Sivenathi Nontshinga

On 7 April 2019, he scored a first-round knockout over Adam Yahaya to win the vacant IBF International light flyweight title in Port Elizabeth. In his first title defence, Nontshinga defeated compatriot Siyabonga Siyo, a fighter he idolised growing up. He finished Siyo with a barrage of blows in the ninth round to make it eighth early finishes in eighth fights. He retained again on 8 March 2020 by defeating Ivan Soriano, ranked #5 by the IBF, at the Orient Theatre in East London. Nontshinga suffered a swollen left eye early, but after knocking him down at the end of the fourth round, he dropped the veteran for good in the fifth with a right cross.

Nontshinga made his professional debut on 30 July 2017 at the age of 18, defeating Sandile Wessels in a third-round finish in East London. After four stoppages in his first four fights, he was soon recognized as a promising teen sensation in South Africa. In only his fifth pro fight, he defeated Tisetso Modisadife for the vacant African light flyweight title.

Sivenathi Nontshinga (born 3 December 1998) is a South African professional boxer who has held the IBF International light flyweight title since 2019. Also a former African light flyweight champion, he is ranked as the world's sixth-best active light flyweight by BoxRecand the seventh-best by the IBF.