Noni Tenge

South African boxer

ノニ・テンゲ

Born

1 January 1982

Citizenship

South Africa

Sport

boxing

Occupation

boxer

Noni Tenge (born 1982) is a South African former professional boxer. She became the first woman from her country to win a professional boxing world championship when she claimed the IBF female welterweight title by knocking out defending champion Daniella Smith in the fourth-round at Carnival City in Brakpan, South Africa, on 11 June 2011. She was stripped of the title in July 2012 for failing to defend the belt within the required time period.

Tenge fought Layla McCarter for the WBA female light-middleweight title at Orient Theatre, East London, South Africa, on 30 September 2012, but lost by technical knockout in the eighth-round.

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q11325710 (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.