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Dingaan Thobela vs Willy Wise — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Dingaan Thobela

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Willy Wise

Dingaan Thobela (40-14-2) and Willy Wise (26-11-4) 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

Wise

26

Wins7 KO · 27%

11

Losses

4

Draws6 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Wise leads 1–0

Dingaan Thobela and Willy Wise have met 1 time; Wise leads 1–0.

Dingaan Thobela and Willy Wise have met 1 time; Wise leads 1–0.
Met1997Mar 22Series
Dingaan ThobelaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willy WiseFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Thobela 7 · Wise 1 of 8 measurable rows
ThobelaWise
Record
40-14-2 (edge)26-11-4
Win %0–100%
73.2% (edge)
68.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
7
KO rate0–100%
65% (edge)
26.92%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
65% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.8
2.8 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
56
6

† 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″
Willy Wise: 5′10″ (edge)
Reach+5″
Dingaan Thobela: 72″ (edge)
Willy Wise: 67″
Agenot comparable
Dingaan Thobela: Died aged 57
Willy Wise: 59
Stance
Dingaan Thobela: Orthodox
Willy Wise: Orthodox

Dingaan Thobela left, Willy Wise 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%

Willy Wise2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Willy Wise: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dingaan Thobela 56, Willy Wise 6 — 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

Willy Wise last boxed on Nov 22, 2003 — 8,368 days ago. Wise had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Thobela Mar 1997Chávez Oct 1999Mosley Jan 2000Khaliq Jun 2001Chávez Nov 20030.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dingaan Thobela and Willy Wise ever fought each other?
Yes. Dingaan Thobela and Willy Wise met once on March 22, 1997, and Willy Wise won by SD.
The meeting

LMar 22, 1997 · Wise · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thobela or Wise?
Dingaan Thobela is 40-14-2 and Willy Wise is 26-11-4. Dingaan Thobela has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Thobela40–14–273.2%

Wise26–11–468.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thobela or Wise?
Dingaan Thobela has 26 knockout wins and Willy Wise has 7. Dingaan Thobela has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thobela2665%

Wise726.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thobela and Wise have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dingaan Thobela and Willy Wise have faced.
Who is bigger, Thobela or Wise?
Willy Wise is the taller fighter at 177 cm, 6 cm above the other. Dingaan Thobela also has the longer reach, by 13 cm.
Height · reach

Thobela171 cm183 cm reach

Wise177 cm170 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thobela and Wise?
This comparison is drawn from 56 bouts tracked for Dingaan Thobela and 6 bouts tracked for Willy Wise. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thobela56bouts

Wise6bouts

How They Win ↓

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