boxing Union super-featherweight champion had not been in the ring since May 2004, when he lost to Isaac Hlatswayo, seven months after he’d been beaten by Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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