On February 16, 2024, Adrian Curiel (24-4-1, 5 KOs), the light-flyweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion Sivenathi Nontshinga (12-1, 9 KOs).
Adrian Curiel is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 17% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Nontshinga, 3 months and 12 days ago. Sivenathi Nontshinga is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO loss to Curiel, 3 months and 12 days ago.
The winning odds are at 75.8-24.2 in favor of Adrian Curiel. It is going to be a competitive fight and Sivenathi Nontshinga will put up a very good fight, but Curiel will prevail.
In the rematch, Sivenathi Nontshinga stopped the champion via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new IBF light-flyweight champion. Nontshinga improves his record to 13-1 (10 KOs), while Curiel adds a loss to his record at 24-5-1.