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Bongani Mwelase vs Chris van Heerden — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Bongani Mwelase

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Chris van Heerden

Bongani Mwelase (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Chris van Heerden (28-3-1) 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.

Mwelase

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heerden

28

Wins12 KO · 43%

3

Losses

1

Draw34 tracked bouts

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

Heerden leads 1–0

Bongani Mwelase and Chris van Heerden have met 1 time; Heerden leads 1–0.

Bongani Mwelase and Chris van Heerden have met 1 time; Heerden leads 1–0.
Met2011Jun 4Series
Bongani MwelaseFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Chris van HeerdenFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Mwelase 1 · Heerden 4 of 5 measurable rows
MwelaseHeerden
Record†
0-228-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
89.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 12
0
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.86%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—39%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
2
34

† 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

Age5 yrs apart
Bongani Mwelase: 44
Chris van Heerden: 39
Stance
Bongani Mwelase: Not recorded
Chris van Heerden: Southpaw

Bongani Mwelase left, Chris van Heerden right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bongani Mwelase0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Bongani Mwelase: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Mwelase yet.

Chris van Heerden28 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Chris van Heerden: 28 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (39%), 16 on the cards (57%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 39%16 on the cards 57%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bongani Mwelase 2, Chris van Heerden 34 — 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

Bongani Mwelase last boxed on Jun 4, 2011 — 5,622 days ago. Mwelase had lost two straight.LL

N'dou Sep 2010Heerden Jun 2011

Chris van Heerden last boxed on Apr 16, 2022 — 1,653 days ago. Heerden had lost the most recent, to Conor Benn.WWWNCL

Schwarzkopf Apr 2018Montes Mar 2019Kozaev Aug 2019Ennis Dec 2020Benn Apr 20222.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bongani Mwelase and Chris van Heerden ever fought each other?
Yes. Bongani Mwelase and Chris van Heerden met once on June 4, 2011, and Chris van Heerden won by UD.
The meeting

LJun 4, 2011 · Heerden · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mwelase or Heerden?
Bongani Mwelase is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Chris van Heerden is 28-3-1. Chris van Heerden has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Mwelase0–20%

Heerden28–3–189.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mwelase or Heerden?
Bongani Mwelase has 0 knockout wins and Chris van Heerden has 12. Chris van Heerden has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mwelase0

Heerden1242.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mwelase and Heerden have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bongani Mwelase and Chris van Heerden have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mwelase and Heerden?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bongani Mwelase and 34 bouts tracked for Chris van Heerden. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mwelase2bouts

Heerden34bouts

How They Win ↓

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