On November 4, 2023, Sivenathi Nontshinga (12-0, 9 KOs), the light-flyweight IBF champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Adrian Curiel (23-4-1, 4 KOs).
Sivenathi Nontshinga is coming in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Regie Suganob, 4 months and 2 days ago. Adrian Curiel is on a 1-fight win streak with a 14% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Ivan Garcia Carrillo, 3 months ago.
The winning odds are at 83.8-16.2 in favor of Adrian Curiel. Sivenathi Nontshinga is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Curiel should win this fight.
Adrian Curiel made very easy work of Sivenathi Nontshinga, stopping the champion via KO in the 2nd. Curiel improves his record to 24-4-1 (5 KOs), while Nontshinga adds a loss to his record at 12-1.