Johannesburg – Former boxing champion Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala died in Johannesburg on Saturday, said family spokesman Pastor Ray McCauley. “He died at 11am at Charlotte Maxeke ...

Baby Jake Matlala, the only South African boxer to win four versions of the world title, has died, the ruling African National Congress said. He was 51.

At 1.47 meters (4-foot-10) he was - and still is - the shortest ever boxing world champion. Jacob ''Baby Jake'' Matlala's disregard for his own size, ferocious punching speed, four world titles ...

Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala passed away at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg on Saturday, December 7 2013. He was 51. News of the boxer’s passing comes on the heels of ...

For 22 years, Baby Jake Matlala was living in-ring proof that big things come in small packages. The shortest fighter ever to win a major title was a true ambassador to the sport of boxing and to ...

One of the icons of South African boxing Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala would have celebrated his 60th birthday on 1 August. He won four versions of a world title and was possibly the shortest ...

By Bert Blewett. Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) has come to boxing - and not a moment too soon. The announcement this week that Branco Milenkovic and Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala will join forces ...

He took to boxing as a 10-year-old "just for fun", won 198 out of 199 amateur fights and turned professional at the age of 18. He sometimes weighed just over seven stone, but the straw-weight ...