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Jake Tuli

South African boxer

Born
7 July 1931, Johannesburg
Died
24 November 1998, Soweto
Citizenship
South Africa
Sport
boxing
Discipline
featherweight, bantamweight, flyweight
Occupation
boxer

Jake Tuli (7 July 1931 – 24 November 1998) born Jacob Ntuli in Johannesburg was a South African professional fly/bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1950s and 1960s who won the Transvaal (South Africa) (Non White) flyweight title, South African (Non White) bantamweight title, South African (Non White) flyweight title, and British Empire flyweight title, and was a challenger for the British Empire bantamweight title against Peter Keenan, his professional fighting weight varied from 110+1⁄2 lb (50.1 kg; 7 st 12.5 lb), i.e. flyweight to 123+1⁄2 lb (56.0 kg; 8 st 11.5 lb), i.e. featherweight.

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Facts from Wikidata Q16014204 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.