Phumelele Cafu says he knew once International Boxing Organisation IBO junior-bantamweight world champion Ricardo Magic Man Malajika defeated Jackson M3' Chauke on Saturday evening, the victor's team would throw the gauntlet to him.
Malajika ended Chauke's reign as the IBO flyweight holder by a second-round knockout at Emperors Palace, making him the two-weight IBO world title holder.
His trainer Manny Fernandes said: In his Malajika's fight in August he stopped previously unstopped Yanga Siqgibo Malajika's second successful defence of the IBO junior-bantamweight belt in August in round 11. Cafu has never been stopped before, but he will also be stopped.
Asked about Fernandes' bold statement, the Johannesburg-based World Boxing Organisation WBO champion Cafu said: I never lost a fight, let alone being stopped.
Malajika is a good boxer and I am not taking anything away from him, but he won't beat me. The last two boxers he stopped recently Siqgibo and Chauke are past their prime.