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Gary Ballard (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) and Thulani Malinga (44-13) 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.

Gary Ballard vs Thulani Malinga — record, stats and common opponents compared

Gary Ballard

Tracked record

1–3

4 tracked bouts

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICAN

Thulani Malinga

44–13

57 tracked bouts

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

Thulani Malinga leads 1–0

The Numbers

1-3
Record
44-13 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

25%
Win %
77.2% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
19 (edge)
KO rate
43.18%
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
43% (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

2 (edge)
Times stopped
3

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
2 (edge)
0.8
Bouts per year
3.1 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

4
Bouts tracked
57

Tale of the Tape

Height
5′10″ (177 cm)
Age
70
Stance
Orthodox
Nationality
South African

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Gary Ballard · 1 wins

KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0

Thulani Malinga · 44 wins

KO/TKO
19
Decision
25
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (4 and 57 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

Gary Ballard

LLWL

L2 streak · last fought Apr 30, 1998

Thulani Malinga

LLWWL

L2 streak · last fought Jan 14, 2000

Common Questions

Have Gary Ballard and Thulani Malinga ever fought each other?
Yes. Gary Ballard and Thulani Malinga met once on February 10, 1993, and Thulani Malinga won by UD.
Who has the better record, Gary Ballard or Thulani Malinga?
Gary Ballard is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Thulani Malinga is 44-13. Thulani Malinga has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Gary Ballard or Thulani Malinga?
Gary Ballard has 0 knockout wins and Thulani Malinga has 19. Thulani Malinga has more.
Do Gary Ballard and Thulani Malinga have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gary Ballard and Thulani Malinga have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gary Ballard and Thulani Malinga?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Gary Ballard and 57 bouts tracked for Thulani Malinga. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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