Victor (Vic) Toweel, (bantamweight) becomes SA’s first universal boxing champion by beating Manuel Ortez of the USA in Johannes

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South African History Online. (2012, May 25). Victor (Vic) Toweel, (bantamweight) becomes SA’s first universal boxing champion by beating Manuel Ortez of the USA in Johannes. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084012

South African History Online (2012) 'Victor (Vic) Toweel, (bantamweight) becomes SA’s first universal boxing champion by beating Manuel Ortez of the USA in Johannes', South African History Online, 25 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084012 (Accessed: 19 August 2026).

South African History Online, Victor (Vic) Toweel, (bantamweight) becomes SA’s first universal boxing champion by beating Manuel Ortez of the USA in Johannes [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084012, (accessed 19 August 2026).

"Victor (Vic) Toweel, (bantamweight) becomes SA’s first universal boxing champion by beating Manuel Ortez of the USA in Johannes." South African History Online, 25 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084012. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Victor (Vic) Toweel, (bantamweight) becomes SA’s first universal boxing champion by beating Manuel Ortez of the USA in Johannes." South African History Online. May 25, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0084012.