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Dingaan Thobela vs Geoff McCreesh — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Dingaan Thobela

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Geoff McCreesh

Dingaan Thobela (40-14-2) and Geoff McCreesh (27-8) 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

McCreesh

27

Wins9 KO · 33%

8

Losses

0

Draws3 tracked bouts

Head to Head

McCreesh leads 1–0

Dingaan Thobela and Geoff McCreesh have met 1 time; McCreesh leads 1–0.

Dingaan Thobela and Geoff McCreesh have met 1 time; McCreesh leads 1–0.
Met1996Nov 5Series
Dingaan ThobelaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Geoff McCreeshFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Thobela 4 · McCreesh 4 of 8 measurable rows
ThobelaMcCreesh
Record
40-14-227-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
73.2%
77.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
9
KO rate0–100%
65% (edge)
33.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
65%
100% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.8
2.8 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
56
3

† 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

Height+3″
Dingaan Thobela: 5′7″
Geoff McCreesh: 5′10″ (edge)
ReachLevel
Dingaan Thobela: 72″
Geoff McCreesh: 72″
Agenot comparable
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Geoff McCreesh: 56
Stance
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox
Geoff McCreesh: Not recorded

Dingaan Thobela left, Geoff McCreesh 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%

Geoff McCreesh1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Geoff McCreesh: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dingaan Thobela 56, Geoff McCreesh 3 — 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

Geoff McCreesh last boxed on Apr 26, 2001 — 9,312 days ago. McCreesh had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Thobela Nov 1996Piccirillo Nov 1997Duran Apr 20010.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dingaan Thobela and Geoff McCreesh ever fought each other?
Yes. Dingaan Thobela and Geoff McCreesh met once on November 5, 1996, and Geoff McCreesh won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LNov 5, 1996 · McCreesh · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thobela or McCreesh?
Dingaan Thobela is 40-14-2 and Geoff McCreesh is 27-8. Geoff McCreesh has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Thobela40–14–273.2%

McCreesh27–877.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thobela or McCreesh?
Dingaan Thobela has 26 knockout wins and Geoff McCreesh has 9. Dingaan Thobela has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thobela2665%

McCreesh933.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thobela and McCreesh have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dingaan Thobela and Geoff McCreesh have faced.
Who is bigger, Thobela or McCreesh?
Geoff McCreesh is the taller fighter at 178 cm, 7 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Thobela171 cm183 cm reach

McCreesh178 cm183 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thobela and McCreesh?
This comparison is drawn from 56 bouts tracked for Dingaan Thobela and 3 bouts tracked for Geoff McCreesh. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thobela56bouts

McCreesh3bouts

How They Win ↓

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