Philip Ndou beat Tanzanian Shauri Ramadhani with a technical knock-out in the fourth round of their international non-title welterweight fight in the Thohoyandou Indoor Sport Centre on Sunday.

Ramadhani promised to send Ndou into retirement prior to the event, but Ndou just did not give Ramadhani time and space to manoeuvre. He impressed with his energy and aggression througout the fight.

After the event, Ramadhani's trainer, Yassin Abaallaa, said that they wanted a rematch, because Ndou had not done enough to win the fight. He said Ndou surprised Ramadhani with a lucky punch. "I believe Ndou won because of his experience and not from his performance. He is not good enough for us to fear him."

Ndou said that he was ready to challenge for the IBF world title, because he had demolished the IBF and WBU's African champion, Ramadhani.  "From here it is the IBF; we are going for it." He also paid respect to the mothers, fans and the promotor for their support.