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Irvin Buhlalu vs Matthews Zulu — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Irvin Buhlalu

Matthews Zulu

Irvin Buhlalu (27-9-1) and Matthews Zulu (0-3-1 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Buhlalu

27

Wins

9

Losses

1

Draw37 tracked bouts

Zulu

Tracked record

0–3–1

counted from 4 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Irvin Buhlalu and Matthews Zulu have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Irvin Buhlalu and Matthews Zulu have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1998Jun 30Series
Irvin BuhlaluFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Matthews ZuluFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Buhlalu 3 · Zulu 1 of 4 measurable rows
BuhlaluZulu
Record†
27-9-1 (edge)0-3-1
Win %0–100%
74.3% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
59%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
2.2 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
37
4

† 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
Irvin Buhlalu: 51
Matthews Zulu: No date of birth

Irvin Buhlalu left, Matthews Zulu right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Irvin Buhlalu27 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

Irvin Buhlalu: 27 tracked wins — 16 by KO/TKO (59%) and 11 on the cards (41%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

16 by KO/TKO 59%11 on the cards 41%

Matthews Zulu0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Matthews Zulu: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Zulu yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Irvin Buhlalu 37, Matthews Zulu 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Zulu better on 1

Buhlalu

Opponent

Zulu

  • Irvin Buhlalu

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    2000

    Loss, UD

    2000

    FanaZulu better

    Matthews Zulu

    Loss, PTS

    1999

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Irvin Buhlalu last boxed on Mar 22, 2014 — 4,605 days ago. Buhlalu had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Jikani Oct 2011Mbatha Sep 2012Gungqisa Sep 2013Mokwana Dec 2013Kamanga Mar 20142.2 tracked bouts per year

Matthews Zulu last boxed on Dec 21, 2002 — 8,714 days ago. Zulu had lost two straight.LDLL

Bernardo Nov 1993Buhlalu Jun 1998Fana Mar 1999Kotelnik Dec 20020.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Irvin Buhlalu and Matthews Zulu ever fought each other?
Yes. Irvin Buhlalu and Matthews Zulu met once on June 30, 1998, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DJun 30, 1998 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Buhlalu or Zulu?
Irvin Buhlalu is 27-9-1 and Matthews Zulu is 0-3-1 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Irvin Buhlalu has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Buhlalu27–9–174.3%

Zulu0–3–112.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Buhlalu and Zulu have any common opponents?
Irvin Buhlalu and Matthews Zulu share 1 common opponent: Mzonke Fana. Matthews Zulu fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Mzonke FanaLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Buhlalu and Zulu?
This comparison is drawn from 37 bouts tracked for Irvin Buhlalu and 4 bouts tracked for Matthews Zulu. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Buhlalu37bouts

Zulu4bouts

How They Win ↓

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