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Fight-starved Medi ditches Nathan to get ring action

Sowetan · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 427 words · By Bongani Magasela
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Jason Medi is like a hungry lion that will eat almost anything, including fallen fruit and carrion, when prey is scarce.

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Techniques found 2
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What happened

Jason Medi is like a hungry lion that will eat almost anything, including fallen fruit and carrion, when prey is scarce.

Why it matters

Medi, who goes by the moniker “El Rey” (the King), recently parted ways with Colin “Nomakanjani” Nathan’s No Doubt Management.

Common ground

They had been together for only a year, and the boxer who is highly rated by BoxRec.com in the light heavyweight division at No 2 behind WBO Africa champ Asemahle “Predator” Wellem had only two six-bout fights under Nathan’s management.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.sowetan.co.za/sport/boxing/2026-06-03-fight-starved-medi-ditches-nat…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the boxer who is highly rated by BoxRec.com in the light heavyweight division at No 2 behind WBO Africa champ Asemahle “Predator” Wellem”
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The provided evidence confirms BoxRec is a ranking site, but no specific ranking data for Jason Medi relative to Asemahle Wellem was found in the search snippets to corroborate the 'No 2' claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — BoxRec or boxrec.com is a website based in Doncaster, England, which compiles updated records of professional and amateur boxers, both male and female. It also maintains a MediaWiki -based encyclopedi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxrec
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web search NEUTRAL — Since the 1990s, other parties have experimented with objective computerized rankings, but these are sometimes regarded as incapable of accounting for all of boxing's quirks and subtleties. [1][2] The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_boxing_ranking…
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web search NEUTRAL — The official record keeper for combat sports worldwide
https://boxrec.com/
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Claim 2: “They had been together for only a year”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
While evidence confirms he joined and later left the management, there is no specific mention of the exact duration (one year) in the provided evidence. The Wikipedia results provided for this claim are irrelevant (Jason Voorhees, etc.).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State
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Claim 3: “Medi, who goes by the moniker “El Rey” (the King), recently parted ways with Colin “Nomakanjani” Nathan’s No Doubt Management.”
CORROBORATED
Multiple web search results confirm Jason Medi joined No Doubt Management and a later source from Sowetan (dated June 3, 2026) explicitly states he 'ditches Nathan' to get more ring action.
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web search NEUTRAL — The hard-hitting Jason Medi is seeking to soar to new heights under the stewardship of his manager Colin Nathan and trainer Chris Morrow. The 25-year-old joined Nathan’s No Doubt Management earlier th…
https://www.sabcsport.com/main-domain/news/jason-medi-feels-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nathan's No Doubt Management will guide Dyeyi's career.Nathan announced at the weekend that Jason Medi, a 25-year-old promising super-middleweight fighter, has joined his establishment.
https://www.sowetan.co.za/sport/boxing/2025-06-08-medi-undef…
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web search NEUTRAL — ...Сводки 06.04.2025 ОВЕЧКИН ПОБИЛ РЕКОРД ГРЕТЦКИ | Вспоминаю все юбилейные и рекордные голы Александра Великого Legacy Boxing Promoter Dewald Mostert enters Boxing with Kevin Lerena Main Event on May…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23oIjLfchyE
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Claim 4: “had only two six-bout fights under Nathan’s management”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
The evidence mentions he joined and then left, but does not specify the number of bouts fought specifically under Nathan's management.
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Claim 5: “the East Londoner defeated him in his professional debut match in July 2022”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
The claim states Asemahle Wellem defeated Jason Medi in July 2022. However, a web search result explicitly lists a fight on 2022-07-03 where Jason Medi won by Unanimous Decision against Asemahle Wellem.
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web search NEUTRAL — Wellem vs. Medi at Madiba Knock Out on Tapology. View Wellem vs. Medi fight video, highlights, news, Twitter updates, and fight results.Bout Billing: Main Card. Pro/Am: Professional. Weight: 168 lbs (…
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/671305-madiba-kno…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jason Medi boxer. bouts. 11.WIN Unanimous decision. 2022-12-11. Keagan Mills. Kempton Park, Gauteng. WIN Unanimous decision. 2022-07-03. Asemahle Wellem.
https://boxerlist.com/boxer/jason-medi/552704
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web search NEUTRAL — Jason Medi profile picture. unsubscribed. 8 followers. Box-pro.2022-2025. debut.
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/1115478
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Claim 6: “he campaigns in the super middleweight division”
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Multiple sources, including Tapology and other web results, explicitly identify Jason Medi as a super middleweight fighter.
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web search NEUTRAL — Super middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.In professional boxing, super middleweight is contested between the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, in which boxers can weigh betwee…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_middleweight
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web search NEUTRAL — Jason Medi (12-2-0) is a Pro Boxer out of Democratic Republic of Congo . View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.Title Bout: African Boxing Union Super Middleweight Titl…
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/343349-medi-ja…
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web search NEUTRAL — SHADIRI MUSA BWOGI SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT 2025-03-29 - Brixton Multi Purpose Centre, Johannesburg. Jason medi latest news. WBA mourns the passing of Kenneth Egano.
https://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-boxer-profile?id=20026
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Claim 7: “The talented 25-year-old fighter”
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Two separate web search results explicitly describe Jason Medi as a '25-year-old' fighter.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MediEvil is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by Other Ocean Emeryville and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. The player controls the protagonist, Sir Daniel Fort…
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