Dingaan Bongani Thobela (24 September 1966 – 29 April 2024) was a South African professional boxer who competed between 1990 and 2006.
[1][2] After compiling an amateur record of 80–3, Thobela, known as "The Rose of Soweto", turned pro in 1986 and won the WBO lightweight title in 1990 after beating Mauricio Aceves.
He stopped WBF junior welterweight champion Kenny Vice in a non-title fight shortly after that.
[7] He had defeated Botes back in 2000 to win the South African Super middleweight title.
[8] On 29 April 2024, Thobela was found dead in his apartment in Johannesburg at the age of 57 after a period of illness.