Zolani Tete made history in 2017 when he took just 11 seconds to knock out his opponent with his first punch to retain his WBO bantamweight crown.

Two masked gunmen shot world boxing champion Zolani Tete dead outside his home in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape on Friday night as he sat in his car waiting for the gate to open.

A former boxing world champion has been gunned down outside his home while training for a comeback.

Tete was a two-weight world champion