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Dingaan Thobela vs Mpisekhaya Mbaduli — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Dingaan Thobela

Mpisekhaya Mbaduli

Dingaan Thobela (40-14-2) and Mpisekhaya Mbaduli (0-1 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

Mbaduli

Tracked record

0–1

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

Thobela leads 1–0

Dingaan Thobela and Mpisekhaya Mbaduli have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.

Dingaan Thobela and Mpisekhaya Mbaduli have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.
Met1988Oct 1Series
Dingaan ThobelaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mpisekhaya MbaduliFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Thobela 4 · Mbaduli 1 of 5 measurable rows
ThobelaMbaduli
Record†
40-14-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
73.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
65%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (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″
Mpisekhaya Mbaduli: No height on file
Reachnot held
Dingaan Thobela: 72″
Mpisekhaya Mbaduli: No reach on file
Agenot held
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Mpisekhaya Mbaduli: No date of birth
Stance
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox
Mpisekhaya Mbaduli: Not recorded

Dingaan Thobela left, Mpisekhaya Mbaduli 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%

Mpisekhaya Mbaduli0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Mpisekhaya Mbaduli: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Mbaduli yet.

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

Mpisekhaya Mbaduli last boxed on Oct 1, 1988 — 13,906 days ago. Mbaduli had lost the most recent, to Dingaan Thobela.L

Thobela Oct 1988

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dingaan Thobela and Mpisekhaya Mbaduli ever fought each other?
Yes. Dingaan Thobela and Mpisekhaya Mbaduli met once on October 1, 1988, and Dingaan Thobela won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

WOct 1, 1988 · Thobela · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thobela or Mbaduli?
Dingaan Thobela is 40-14-2 and Mpisekhaya Mbaduli is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Mbaduli0–10%

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

Thobela2665%

Mbaduli0

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

Thobela56bouts

Mbaduli1bout

How They Win ↓

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