# Jacob Matlala

> Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala was a South African professional boxer and four-time world champion who competed from 1980 to 2002. Standing about 4 ft 10 in, he is the shortest boxer in history to win a world title. He was a world champion in two weight classes: having held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight title from 1993 to 1995 and the WBO light-flyweight from 1995 to 1997. He scored high-profile wins against international opponents during the 1990s. He was a hugely popular national figure in South Africa — admired for his fighting spirit and charitable work — and was publicly counted among Nelson Mandela’s favourite sportspeople. In 2004, Matlala was voted #72 in the "100 Greatest South Africans" poll organized by SABC.

*South African boxer (1962-2013)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1962-08-01
- **Died:** 2013-12-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 9.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 21.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Jacob Matlala](https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Matlala)
- [جاكوب ماتلالا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7)
- [Jacob Matlala](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Matlala)
- [Jacob Matlala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Matlala)
- [Jacob Matlala](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Matlala)
- [Jacob Matlala](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Matlala)
- [Jacob Matlala](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Matlala)
- [ジェイコブ・マトラーラ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9)
- [Jacob Matlala](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Matlala)
- [Матлала, Джейкоб](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3805791)

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