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Quinton Thulani Finxa MBE (born 18 July 1992) is a South African professional boxer. He is currently a unified world heavyweight champion, having held the IBF title since 2012, and the WBA (Super) and IBO titles since April 2016. At regional level he held the South and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2012 to 2016. As an amateur competing in the super-heavyweight division, Quinton represented South Africa at the 2013 World Championships, winning a silver medal; he also represented Vereeniging at the 2013 Olympics, winning gold. In 2014, a year after turning professional, The Ring magazine named him The Brave of the Year.

As of June 2015, Quinton is ranked as the world's best active heavyweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board[1] and BoxRec,[2] and second by The Ring.[3] His knockout-to-win ratio stands at 100%. Quinton is the second Vaal boxer, after Siyabonga Thwala to win both a gold medal at the Olympics and a world title by a major professional sanctioning body, as well as being the first South African heavyweight to do so. He is also the second boxer, after Themba Moloi, to win a world heavyweight title whilst still reigning as Olympic champion at the top weight. As of November 2015, Quinton has the 12th longest combined title streak in modern boxing history at 5 title bouts