Lehlo Ledwaba (36-6-1, 23) was born in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa on July 27, 1971. At the age of 19 years on October 31, 1990, he made his professional boxing debut against Ephraim Madi, winning the fight via 4th-round TKO.
On his 30th career fight at 27 years old, Ledwaba became a super-bantamweight world champion on May 29, 1999 after defeating John Michael Johnson via 12-round unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF title.
Ledwaba's last fight was a 9th-round retirement loss to Maxwell Awuku at age 35 on November 24, 2006. He was on a 1-fight losing streak by his last fight.
Some of Lehlo Ledwaba's best fights have been against Vuyisile Tinga, Ephraim Nangenda, Entwa Mofokeng and Luyanda Mini. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Lehlo Ledwaba".
Ledwaba has 6 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Lehlo Ledwaba Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
43  | Nov 24, 2006 35 years, 3 months 36-6-1 (23) | 23 years, 8 months 7-1-1 (3) | SFT | 9 | RTD | LOSS |
42 | Apr 8, 2006 34 years, 8 months 36-5-1 (23) | Ephraim Nangenda | SFT | 6 | TKO | WIN |
41 | Apr 16, 2005 33 years, 8 months 35-5-1 (22) | Cassius Baloyi | FT | 12 | UD | LOSS |
40 | Nov 20, 2004 33 years, 3 months 35-4-1 (22) | Cassius Baloyi | FT | 12 | UD | LOSS |
39 | Jun 11, 2004 32 years, 10 months 35-3-1 (22) | Spend Abazi | FT | 12 | UD | LOSS |
38 | Mar 13, 2004 32 years, 7 months 35-2-1 (22) | Choi Tseveenpurev | 10 | MD | WIN | |
37 | Jul 27, 2002 31 years 34-2-1 (22) | Vuyani Bungu | FT | 12 | UD | WIN |
36 | Jun 23, 2001 29 years, 10 months 33-2-1 (22) | Manny Pacquiao | SBT | 6 | TKO | LOSS Lost IBF |
35 | Apr 22, 2001 29 years, 8 months 33-1-1 (22) | Carlos Contreras | SBT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended IBF |
34 | Feb 17, 2001 29 years, 6 months 32-1-1 (22) | Arnel Barotillo | SBT | 9 | TKO | WIN Defended IBF |
33 | Oct 6, 2000 29 years, 2 months 31-1-1 (21) | Eduardo Enrique Alvarez | SBT | 8 | KO | WIN Defended IBF |
32 | Apr 7, 2000 28 years, 8 months 30-1-1 (20) | Ernesto Grey | SBT | 8 | TKO | WIN Defended IBF |
31 | Sep 25, 1999 28 years, 1 months 29-1-1 (19) | Edison Valencia Diaz | SBT | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended IBF |
30 | May 29, 1999 27 years, 10 months 28-1-1 (18) | John Michael Johnson | SBT | 12 | UD | WIN Won IBF Vacant |
29 | Feb 6, 1999 27 years, 6 months 27-1-1 (18) | Maxim Pugachev | 2 | KO | WIN | |
28 | Dec 5, 1998 27 years, 4 months 26-1-1 (17) | Peter Buckley | 8 | PTS | WIN | |
27 | Aug 22, 1998 27 years 25-1-1 (17) | Arnel Barotillo | 10 | UD | WIN | |
26 | Mar 25, 1998 26 years, 7 months 24-1-1 (17) | Zukile Filani | SBT | 3 | KO | WIN |
25 | Dec 7, 1997 26 years, 4 months 23-1-1 (16) | Entwa Mofokeng | SBT | 2 | TKO | WIN |
24 | Jun 21, 1997 25 years, 10 months 22-1-1 (15) | Luyanda Mini | SBT | 4 | TKO | WIN |
23 | Mar 9, 1997 25 years, 7 months 21-1-1 (14) | Gian Maria Petriccioli | BT | 12 | UD | WIN |
22 | Nov 17, 1996 25 years, 3 months 20-1-1 (14) | Cruz Carbajal | BT | 12 | UD | WIN |
21 | Jul 7, 1996 24 years, 11 months 19-1-1 (14) | Vuyisile Tinga | SBT | 1 | KO | WIN |
20 | Apr 7, 1996 24 years, 8 months 18-1-1 (13) | Ric Siodora | 10 | UD | WIN | |
19 | Nov 18, 1995 24 years, 3 months 17-1-1 (13) | Ricky Beard | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
18 | Aug 26, 1995 24 years 16-1-1 (12) | Matthew Harris | 2 | KO | WIN | |
17 | May 6, 1995 23 years, 9 months 15-1-1 (11) | Juan Polo Perez | 10 | SD | WIN | |
16 | Jan 22, 1995 23 years, 5 months 14-1-1 (11) | Ncedile Siko | SBT | 7 | RTD | WIN |
15 | Sep 4, 1994 23 years, 1 months 13-1-1 (10) | June Siko | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
14 | Mar 13, 1994 22 years, 7 months 12-1-1 (9) | Barry Brown | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
13 | Dec 4, 1993 22 years, 4 months 11-1-1 (8) | Elias Sebesho | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
12 | Jul 24, 1993 21 years, 11 months 10-1-1 (8) | Joseph Ramaswe | 2 | TKO | LOSS | |
11 | Jun 2, 1993 21 years, 10 months 10-0-1 (8) | Vusi Khoza | SBT | 4 | TKO | WIN |
10 | Apr 4, 1993 21 years, 8 months 9-0-1 (7) | Moses Petersen | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | Feb 10, 1993 21 years, 6 months 8-0-1 (6) | Derek Veejam | 1 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Oct 11, 1992 21 years, 2 months 7-0-1 (5) | Vusi Khoza | SBT | 4 | KO | WIN |
7 | Apr 12, 1992 20 years, 8 months 6-0-1 (4) | Moses Petersen | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
6 | Feb 16, 1992 20 years, 6 months 5-0-1 (4) | Malepa Levi | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
5 | Nov 24, 1991 20 years, 3 months 4-0-1 (4) | Robert Kgaswe | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
4 | Sep 22, 1991 20 years, 1 months 3-0-1 (3) | Andrew Nemutaka | 2 | PTS | DRAW | |
3 | Jun 23, 1991 19 years, 10 months 3-0 (3) | David Moshodi | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Mar 24, 1991 19 years, 7 months 2-0 (2) | Joseph Motsamai | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Oct 31, 1990 19 years, 3 months 1-0 (1) | Ephraim Madi | 4 | TKO | WIN |
