Jacob Matlala

Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala was a South African boxer and junior flyweight champion from Meadowlands, Johannesburg. He won 4 world championship titles. In 2004, Matlala was voted #72 in the "100 Greatest South Africans" poll organized by SABC. ^{Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (d. 2013)}

1 August 1962

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