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Brian Roche vs Dingaan Thobela — record, stats and common opponents compared

Brian Roche

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Dingaan Thobela

Brian Roche (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.

Roche

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

Brian Roche and Dingaan Thobela have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.

Brian Roche and Dingaan Thobela have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.
Met1988Dec 13Series
Brian RocheFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Dingaan ThobelaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Roche 1 · Thobela 4 of 5 measurable rows
RocheThobela
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
Brian Roche: No height on file
Dingaan Thobela: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Brian Roche: No reach on file
Dingaan Thobela: 72″
Agenot held
Brian Roche: No date of birth
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Stance
Brian Roche: Not recorded
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox

Brian Roche 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
Brian Roche0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Brian Roche: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Roche 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 — Brian Roche 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

Brian Roche last boxed on Dec 13, 1988 — 13,829 days ago. Roche had lost the most recent, to Dingaan Thobela.L

Thobela Dec 1988

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 Brian Roche and Dingaan Thobela ever fought each other?
Yes. Brian Roche and Dingaan Thobela met once on December 13, 1988, and Dingaan Thobela won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

LDec 13, 1988 · Thobela · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Roche or Thobela?
Brian Roche 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 %

Roche0–10%

Thobela40–14–273.2%

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

Roche0

Thobela2665%

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

Roche1bout

Thobela56bouts

How They Win ↓

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