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27 September 1986

South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title

South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title

Updated
30 Sep 2019
South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title

South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell, won the WBA junior-lightweight title in 1986. He defeated Alfredo Layne of Panama in Sun City, on a tenth-round knockout to lift the title. Mitchell managed to defend the title a world record 12 times before retiring in 1991. He was also a SA Junior Lightweight Champion when he won this title. He is now a successful boxing trainer with a stable of promising young boxers. He has guided two boxers to world titles, namely Namibian Harry Simon and South African Cassius Baloyi.

How we know this

  1. 01South Africa.info, South Africa's boxing champs, [online], Available at  southafrica.info [Accessed: 25 September 2013]
  2. 02Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
  3. 03Magasela Bongani (2012),'Legends Corner: Brian Mitchell a special champion', in the Sowetan Live, 11 October, [online], Available at www.sowetanlive.co.za [Accessed: 25 September 2013]    

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012664

South African History Online (2011) 'South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012664 (Accessed: 7 November 2026).

South African History Online, South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012664, (accessed 7 November 2026).

"South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012664. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "South African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012664.

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