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Ali Funeka vs Mzwanele Sam — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ali Funeka

Mzwanele Sam

Ali Funeka (40-11-3) and Mzwanele Sam (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Funeka

40

Wins32 KO · 80%

11

Losses

3

Draws54 tracked bouts

Sam

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Funeka leads 1–0

Ali Funeka and Mzwanele Sam have met 1 time; Funeka leads 1–0.

Ali Funeka and Mzwanele Sam have met 1 time; Funeka leads 1–0.
Met2000May 14Series
Ali FunekaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mzwanele SamFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Funeka 4 · Sam 1 of 5 measurable rows
FunekaSam
Record†
40-11-3 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
76.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
80%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
80%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.3
2.3 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
54
2

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Ali Funeka: 6′1″
Mzwanele Sam: No height on file
Reachnot held
Ali Funeka: 72″
Mzwanele Sam: No reach on file
Agenot held
Ali Funeka: 48
Mzwanele Sam: No date of birth
Stance
Ali Funeka: Orthodox
Mzwanele Sam: Not recorded

Ali Funeka left, Mzwanele Sam right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ali Funeka40 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Ali Funeka: 40 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (80%), 7 on the cards (18%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 80%7 on the cards 18%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

Mzwanele Sam0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Mzwanele Sam: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sam yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ali Funeka 54, Mzwanele Sam 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ali Funeka last boxed on May 4, 2019 — 2,724 days ago. Funeka had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Abass Baraou.LLLWL

Chuhadzhyan Dec 2017Dumanov Apr 2018Yeritsyan Jul 2018Nogogo Mar 2019Baraou May 20192.3 tracked bouts per year

Mzwanele Sam last boxed on May 8, 2002 — 8,929 days ago. Sam had lost two straight.LL

Funeka May 2000Hlatshwayo May 20021 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ali Funeka and Mzwanele Sam ever fought each other?
Yes. Ali Funeka and Mzwanele Sam met once on May 14, 2000, and Ali Funeka won by PTS.
The meeting

WMay 14, 2000 · Funeka · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Funeka or Sam?
Ali Funeka is 40-11-3 and Mzwanele Sam is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ali Funeka has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Funeka40–11–376.9%

Sam0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Funeka or Sam?
Ali Funeka has 32 knockout wins and Mzwanele Sam has 0. Ali Funeka has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Funeka3280%

Sam0

The Numbers ↓
Do Funeka and Sam have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ali Funeka and Mzwanele Sam have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Funeka and Sam?
This comparison is drawn from 54 bouts tracked for Ali Funeka and 2 bouts tracked for Mzwanele Sam. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Funeka54bouts

Sam2bouts

How They Win ↓

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