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Booker Kidd vs Dingaan Thobela — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Booker Kidd

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Dingaan Thobela

Booker Kidd (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Dingaan Thobela (40-14-2) 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.

Kidd

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Thobela

40

Wins26 KO · 65%

14

Losses

2

Draws56 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

Thobela leads 1–0

Booker Kidd and Dingaan Thobela have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.

Booker Kidd and Dingaan Thobela have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.
Met1996Jun 25Series
Booker KiddFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Dingaan ThobelaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Kidd 1 · Thobela 4 of 5 measurable rows
KiddThobela
Record†
0-140-14-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
73.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
0
26 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—65%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
1
56

† 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
Booker Kidd: No height on file
Dingaan Thobela: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Booker Kidd: No reach on file
Dingaan Thobela: 72″
Agenot held
Booker Kidd: No date of birth
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Stance
Booker Kidd: Not recorded
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox

Booker Kidd left, Dingaan Thobela right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Booker Kidd0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Booker Kidd: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kidd yet.

Dingaan Thobela40 wins · from 56 tracked bouts

Dingaan Thobela: 40 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (65%) and 14 on the cards (35%). Counted from 56 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 65%14 on the cards 35%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Booker Kidd 1, Dingaan Thobela 56 — 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

Booker Kidd last boxed on Jun 25, 1996 — 11,076 days ago. Kidd had lost the most recent, to Dingaan Thobela.L

Thobela Jun 1996

Dingaan Thobela has lost seven straight. Thobela last boxed on Oct 27, 2006.LLLLL

Kessler Nov 2002Grant Nov 2003Nielsen Dec 2003Bute Dec 2004Botes Oct 20062.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Booker Kidd and Dingaan Thobela ever fought each other?
Yes. Booker Kidd and Dingaan Thobela met once on June 25, 1996, and Dingaan Thobela won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LJun 25, 1996 · Thobela · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kidd or Thobela?
Booker Kidd is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Dingaan Thobela is 40-14-2. Dingaan Thobela has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kidd0–10%

Thobela40–14–273.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kidd or Thobela?
Booker Kidd has 0 knockout wins and Dingaan Thobela has 26. Dingaan Thobela has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kidd0

Thobela2665%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kidd and Thobela have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Booker Kidd and Dingaan Thobela have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kidd and Thobela?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Booker Kidd and 56 bouts tracked for Dingaan Thobela. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kidd1bout

Thobela56bouts

How They Win ↓

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