Thomas Oosthuizen ( ; born 2 April 1988) is a South African professional boxer. He is a former IBO world champion in two weight classes, having held the super-middleweight title from 2011 to 2014, and the light-heavyweight title in 2015.
Professional career
Oosthuizen made his professional debut on 29 February 2008, knocking out Johannes Swart in two rounds. He then reeled off twelve straight victories, nine of which coming by way of knockout.
IBO super-middleweight champion On 6 November 2010, Oosthuizen faced off against IBO Super Middleweight titleholder Isaac Chilemba. The result was a split-decision draw which allowed Chilemba to retain the title, Oosthuizen claims that attempted to make a rematch were swiftly declined. On 26 March 2011, Oosthuizen got a second crack at the IBO title against Evert Bravo (Chilemba had vacated the title to move up to the Light Heavyweight class). Oosthuizen won the fight via a ninth-round technical knockout, which saw the referee stepping in to save Bravo from taking further punishment. Oosthuizen made his American debut on the undercard of Andre Berto vs. Jan Zaveck, winning a unanimous decision over Aaron Pryor Jr on 3 September 2011.
After two seemingly lackluster performances (a draw with Brandon Gonzáles and split decision victory over Ezequiel Maderna), a motorcycle injury forced Oosthuizen to withdraw from a scheduled bout fight with Eleider Alvarez. He was subsequently released by his promoter Rodney Berman, who cited the fact that Oosthuizen was at least 13 pounds over the 175 lb. limit for the bout; stating, "He's had so many chances and blown every one". Following a brief stint in rehabilitation, Oosthuizen was able to mend ties with his promoter in an attempt to move forward with his boxing career. He vacated his IBO Super Middleweight Title on 21 April 2014.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes34Win Limbani LanoTKO6 (10)16 Oct 202233Loss28–3–2Aleksey EgorovUD1023 Mar 201932Loss28–2–2Thabiso MchunuUD128 Dec 201831Win28–1–2Thabiso MchunuMD121 Sep 201830Loss27–1–2Igor MikhalkinUD1219 May 201729Win27–0–2Said MbelwaKO3 (12)28 Apr 201728Win26–0–2Daniel BruwerTKO9 (12)27 Aug 201627Win25–0–2Robert BerridgeUD126 Jun 201526Win24–0–2Ryno LiebenbergSD1214 Mar 201525Win23–0–2Denis Grachev11 (12), 15 Nov 201424Win22–0–2Ezequiel Maderna129 Nov 201323Draw21–0–2Brandon GonzálesSD1029 Jun 201322Win21–0–1Fulgencio ZúñigaUD1210 Nov 201221Win20–0–1Rowland BryantUD122 Aug 201220Win19–0–1Marcus JohnsonUD1027 Apr 201219Win18–0–1Serge YannickTKO6 (12), 3 Mar 201218Win17–0–1Francisco SierraTKO11 (12), 23 Nov 201117Win16–0–1Aaron Pryor Jr.UD123 Sep 201116Win15–0–1William GareUD124 Jun 201115Win14–0–1Evert BravoTKO9 (12), 26 Mar 201114Draw13–0–1Isaac Chilemba126 Nov 201013Win13–0Saúl RománKO8 (10), 27 Apr 201012Win12–0Thomas AwinbonoUD1227 Feb 201011Win11–0Tshepang MohaleKO4 (12), 31 Oct 200910Win10–0Cleber Argente Alves1012 Sep 20099Win9–0Jared Lovett1011 Jul 20098Win8–0Semanda ShabaneTKO1 (8), 1 Apr 20097Win7–0Jeremiah BaloyiTKO1 (4)17 Nov 20086Win6–0Mfundo Wongo3 (4)7 Oct 20085Win5–0Mzukiseni LengesiTKO1 (4)13 Sep 20084Win4–0Ayanda NongenaTKO1 (4)1 Aug 20083Win3–0Takalani MalulekeTKO3 (4)15 Jul 20082Win2–0Shawn SombyalaTKO1 (4)28 May 20081Win1–0Johannes Swart2 (4)29 Feb 2008
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