On December 17, 2005, a 30-year-old Zolani Petelo (17-4-2, 9 KOs) and Nkosana Sobethu met in the ring.
Petelo came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 39% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 11 days.
Zolani Petelo lost to Nkosana Sobethu via unanimous decision in the 8-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 17-5-2.
On May 6, 2005, a 29-year-old Zolani Petelo (17-3-2, 9 KOs) and Zolile Mbityi met in the ring.
Petelo came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 years, 7 months, and 7 days.
Zolani Petelo lost to Zolile Mbityi via majority decision in the 8-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 17-4-2.
On September 29, 2001, a 26-year-old Zolani Petelo (17-2-2, 9 KOs) got a shot at the light-flyweight IBF title held by 35-year-old Mexican boxer Ricardo Lopez (50-0-1, 37 KOs).
Petelo came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 7 days. López was on a 3-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 27 days.
Ricardo López stopped Zolani Petelo via KO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF light-flyweight title. López improves his record to 51-0-1 (38 KOs), while Petelo adds a loss to his record at 17-3-2.
On April 20, 1997, a 21-year-old Zolani Petelo (9-1-2, 4 KOs) and Neo Seboka met in the ring.
Petelo came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day.
Zolani Petelo lost to Neo Seboka via points decision in the 8-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 9-2-2.
On October 19, 1996, a 21-year-old Zolani Petelo (9-0-2, 4 KOs) and Lindi Memani met in the ring in a strawweight bout.
Petelo came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 36% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 5 days.
Zolani Petelo lost to Lindi Memani via KO in the 10th round, and adds a loss to his record at 9-1-2.