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Dingaan Thobela vs Fred Adams — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dingaan Thobela

Fred Adams

Dingaan Thobela (40-14-2) and Fred Adams (0-8-1 across 9 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.

Thobela

40

Wins26 KO · 65%

14

Losses

2

Draws56 tracked bouts

Adams

Tracked record

0–8–1

counted from 9 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

Thobela leads 1–0

Dingaan Thobela and Fred Adams have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.

Dingaan Thobela and Fred Adams have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.
Met1989May 15Series
Dingaan ThobelaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Fred AdamsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Thobela 6 · Adams 0 of 6 measurable rows
ThobelaAdams
Record†
40-14-2 (edge)0-8-1
Win %0–100%
73.2% (edge)
5.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
65%—
Times stopped‡max 7
4 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.8
2.8 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
56
9

† 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
Dingaan Thobela: 5′7″
Fred Adams: No height on file
Reachnot held
Dingaan Thobela: 72″
Fred Adams: No reach on file
Agenot held
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Fred Adams: No date of birth
Stance
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox
Fred Adams: Not recorded

Dingaan Thobela left, Fred Adams right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Fred Adams0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Fred Adams: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Adams yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dingaan Thobela 56, Fred Adams 9 — 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

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

Fred Adams last boxed on Nov 3, 2001 — 9,120 days ago. Adams had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Eliecer Castillo.LLLLD

May May 1995Lamontagne Aug 1995Purlette Mar 1996Castillo Aug 1997Castillo Nov 20010.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dingaan Thobela and Fred Adams ever fought each other?
Yes. Dingaan Thobela and Fred Adams met once on May 15, 1989, and Dingaan Thobela won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WMay 15, 1989 · Thobela · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thobela or Adams?
Dingaan Thobela is 40-14-2 and Fred Adams is 0-8-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Dingaan Thobela has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thobela40–14–273.2%

Adams0–8–15.6%

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

Thobela2665%

Adams0

The Numbers ↓
Do Thobela and Adams have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dingaan Thobela and Fred Adams have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thobela and Adams?
This comparison is drawn from 56 bouts tracked for Dingaan Thobela and 9 bouts tracked for Fred Adams. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thobela56bouts

Adams9bouts

How They Win ↓

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