WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (26-3, 21 KOs) is a heavy-handed boxer, and now he’s got the record for fastest ever knockout in a major championship fight (WBC, WBA, IBF, or WBO).
The 29-year-old South African has competed in the United Kingdom in recent years, having inked a deal with British promoter Frank Warren. On the undercard of Carl Frampton vs. Horacio Garcia in Northern Ireland, Tete defended his 118-pound belt against fellow South African Siboniso Gonya (11-2, 5 KOs). Coming into this matchup, Tete was an enormous favorite to keep his title, but even enormous favorites don’t win by one-punch KO in 11 seconds.