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David Matekane vs Dingaan Thobela — record, stats and common opponents compared

David Matekane

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Dingaan Thobela

David Matekane (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.

Matekane

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

David Matekane and Dingaan Thobela have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.

David Matekane and Dingaan Thobela have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.
Met1986Nov 2Series
David MatekaneFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Dingaan ThobelaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Matekane 1 · Thobela 4 of 5 measurable rows
MatekaneThobela
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
0 (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
David Matekane: No height on file
Dingaan Thobela: 5′7″
Reachnot held
David Matekane: No reach on file
Dingaan Thobela: 72″
Agenot held
David Matekane: No date of birth
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Stance
David Matekane: Not recorded
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox

David Matekane 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
David Matekane0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

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

No tracked wins for Matekane 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 — David Matekane 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

David Matekane last boxed on Nov 2, 1986 — 14,607 days ago. Matekane had lost the most recent, to Dingaan Thobela.L

Thobela Nov 1986

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 David Matekane and Dingaan Thobela ever fought each other?
Yes. David Matekane and Dingaan Thobela met once on November 2, 1986, and Dingaan Thobela won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 2, 1986 · Thobela · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Matekane or Thobela?
David Matekane 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 %

Matekane0–10%

Thobela40–14–273.2%

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

Matekane0

Thobela2665%

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

Matekane1bout

Thobela56bouts

How They Win ↓

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