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.
Dingaan Thobela (40-14-2) and Soon Botes (2-7 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Dingaan Thobela vs Soon Botes — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 1–1- Soon Botes wonThobela vs BotesOct 27, 2006 · RTD · R10
- Dingaan Thobela wonThobela vs BotesFeb 19, 2000 · MD
The Numbers
- 40-14-2 (edge)
- Record
- 2-7
- 73.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 22.2%
- 26 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 65%
- KO rate
- —
- 66% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 50%
- 4 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 3 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.8 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.6
- 57
- Bouts tracked
- 9
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′7″ (171 cm)
- Height
- —
- 72″ (183 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 59
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- South Africa
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDingaan Thobela · 41 wins
KO/TKO
27
Decision
14
Other
0
Soon Botes · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (57 and 9 respectively), 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
Dingaan Thobela
LLLLL
L7 streak · last fought Oct 27, 2006
Soon Botes
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought May 15, 2009
Common Questions
- Have Dingaan Thobela and Soon Botes ever fought each other?
- Yes. Dingaan Thobela and Soon Botes have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
- Who has the better record, Dingaan Thobela or Soon Botes?
- Dingaan Thobela is 40-14-2 and Soon Botes is 2-7 across the 9 bouts 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Dingaan Thobela or Soon Botes?
- Dingaan Thobela has 26 knockout wins and Soon Botes has 0. Dingaan Thobela has more.
- Do Dingaan Thobela and Soon Botes have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dingaan Thobela and Soon Botes have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dingaan Thobela and Soon Botes?
- This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Dingaan Thobela and 9 bouts tracked for Soon Botes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.