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

Gary Ballard

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Thulani Malinga

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.

Ballard

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Malinga

44

Wins19 KO · 43%

13

Losses

0

Draws57 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

Malinga leads 1–0

Gary Ballard and Thulani Malinga have met 1 time; Malinga leads 1–0.

Gary Ballard and Thulani Malinga have met 1 time; Malinga leads 1–0.
Met1993Feb 10Series
Gary BallardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thulani MalingaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Ballard 1 · Malinga 6 of 7 measurable rows
BallardMalinga
Record†
1-344-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
77.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—43.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
43% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.1
0.8
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
4
57

† 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
Gary Ballard: No height on file
Thulani Malinga: 5′10″
Agenot held
Gary Ballard: No date of birth
Thulani Malinga: 70
Stance
Gary Ballard: Not recorded
Thulani Malinga: Orthodox

Gary Ballard left, Thulani Malinga right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gary Ballard1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Gary Ballard: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Thulani Malinga44 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Thulani Malinga: 44 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (43%) and 25 on the cards (57%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 43%25 on the cards 57%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gary Ballard 4, Thulani Malinga 57 — 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

Gary Ballard last boxed on Apr 30, 1998 — 10,400 days ago. Ballard had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Malinga Feb 1993Ramadan Sep 1996Brewer Jun 1997Hall Apr 19980.8 tracked bouts per year

Thulani Malinga last boxed on Jan 14, 2000 — 9,776 days ago. Malinga had lost two straight, after two straight wins.LWWLL

Woodhall Mar 1998Alvarez Jun 1998Madsen Nov 1998Larsen Mar 1999Klemetsen Jan 20003.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LFeb 10, 1993 · Malinga · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ballard or 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.
Records · win %

Ballard1–325%

Malinga44–1377.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ballard or Malinga?
Gary Ballard has 0 knockout wins and Thulani Malinga has 19. Thulani Malinga has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ballard0

Malinga1943.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ballard and 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 Ballard and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ballard4bouts

Malinga57bouts

How They Win ↓

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