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Diego Cruz vs Thulani Mbenge — record, stats and common opponents compared

Diego Cruz

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Thulani Mbenge

Diego Cruz (0-4-1 across 5 tracked bouts) and Thulani Mbenge (21-2) 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.

Cruz

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Mbenge

21

Wins15 KO · 71%

2

Losses

0

Draws23 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

Mbenge leads 1–0

Diego Cruz and Thulani Mbenge have met 1 time; Mbenge leads 1–0.

Diego Cruz and Thulani Mbenge have met 1 time; Mbenge leads 1–0.
Met2018Mar 3Series
Diego CruzFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thulani MbengeFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Cruz 0 · Mbenge 4 of 4 measurable rows
CruzMbenge
Record†
0-4-121-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
10%
91.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
0
15 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.4
1
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 23
5
23

† 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
Diego Cruz: No height on file
Thulani Mbenge: 6′0″
Agenot held
Diego Cruz: No date of birth
Thulani Mbenge: 35
Stance
Diego Cruz: Not recorded
Thulani Mbenge: Orthodox

Diego Cruz left, Thulani Mbenge right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Diego Cruz0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Diego Cruz: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cruz yet.

Thulani Mbenge21 wins · from 23 tracked bouts

Thulani Mbenge: 21 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (71%) and 6 on the cards (29%). Counted from 23 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 71%6 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Diego Cruz 5, Thulani Mbenge 23 — 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

Diego Cruz last boxed on Nov 14, 2019 — 2,532 days ago. Cruz had lost two straight.LLDLL

Montes Oct 2014Molina Dec 2016Ortiz Jul 2017Mbenge Mar 2018Mazion Nov 20191 tracked bouts per year

Thulani Mbenge last boxed on Oct 19, 2024 — 731 days ago. Mbenge had won two straight since losing a decision to Souleymane Cissokho.WWLWW

Makhense Jun 2021Pialari Jun 2022Cissokho Dec 2022Fonseca Mar 2024McKinson Oct 20242.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Diego Cruz and Thulani Mbenge ever fought each other?
Yes. Diego Cruz and Thulani Mbenge met once on March 3, 2018, and Thulani Mbenge won by UD.
The meeting

LMar 3, 2018 · Mbenge · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cruz or Mbenge?
Diego Cruz is 0-4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Thulani Mbenge is 21-2. Thulani Mbenge has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cruz0–4–110%

Mbenge21–291.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cruz or Mbenge?
Diego Cruz has 0 knockout wins and Thulani Mbenge has 15. Thulani Mbenge has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cruz0

Mbenge1571.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cruz and Mbenge have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Diego Cruz and Thulani Mbenge have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cruz and Mbenge?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Diego Cruz and 23 bouts tracked for Thulani Mbenge. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cruz5bouts

Mbenge23bouts

How They Win ↓

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