On December 21, 2013, a 34-year-old Jeffrey Mathebula (27-4-2, 14 KOs) got a shot at the super-bantamweight IBF title held by 27-year-old Spanish boxer Kiko Martínez (29-4, 21 KOs).
Mathebula came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 28 days. Martínez was on a 2-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 4 days.
Kiko Martínez stopped Jeffrey Mathebula via KO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-bantamweight title. Martínez improves his record to 30-4 (22 KOs), while Mathebula adds a loss to his record at 27-5-2.
On July 7, 2012, the 33-year-old IBF super-bantamweight champion, Jeffrey Mathebula (26-3-2, 14 KOs), and the 29-year-old WBO super-bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Mathebula came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 13 days. Donaire was on a 27-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 3 days.
Nonito Donaire defeated Jeffrey Mathebula via unanimous decision and unifies the IBF and WBO super-bantamweight titles. Donaire improves his record to 29-1, while Mathebula adds a loss to his record at 26-4-2.
On September 1, 2010, a 31-year-old Jeffrey Mathebula (23-2-2, 13 KOs) and Takalani Ndlovu met in the ring.
Mathebula came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 12 days.
Jeffrey Mathebula lost to Takalani Ndlovu via split decision in the 12-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 23-3-2.
On April 30, 2009, a 29-year-old Jeffrey Mathebula (22-1-2, 12 KOs) got a shot at the super-bantamweight WBA (Super) and IBF title held by 32-year-old Panamanian boxer Celestino Caballero (31-2, 22 KOs).
Mathebula came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 1 day. Caballero was on a 12-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 9 days.
Celestino Caballero defeated Jeffrey Mathebula via split decision and successfully defended his WBA (Unified) and IBF super-bantamweight titles. Caballero improves his record to 32-2, while Mathebula adds a loss to his record at 22-2-2.
On September 30, 2003, a 24-year-old Jeffrey Mathebula (13-0-1, 9 KOs) and Thomas Mashaba met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Mathebula came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months.
Jeffrey Mathebula lost to Thomas Mashaba via TKO in the 6th round, and adds an loss to his record at 13-1-1.