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Bonifacio Ávila vs Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bonifacio Ávila

Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini

Bonifacio Ávila (17-9-3) and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini (4-0 across 4 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.

Ávila

17

Wins14 KO · 82%

9

Losses

3

Draws29 tracked bouts

Makhatini

Tracked record

4–0

counted from 4 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

Makhatini leads 1–0

Bonifacio Ávila and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini have met 1 time; Makhatini leads 1–0.

Bonifacio Ávila and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini have met 1 time; Makhatini leads 1–0.
Met1978Oct 10Series
Bonifacio ÁvilaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Elijah 'Tap Tap' MakhatiniFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ávila 3 · Makhatini 3 of 6 measurable rows
ÁvilaMakhatini
Record†
17-9-34-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
63.8%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 14
14 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
82.35%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
82% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.5
4.5 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 29
29
4

† 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

Agenot comparable
Bonifacio Ávila: Died aged 75
Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini: 84

Bonifacio Ávila left, Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bonifacio Ávila17 wins · from 29 tracked bouts

Bonifacio Ávila: 17 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (82%) and 3 on the cards (18%). Counted from 29 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 82%3 on the cards 18%

Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini4 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini: 4 tracked wins — 4 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bonifacio Ávila 29, Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini 4 — 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

Bonifacio Ávila has lost five straight. Ávila last boxed on Aug 21, 1979.LLLLL

Makhatini Oct 1978Cabral Nov 1978León Jan 1979Melo May 1979LeClair Aug 19794.5 tracked bouts per year

Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini last boxed on Oct 10, 1978 — 17,547 days ago. Makhatini had won four straight, the most recent against Bonifacio Ávila.WWWW

Cokes Sep 1972Douglas Dec 1973Griffith Aug 1975Ávila Oct 19780.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bonifacio Ávila and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini ever fought each other?
Yes. Bonifacio Ávila and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini met once on October 10, 1978, and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini won by PTS.
The meeting

LOct 10, 1978 · Makhatini · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ávila or Makhatini?
Bonifacio Ávila is 17-9-3 and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini is 4-0 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ávila17–9–363.8%

Makhatini4–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ávila or Makhatini?
Bonifacio Ávila has 14 knockout wins and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini has 0. Bonifacio Ávila has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ávila1482.4%

Makhatini0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ávila and Makhatini have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bonifacio Ávila and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ávila and Makhatini?
This comparison is drawn from 29 bouts tracked for Bonifacio Ávila and 4 bouts tracked for Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ávila29bouts

Makhatini4bouts

How They Win ↓

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