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Curtis Cokes vs Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Curtis Cokes

Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini

Curtis Cokes (62-14-4) 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.

Cokes

62

Wins30 KO · 48%

14

Losses

4

Draws80 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

Curtis Cokes and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini have met 1 time; Makhatini leads 1–0.

Curtis Cokes and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini have met 1 time; Makhatini leads 1–0.
Met1972Sep 9Series
Curtis CokesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Elijah 'Tap Tap' MakhatiniFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Cokes 4 · Makhatini 3 of 7 measurable rows
CokesMakhatini
Record†
62-14-44-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
80%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
48.39%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
48% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.5
5.5 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 80
80
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
Curtis Cokes: Died aged 82
Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini: 84
Stance
Curtis Cokes: Orthodox
Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini: Not recorded

Curtis Cokes left, Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Curtis Cokes62 wins · from 80 tracked bouts

Curtis Cokes: 62 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (48%) and 32 on the cards (52%). Counted from 80 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 48%32 on the cards 52%

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 — Curtis Cokes 80, 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

Curtis Cokes has won two straight since three straight losses. Cokes last boxed on Oct 5, 1972.LLLWW

Salinas Dec 1971Gutierrez May 1972Makhatini Sep 1972Hali Sep 1972Mzinyane Oct 19725.5 tracked bouts per year

Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini last boxed on Oct 10, 1978 — 17,546 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 Curtis Cokes and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini ever fought each other?
Yes. Curtis Cokes and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini met once on September 9, 1972, and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini won by PTS.
The meeting

LSep 9, 1972 · Makhatini · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cokes or Makhatini?
Curtis Cokes is 62-14-4 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 %

Cokes62–14–480%

Makhatini4–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cokes or Makhatini?
Curtis Cokes has 30 knockout wins and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini has 0. Curtis Cokes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cokes3048.4%

Makhatini0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cokes and Makhatini have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Curtis Cokes and Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cokes and Makhatini?
This comparison is drawn from 80 bouts tracked for Curtis Cokes and 4 bouts tracked for Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cokes80bouts

Makhatini4bouts

How They Win ↓

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