South Africa’s highest-rated boxer, Silence Mabuza, silenced raging Argentinean tornado Damien Marchiano to retain his IBO world bantamweight title with a rousing fifth-round TKO win on Saturday night. Although relatively slightly built, even for the bantamweight division, Marchiano performed more like a raging bull from the Pampas at the opening bell.
Articulate, incisive boxer Silence Mabuza is rated fifth best in his division in the world by the authoritative Ring magazine. And, taking this assessment at face value, the versatile bantamweight champion should have little trouble in accounting for little-known Argentinean journeyman Damien Marchiano on Saturday night.