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04/02/2007
Lovemore Ndou TKO12 Naoufel Ben Rabah... Veteran Lovemore Ndou scored a huge victory in an all-Australian war against Naoufel Ben Rabah in Sydney. Born in South Africa but fighting out of Sydney, Ndou won an IBF junior eliminator by defeating Naoufel Ben Rabah in a contest featuring numerous toe-to-toe exchanges. Ndou hurt Rabah, who was born in Tunisia but fights out of Perth badly at the end of the eleventh round. A disoriented Ben Rabah staggered back to his corner but in between rounds, ho could not convince the referee he was fit to continue, so the fight was stopped. At the time of the stoppage, Ndou led the fierce battle by one point on two cards and two points on the third. The bout was an IBF junior welterweight eliminator, meaning Ndou is in lime to face Ricky Hatton, although Hatton has given up three titles in his career to pursue his own choice of opponents. Hatton has spoken of fighting Jose Luis Castillo next, so Hatton-Ndou is far from certain. source: fox sports australia
