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Former IBF super-bantamweight champion Takalani Ndlovu has admitted that he is in the last chance saloon and must defeat Alejandro Lopez on Saturday night if he is to get another crack at world honours

The pair clash at the El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas, with the winner moving a step closer to a showdown with reigning IBF kingpin Nonito Donaire.

And Ndlovu says he'll be left in no man's land if he cannot score his 34th career victory.

"I know that at my age this kind of opportunities, are not going to come again. That is why I need to take advantage of this one and put myself in line for another world championship fight," the 34-year-old South African said.

"To be honest I thought my last chance had come and gone when I lost my title to Jeffrey Mathebula in March.

"I was surprised that this opportunity came about and now I got to do my job and get myself back in a championship fight."

25/10/2012 23:52:39