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TETE KNOCKS OUT GONYA IN 11 SECONDS

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Zolani Tete celebrating after retaining his WBO bantamweight title defeating Siboniso Gonya
Zolani Tete celebrating after retaining his WBO bantamweight title defeating Siboniso Gonya
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ZOLANI Tete knocked out Siboniso Gonya in just 11 SECONDS in the quickest-ever world title fight in the history of boxing.

The 29-year-old landed a brutal right hook just six seconds into the bout to retain his WBO bantamweight title at Belfast's SSE Arena.

And the ref officially waved away the contest just five seconds later as the South African lay sprawled on his back.

Gonya made it back to his feet with the help of an oxygen mask, but came up well short in his first world title fight, suffering his second loss in his 13th outing.

The previous record belong to former WBO super-bantamweight champion Daniel Jimenez, who swiftly dealt with Harald Geier in 17 seconds back in 1994.

Tete - 26-3 (21 KO's) - immediately set his sights on a huge unification fight against WBA and IBF champ Ryan Burnett in 2018.

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