Sánchez had lost the IBF title due to coming in overweight against Sosa, thus leaving the title vacant after beating Sosa. On November 2013, Tete would fight in a third IBF junior-bantamweight eliminator against former champion Juan Carlos Sánchez Jr. Sosa received a warning due to low blows but there was no point deductions. Tete seem to befuddle Sosa with his length early on, but as the fight went on Sosa surged and earned the nod. After a bounce-back win, Tete fought in yet another eliminator but lost by split decision (113–115, 114–115, 115–114) to Roberto Sosa. He received another opportunity to fight in an IBF eliminator, but lost a majority decision (112–115, 112–115, 113–113) to Juan Alberto Rosas. Tete went on to face Moruti Mthalane for the IBF flyweight title, suffering his first loss with a round 5 technical knockout (TKO).Īfter the loss to Mthalane, Tete moved up to junior-bantamweight. Tete earned a shot at a major world title for the first time, beating Richard Garcia in a title eliminator by unanimous decision (118-108, 118-108, 118-110). In his eighth bout he won the WBF flyweight title, which he defended twice. Tete made his professional debut on May 2006. He claims to have over 400 amateur fights, only three of which were losses. Tete looked up to South African former world champions Vuyani Bungu and Welcome Ncita while in the unpaid ranks. Him and his brother, Makazole, took up boxing when Zolani was eight.
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