Lennox Mpulampula insists he has not lost his magic touch despite his top boxers losing title fights in one month.

Those were not just ordinary losses as four of Mpulampula's boxers lost world and South African titles by stoppages in fights, which they were expected to cruise to victory.

The biggest loss was when Nkosinathi "Mabhere" Joyi surrendered his IBF minimumweight title to Mario Rodriguez in Mexico earlier last month. It was expected that Joyi, whom Ring magazine had dubbed the best pound-for-pound boxer in his division, would beat the Mexican as Rodriguez was a voluntary challenger. But Rodriguez stopped Joyi in the seventh round. Still reeling from that shock loss, Mpulampula watched in disbelief as South African mini-flyweight champion Simphwie Khonco stopped Lutho Nkonki in the third round by in Mthatha less than two weeks ago.

But the worst happened for Mpulampula, who is the chief trainer at Enothole Boxing Gym in Mdantsane, when Noni Tenge and Sabelo Jubatha were stopped during their title contests at the Orient Theatre in East London this past Sunday.

Tenge, fighting after moving up a division from welterweight, was stopped in the eighth round by Layla McCarter of the US when they contested the vacant WBA junior middleweight crown.

Jubatha had earlier surrendered his SA featherweight title to Sydney Maluleka via a seventh round stoppage. But Mpulampula is unfazed. "It's the first time that this is happening to me. This is a cause for concern and we have to improve if we want boxing followers to continue taking us seriously," said Mpulampula.

"These things happen in sport as they are part of the game. But, still, it's very bad when your fighters lose crucial title fights, especially when you have been doing the same training as was the case when my boxers won their titles. "I'm still trying to figure out why we lost so badly."

Meanwhile, Bongani Silila was Mpulampula's saving grace as he stopped Mfundo Gwayana in the first round to win the interim SA junior flyweight title on Sunday.