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Ilunga Makabu vs Nicholas Ramantswana — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ilunga Makabu

Nicholas Ramantswana

Ilunga Makabu (31-4) and Nicholas Ramantswana (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Makabu

31

Wins27 KO · 87%

4

Losses

0

Draws36 tracked bouts

Ramantswana

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Makabu leads 1–0

Ilunga Makabu and Nicholas Ramantswana have met 1 time; Makabu leads 1–0.

Ilunga Makabu and Nicholas Ramantswana have met 1 time; Makabu leads 1–0.
Met2008Oct 18Series
Ilunga MakabuFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Nicholas RamantswanaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Makabu 4 · Ramantswana 1 of 5 measurable rows
MakabuRamantswana
Record†
31-4 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
88.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
87.1%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
88%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.1—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 36
36
1

† 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
Ilunga Makabu: 6′0″
Nicholas Ramantswana: No height on file
Reachnot held
Ilunga Makabu: 74″
Nicholas Ramantswana: No reach on file
Agenot held
Ilunga Makabu: 38
Nicholas Ramantswana: No date of birth
Stance
Ilunga Makabu: Southpaw
Nicholas Ramantswana: Not recorded

Ilunga Makabu left, Nicholas Ramantswana right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ilunga Makabu32 wins · from 36 tracked bouts

Ilunga Makabu: 32 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (88%) and 4 on the cards (13%). Counted from 36 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 88%4 on the cards 13%

Nicholas Ramantswana0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Nicholas Ramantswana: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ramantswana yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ilunga Makabu 36, Nicholas Ramantswana 1 — 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

Ilunga Makabu has won two straight since losses to Badou Jack and Noel Mikaelian. Makabu last boxed on Sep 5, 2025 — 415 days ago.WLLWW

Mchunu Jan 2022Jack Feb 2023Mikaelian Nov 2023Attia Dec 2024Kemeh Sep 20252.1 tracked bouts per year

Nicholas Ramantswana last boxed on Oct 18, 2008 — 6,581 days ago. Ramantswana had lost the most recent, to Ilunga Makabu.L

Makabu Oct 2008

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ilunga Makabu and Nicholas Ramantswana ever fought each other?
Yes. Ilunga Makabu and Nicholas Ramantswana met once on October 18, 2008, and Ilunga Makabu won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WOct 18, 2008 · Makabu · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Makabu or Ramantswana?
Ilunga Makabu is 31-4 and Nicholas Ramantswana is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Ilunga Makabu has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Makabu31–488.6%

Ramantswana0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Makabu or Ramantswana?
Ilunga Makabu has 27 knockout wins and Nicholas Ramantswana has 0. Ilunga Makabu has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Makabu2787.1%

Ramantswana0

The Numbers ↓
Do Makabu and Ramantswana have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ilunga Makabu and Nicholas Ramantswana have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Makabu and Ramantswana?
This comparison is drawn from 36 bouts tracked for Ilunga Makabu and 1 bout tracked for Nicholas Ramantswana. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Makabu36bouts

Ramantswana1bout

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