Jose Salas TKO7 Landile Ngxeke ... In Mexico City over the weekend, Jose "Chapulin" Salas claimed the vacant IBF bantamweight championship. Salas defeated South Africa's Landile Ngxeke by seventh-round technical knockout. The stoppage was premature, as the referee jumped in while Ngxeke was taking long range punches in a corner but was not particularly hurt or even close to going down. Salas, a southpaw from Tijuana is now 17-0. Ngxeke, who had not lost since 2022, falls to 16-2-1. The title became vacant when Junto Nakatani moved up to super bantamweight to pursue a Japanese super fight vs. Naya "Monster" Inoue.