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David Kalako vs Thulani Malinga — record, stats and common opponents compared

David Kalako

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Thulani Malinga

David Kalako (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Thulani Malinga (44-13) 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.

Kalako

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Malinga

44

Wins19 KO · 43%

13

Losses

0

Draws57 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

Malinga leads 1–0

David Kalako and Thulani Malinga have met 1 time; Malinga leads 1–0.

David Kalako and Thulani Malinga have met 1 time; Malinga leads 1–0.
Met1982Oct 4Series
David KalakoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thulani MalingaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Kalako 1 · Malinga 4 of 5 measurable rows
KalakoMalinga
Record†
0-144-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—43.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—43%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
1
57

† 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
David Kalako: No height on file
Thulani Malinga: 5′10″
Agenot held
David Kalako: No date of birth
Thulani Malinga: 70
Stance
David Kalako: Not recorded
Thulani Malinga: Orthodox

David Kalako left, Thulani Malinga right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
David Kalako0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

David Kalako: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kalako yet.

Thulani Malinga44 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Thulani Malinga: 44 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (43%) and 25 on the cards (57%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 43%25 on the cards 57%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — David Kalako 1, Thulani Malinga 57 — 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

David Kalako last boxed on Oct 4, 1982 — 16,087 days ago. Kalako had lost the most recent, to Thulani Malinga.L

Malinga Oct 1982

Thulani Malinga last boxed on Jan 14, 2000 — 9,776 days ago. Malinga had lost two straight, after two straight wins.LWWLL

Woodhall Mar 1998Alvarez Jun 1998Madsen Nov 1998Larsen Mar 1999Klemetsen Jan 20003.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have David Kalako and Thulani Malinga ever fought each other?
Yes. David Kalako and Thulani Malinga met once on October 4, 1982, and Thulani Malinga won by PTS.
The meeting

LOct 4, 1982 · Malinga · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kalako or Malinga?
David Kalako is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Thulani Malinga is 44-13. Thulani Malinga has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kalako0–10%

Malinga44–1377.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kalako or Malinga?
David Kalako has 0 knockout wins and Thulani Malinga has 19. Thulani Malinga has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kalako0

Malinga1943.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kalako and Malinga have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both David Kalako and Thulani Malinga have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kalako and Malinga?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for David Kalako and 57 bouts tracked for Thulani Malinga. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kalako1bout

Malinga57bouts

How They Win ↓

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