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Godfrey Takalani vs Vusi Malinga — record, stats and common opponents compared

Godfrey Takalani

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Vusi Malinga

Godfrey Takalani (1-0 across 1 tracked bout) and Vusi Malinga (21-6-1) 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.

Takalani

Tracked record

1–0

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Malinga

21

Wins12 KO · 57%

6

Losses

1

Draw28 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

Takalani leads 1–0

Godfrey Takalani and Vusi Malinga have met 1 time; Takalani leads 1–0.

Godfrey Takalani and Vusi Malinga have met 1 time; Takalani leads 1–0.
Met2000Feb 20Series
Godfrey TakalaniFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Vusi MalingaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Takalani 3 · Malinga 3 of 6 measurable rows
TakalaniMalinga
Record†
1-0 (edge)21-6-1
Win %0–100%
100% (edge)
76.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 12
0
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—57.14%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
57% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
1
28

† 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
Godfrey Takalani: No height on file
Vusi Malinga: 5′7″
Agenot held
Godfrey Takalani: No date of birth
Vusi Malinga: 46
Stance
Godfrey Takalani: Not recorded
Vusi Malinga: Southpaw

Godfrey Takalani left, Vusi 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
Godfrey Takalani1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Godfrey Takalani: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Vusi Malinga21 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Vusi Malinga: 21 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (57%) and 9 on the cards (43%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 57%9 on the cards 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Godfrey Takalani 1, Vusi Malinga 28 — 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

Godfrey Takalani last boxed on Feb 20, 2000 — 9,744 days ago. Takalani had won once, the most recent against Vusi Malinga.W

Malinga Feb 2000

Vusi Malinga last boxed on Oct 25, 2014 — 4,383 days ago. Malinga had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Domingo Oct 2010Cruz Jun 2012Gabutan Mar 2013Hall Dec 2013McDonnell Oct 20141.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Godfrey Takalani and Vusi Malinga ever fought each other?
Yes. Godfrey Takalani and Vusi Malinga met once on February 20, 2000, and Godfrey Takalani won by PTS.
The meeting

WFeb 20, 2000 · Takalani · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Takalani or Malinga?
Godfrey Takalani is 1-0 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Vusi Malinga is 21-6-1. Godfrey Takalani has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Takalani1–0100%

Malinga21–6–176.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Takalani or Malinga?
Godfrey Takalani has 0 knockout wins and Vusi Malinga has 12. Vusi Malinga has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Takalani0

Malinga1257.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Takalani and Malinga have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Godfrey Takalani and Vusi Malinga have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Takalani and Malinga?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Godfrey Takalani and 28 bouts tracked for Vusi Malinga. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Takalani1bout

Malinga28bouts

How They Win ↓

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