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Dingaan Thobela vs Martin Nielsen — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Dingaan Thobela

🇩🇰DENMARK

Martin Nielsen

Dingaan Thobela (40-14-2) and Martin Nielsen (1-0 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Nielsen

Tracked record

1–0

counted from 1 bout 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

Nielsen leads 1–0

Dingaan Thobela and Martin Nielsen have met 1 time; Nielsen leads 1–0.

Dingaan Thobela and Martin Nielsen have met 1 time; Nielsen leads 1–0.
Met2003Dec 13Series
Dingaan ThobelaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Martin NielsenFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Thobela 3 · Nielsen 3 of 6 measurable rows
ThobelaNielsen
Record†
40-14-21-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
73.2%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
65% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
56
1

† 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″
Martin Nielsen: No height on file
Reachnot held
Dingaan Thobela: 72″
Martin Nielsen: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Martin Nielsen: 44
Stance
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox
Martin Nielsen: Not recorded

Dingaan Thobela left, Martin Nielsen 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%

Martin Nielsen1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Martin Nielsen: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dingaan Thobela 56, Martin Nielsen 1 — 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

Martin Nielsen last boxed on Dec 13, 2003 — 8,355 days ago. Nielsen had won once, the most recent against Dingaan Thobela.W

Thobela Dec 2003

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dingaan Thobela and Martin Nielsen ever fought each other?
Yes. Dingaan Thobela and Martin Nielsen met once on December 13, 2003, and Martin Nielsen won by UD.
The meeting

LDec 13, 2003 · Nielsen · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thobela or Nielsen?
Dingaan Thobela is 40-14-2 and Martin Nielsen is 1-0 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Martin Nielsen 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%

Nielsen1–0100%

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

Thobela2665%

Nielsen0

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

Thobela56bouts

Nielsen1bout

How They Win ↓

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