Things you didn't know about Lukas Ndafoluma
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Mancunian middleweight Bradley Rea (12-0, 9KOs) meets Lukas Ndafoluma (20-4, 10KOs) on April 2 in Newcastle on the undercard of Savannah Marshall's WBO World Female middleweight title defence to Belgian challenger Femke Hermans, live on Sky Sports.
As it's only the Namibian's second fight in the UK, BBN decided to find out some interesting facts about him right here:
Lukas Ndafoluma is 36-years-old from Windhoek, Namibia. He was born in Oshakati in north Namibia on Christmas Day in 1985.
His alias is 'The Demolisher'.
He has knocked out exactly half of his victims.
He has lost four times during his 11-year pro career to Nkululeko Mhlongo (22-9-1); Apti Ustarkhanov (17-3-3); Aidos Yerbossynuly (10-0); and Pohamba Mandume (5-6-3).
In his one and only fight in England, he defeated Craig Cunningham 97-94 on points on a VIP Promotions show in Manchester in November 2017, as part of a special UK vs Africa event. Lukas describes this as his most memorable fight of his career.
He lost his last fight, in December 2021, to Nkululeko 'The Bulldog' Mhlongo after not responding to a barrage of blows in the eighth round. Following the fight, it was revealed he had been poorly during fight week so his team instantly secured a rematch, which will potentially take place later this year.
He describes his first career defeat to Pohamba Mandume in 2014 as the biggest disappointment of his career.
His late father is his biggest influence in boxing.
His favourite fighters are his countryman Nathaniel Kakololo (13-3-1, 5KOs) and Dominican's Jeison Rosario (22-3-1, 16KOs). He also likes Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, Muhammad Ali and Paulus Ambunda.
He is the reigning WBO Africa middleweight champion. His ambitions are to defend his title as often as possible and to work his way up the rankings to push for a world title shot.
Lukas is promoted by Kiriat Kamanya and fights under the MTC Salute Boxing Team.
He drives a silver BMW E46.
You can follow him on Instagram here: lukas_ndafoluma
Quotes
LN: "Preparations have been going well and I am ready for this fight. I have been training since January and I think this is the perfect time to redeem myself. This will be my second tie fighting in the UK, and I believe I know how these guys fight there. This time I am not going to leave the decision in the hands of the judges, but upon myself."
Roll of Honour
IBO All-Africa middleweight title
WBF Intercontinental middleweight title
WBO Africa middleweight title
Stats
Bouts: 25
Won: 20
Lost: 4
Draws: 0
KOs: 10
KO Ratio: 40%
Rounds: 152
Debut: 30/07/2011
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6' 1"
BoxRec: #1 (Namibia)
BoxRec: #97 (World)
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