Saturday night at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa, WBA Super World minimumweight champion Hekkie Budler (29-2, 9 KOs), the iron-jawed spark plug from Johannesburg, lost his title on the scorecards to Byron Rojas (17-2-3, 8 KOs), the hungry underdog from Matagalpa, Nicaragua.

All three judges saw it 115-113.

Formerly ranked #8 by the WBA, unknown and unheralded Byron Rojas is the new WBA Super World minimumweight champion.

Budler had five successful defenses of the title. He had not lost a fight in five years.

But tonight in South Africa, Hekki Budler got bettered.

Byron Rojas, the Nicaraguan, hit harder and more often.

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