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Dingaan Thobela vs Otis Grant — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Dingaan Thobela

🇨🇦CANADA

Otis Grant

Dingaan Thobela (40-14-2) and Otis Grant (38-3-1) 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

Grant

38

Wins17 KO · 45%

3

Losses

1

Draw42 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Grant leads 1–0

Dingaan Thobela and Otis Grant have met 1 time; Grant leads 1–0.

Dingaan Thobela and Otis Grant have met 1 time; Grant leads 1–0.
Met2003Nov 22Series
Dingaan ThobelaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Otis GrantFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Thobela 5 · Grant 3 of 8 measurable rows
ThobelaGrant
Record
40-14-238-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
73.2%
91.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
17
KO rate0–100%
65% (edge)
44.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
65% (edge)
45%
Times stopped†max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
1
Bouts per year‡max 2.8
2.8 (edge)
2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
56
42

† 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″
Otis Grant: 5′10″ (edge)
Reach+1″
Dingaan Thobela: 72″ (edge)
Otis Grant: 71″
Agenot comparable
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Otis Grant: 58
Stance
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox
Otis Grant: Southpaw

Dingaan Thobela left, Otis Grant 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%

Otis Grant38 wins · from 42 tracked bouts

Otis Grant: 38 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (45%), 19 on the cards (50%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 42 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 45%19 on the cards 50%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dingaan Thobela 56, Otis Grant 42 — 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

Otis Grant last boxed on Apr 8, 2006 — 7,503 days ago. Grant had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Librado Andrade.WWWWL

Porras Dec 2004Hamdan Mar 2005Adamu Jun 2005Wiggins Oct 2005Andrade Apr 20062.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dingaan Thobela and Otis Grant ever fought each other?
Yes. Dingaan Thobela and Otis Grant met once on November 22, 2003, and Otis Grant won by UD.
The meeting

LNov 22, 2003 · Grant · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thobela or Grant?
Dingaan Thobela is 40-14-2 and Otis Grant is 38-3-1. Otis Grant has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Thobela40–14–273.2%

Grant38–3–191.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thobela or Grant?
Dingaan Thobela has 26 knockout wins and Otis Grant has 17. Dingaan Thobela has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thobela2665%

Grant1744.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thobela and Grant have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dingaan Thobela and Otis Grant have faced.
Who is bigger, Thobela or Grant?
Otis Grant is the taller fighter at 177 cm, 6 cm above the other. Dingaan Thobela also has the longer reach, by 3 cm.
Height · reach

Thobela171 cm183 cm reach

Grant177 cm180 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thobela and Grant?
This comparison is drawn from 56 bouts tracked for Dingaan Thobela and 42 bouts tracked for Otis Grant. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thobela56bouts

Grant42bouts

How They Win ↓

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