On October 21, 2017, a 36-year-old Simpiwe Vetyeka (29-3, 17 KOs) and Lerato Dlamini met in the ring.
Vetyeka came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 5 months, and 29 days.
Simpiwe Vetyeka lost to Lerato Dlamini via majority decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 29-4.
On May 31, 2014, the 33-year-old WBA (Undisputed) featherweight world champion, Simpiwe Vetyeka (26-2, 16 KOs), faced a 31-year-old Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire (32-2, 21 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Vetyeka came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 25 days. Donaire was on a 1-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 22 days.
Nonito Donaire defeated Simpiwe Vetyeka via technical decision and wins the WBA (Undisputed) title. Donaire improves his record to 33-2, while Vetyeka adds a loss to his record at 26-3.
On June 4, 2012, a 31-year-old Simpiwe Vetyeka (23-1, 13 KOs) and Klaas Mboyane met in the ring.
Vetyeka came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months and 2 days.
Simpiwe Vetyeka lost to Klaas Mboyane via split decision in the 8-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 23-2.
On May 3, 2007, a 26-year-old Simpiwe Vetyeka (16-0, 9 KOs) got a shot at the bantamweight WBC title held by 26-year-old Japanese boxer Hozumi Hasegawa (21-2, 7 KOs).
Vetyeka came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 24 days. Hasegawa was on a 18-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 20 days.
Hozumi Hasegawa defeated Simpiwe Vetyeka via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC bantamweight title. Hasegawa improves his record to 22-2, while Vetyeka adds a loss to his record at 16-1.