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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