Indonesia's Daud becomes new IBA, WBO Oriental world's super LW champ

JAKARTA - Indonesian fighter Daud Cino Yordan on Sunday defeated South African opponent Michael Mokoena by a technical knockout (TKO) in the IBA Super Lightweight World Title bout in Indonesia's East Java province.

With his win at the 8th round, Daud became the new IBA and WBO Oriental world's champion of the super lightweight category.

At the seventh round, Mokoena suffered an injury at his left shoulder, but he attempted to keep launching strikes.

Finally, at the eighth round the South African fighter gave up and retired.

With his victory, the Indonesian 32-year-old pugilist now has 40 wins (28 of which were knockouts) and four losses.