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Dingaan Thobela vs Shorne Moorcroft — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dingaan Thobela

Shorne Moorcroft

Dingaan Thobela (40-14-2) and Shorne Moorcroft (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

Moorcroft

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 Shorne Moorcroft have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.

Dingaan Thobela and Shorne Moorcroft have met 1 time; Thobela leads 1–0.
Met1987Nov 21Series
Dingaan ThobelaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Shorne MoorcroftFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Thobela 4 · Moorcroft 1 of 5 measurable rows
ThobelaMoorcroft
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″
Shorne Moorcroft: No height on file
Reachnot held
Dingaan Thobela: 72″
Shorne Moorcroft: No reach on file
Agenot held
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Shorne Moorcroft: No date of birth
Stance
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox
Shorne Moorcroft: Not recorded

Dingaan Thobela left, Shorne Moorcroft 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%

Shorne Moorcroft0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Shorne Moorcroft: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Moorcroft yet.

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

Shorne Moorcroft last boxed on Nov 21, 1987 — 14,220 days ago. Moorcroft had lost the most recent, to Dingaan Thobela.L

Thobela Nov 1987

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dingaan Thobela and Shorne Moorcroft ever fought each other?
Yes. Dingaan Thobela and Shorne Moorcroft met once on November 21, 1987, and Dingaan Thobela won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

WNov 21, 1987 · Thobela · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thobela or Moorcroft?
Dingaan Thobela is 40-14-2 and Shorne Moorcroft 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%

Moorcroft0–10%

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

Thobela2665%

Moorcroft0

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

Thobela56bouts

Moorcroft1bout

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