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Dingaan Thobela vs Mario Martínez — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Dingaan Thobela

🇲🇽MEXICO

Mario Martínez

Dingaan Thobela (40-14-2) and Mario Martínez (51-9-2) 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.

Thobela

40

Wins26 KO · 65%

14

Losses

2

Draws56 tracked bouts

Martínez

51

Wins31 KO · 61%

9

Losses

2

Draws7 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Thobela leads 1–0

Dingaan Thobela and Mario Martínez have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.

Dingaan Thobela and Mario Martínez have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.
Met1991Mar 2Series
Dingaan ThobelaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mario MartínezFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Thobela 3 · Martínez 5 of 8 measurable rows
ThobelaMartínez
Record
40-14-251-9-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
73.2%
83.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 31
26
31 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
65% (edge)
60.78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
65%
100% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.8
2.8 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
56
7

† 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″
Mario Martínez: No height on file
Reachnot held
Dingaan Thobela: 72″
Mario Martínez: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Mario Martínez: 61
Stance
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox
Mario Martínez: Orthodox

Dingaan Thobela left, Mario Martínez 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%

Mario Martínez1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Mario Martínez: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 7 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, Mario Martínez 7 — 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

Mario Martínez last boxed on Mar 2, 1991 — 13,019 days ago. Martínez had lost six straight.LLLLL

Mayweather Nov 1985Nelson Feb 1988Nelson Feb 1989Fenech Nov 1989Thobela Mar 19911 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dingaan Thobela and Mario Martínez ever fought each other?
Yes. Dingaan Thobela and Mario Martínez met once on March 2, 1991, and Dingaan Thobela won by UD.
The meeting

WMar 2, 1991 · Thobela · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thobela or Martínez?
Dingaan Thobela is 40-14-2 and Mario Martínez is 51-9-2. Mario Martínez has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Thobela40–14–273.2%

Martínez51–9–283.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thobela or Martínez?
Dingaan Thobela has 26 knockout wins and Mario Martínez has 31. Mario Martínez has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thobela2665%

Martínez3160.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thobela and Martínez have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dingaan Thobela and Mario Martínez have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thobela and Martínez?
This comparison is drawn from 56 bouts tracked for Dingaan Thobela and 7 bouts tracked for Mario Martínez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thobela56bouts

Martínez7bouts

How They Win ↓

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