Last fight · 1 Aug 2026
Win vs Jemuel Aranas
UD · 10
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South Africa · Super flyweight
Phumelele Cafu
- 28 years old
- WBC No. 16
- IBF No. 11
- IBO No. 4
- Wins
- 12
- Losses
- 1
- Draws
- 3
- KOs
- 8
67% of wins inside the distance
Form
Fights
Before that
- LossJesse Rodriguez19 Jul 2025 · WBC and WBO world titles · Super flyweightTKO · 10 (12)
- WinKosei Tanaka14 Oct 2024 · WBO world title · Super flyweightSD · 12
- WinEnathi Stelle16 Dec 2023KO · 1 (12)
- WinGenisis Libranza20 Aug 2023 · IBF International Super FlyweightUD · 10
Show the next 5 fights
- WinJackson Chauke23 Dec 2022SD · 12
- WinLazarus Namalambo23 Oct 2022KO · 2 (8)
- WinBen Mananquil29 Jul 2022RTD · 5 (12)
- WinTinashe Majoni28 May 2022KO · 5 (6)
- DrawJackson Chauke27 Mar 2022MD · 12
6 older fights · BoxRec profile ↗
Rankings
Best: No. 4
- WBC
16
ranked 15th–16th since Sep 2026
- IBF
11
ranked 10th–11th since Aug 2026
- IBO
4
tracked since Sep 2026
Not ranked by the WBA or WBO.
World titles
1 championship reign · 1 sanctioning body · 1 weight class
Super flyweight
- WBO2024 – 2025
From 2024 to 2025.
Every date, reign by reign
Past reigns
- WBOSuper flyweight14 Oct 2024 – 19 Jul 2025 · 9 months↗
Current titles: the sanctioning bodies' official rankings. History and dates: Wikipedia's lists of world champions (CC BY-SA 4.0), re-read every week.
Movement
Places gained or lost with each sanctioning body. Green is up, red is down, “New” marks an entry into the rankings, and a dot a period with no published archive.
| Body | The boxer's place in the sanctioning body's official ranking. “C”: world champion, above No. 1. An interim champion is marked as such (“Interim”, “Int.”): not the reigning champion. No. 1 is the leading contender for the title. | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBC | 16 | · | · | · | · |
| IBF | 11 | New | New | New | New |
| IBO | 4 | · | · | · | · |
Trajectory, body by body
WBC
No. 16 since Oct 2026 · best No. 15 (Sep 2026)tracked since Sep 2026
IBF
No. 11 since Sep 2026 · best No. 4 (Jan 2024)tracked since Mar 2023
IBO
No. 4tracked since Sep 2026
See the changes in detail
| Sep 2026 | No. 15 |
| Oct 2026 | No. 16 |
| Mar 2023 | No. 8 |
| Jun 2023 | No. 9 |
| Aug 2023 | No. 8 |
| Sep 2023 | No. 7 |
| Nov 2023 | No. 6 |
| Dec 2023 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Jan 2024 | No. 4 |
| Apr 2024 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Apr 2024 | No. 4 |
| Aug 2024 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Aug 2026 | No. 10 |
| Sep 2026 | No. 11 |
| Sep 2026 | No. 4 |