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Gideon Buthelezi vs Tshepo Lefele — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Gideon Buthelezi

Tshepo Lefele

Gideon Buthelezi (23-6) and Tshepo Lefele (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Buthelezi

23

Wins5 KO · 22%

6

Losses

0

Draws29 tracked bouts

Lefele

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts 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

Lefele leads 1–0

Gideon Buthelezi and Tshepo Lefele have met 1 time; Lefele leads 1–0.

Gideon Buthelezi and Tshepo Lefele have met 1 time; Lefele leads 1–0.
Met2008Sep 12Series
Gideon ButheleziFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tshepo LefeleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Buthelezi 5 · Lefele 2 of 7 measurable rows
ButheleziLefele
Record†
23-6 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
79.3% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 5
5 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
21.74%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
22%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 1.8
1.8 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 29
29
2

† 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

Agenot held
Gideon Buthelezi: 40
Tshepo Lefele: No date of birth
Stance
Gideon Buthelezi: Southpaw
Tshepo Lefele: Not recorded

Gideon Buthelezi left, Tshepo Lefele right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gideon Buthelezi23 wins · from 29 tracked bouts

Gideon Buthelezi: 23 tracked wins — 5 by KO/TKO (22%) and 18 on the cards (78%). Counted from 29 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

5 by KO/TKO 22%18 on the cards 78%

Tshepo Lefele1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Tshepo Lefele: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gideon Buthelezi 29, Tshepo Lefele 2 — 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

Gideon Buthelezi last boxed on Jul 29, 2022 — 1,550 days ago. Buthelezi had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Dave Apolinario.WWWWL

Ponteras Jul 2017Fernandez Jul 2018Jimenez Jul 2019Matheus Nov 2021Apolinario Jul 20221.8 tracked bouts per year

Tshepo Lefele last boxed on Sep 1, 2010 — 5,899 days ago. Lefele had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Katsunari Takayama.WL

Buthelezi Sep 2008Takayama Sep 20101 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gideon Buthelezi and Tshepo Lefele ever fought each other?
Yes. Gideon Buthelezi and Tshepo Lefele met once on September 12, 2008, and Tshepo Lefele won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LSep 12, 2008 · Lefele · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Buthelezi or Lefele?
Gideon Buthelezi is 23-6 and Tshepo Lefele is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gideon Buthelezi has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Buthelezi23–679.3%

Lefele1–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Buthelezi or Lefele?
Gideon Buthelezi has 5 knockout wins and Tshepo Lefele has 1. Gideon Buthelezi has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Buthelezi521.7%

Lefele1

The Numbers ↓
Do Buthelezi and Lefele have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gideon Buthelezi and Tshepo Lefele have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Buthelezi and Lefele?
This comparison is drawn from 29 bouts tracked for Gideon Buthelezi and 2 bouts tracked for Tshepo Lefele. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Buthelezi29bouts

Lefele2bouts

How They Win ↓

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