WBO Global lightweight champion Jeremiah 'Lowkey' Nakathila is still rough around the edges, but showed he is ready for the big time with a hard-fought eighth-round stoppage of Zimbabwe's Peter Pambeni in Windhoek on Saturday, his trainer and promoter Nestor Tobias says.
Nakathila (19-1-0) survived a spirited challenge, including a nervy opening round when he got staggered by a Pambeni left hook to the temple, to close off the 'Champions in Action' main event in style.
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