Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Jacob Matlala vs Sonnyboy Nghona — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Jacob Matlala

Sonnyboy Nghona

Jacob Matlala (53-13-2) and Sonnyboy Nghona (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.

Matlala

53

Wins26 KO · 49%

13

Losses

2

Draws68 tracked bouts

Nghona

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

Matlala leads 1–0

Jacob Matlala and Sonnyboy Nghona have met 1 time; Matlala leads 1–0.

Jacob Matlala and Sonnyboy Nghona have met 1 time; Matlala leads 1–0.
Met1989Dec 3Series
Jacob MatlalaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sonnyboy NghonaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Matlala 4 · Nghona 1 of 5 measurable rows
MatlalaNghona
Record†
53-13-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
79.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
49.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
49%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.1—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68
68
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
Jacob Matlala: 4′10″
Sonnyboy Nghona: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jacob Matlala: 59″
Sonnyboy Nghona: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jacob Matlala: Died aged 51
Sonnyboy Nghona: No date of birth
Stance
Jacob Matlala: Orthodox
Sonnyboy Nghona: Not recorded

Jacob Matlala left, Sonnyboy Nghona right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jacob Matlala53 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

Jacob Matlala: 53 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (49%), 24 on the cards (45%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 68 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 49%24 on the cards 45%3 by another method or unrecorded 6%

Sonnyboy Nghona0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Sonnyboy Nghona: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Nghona yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jacob Matlala 68, Sonnyboy Nghona 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

Jacob Matlala has won three straight since losses to Masibulele Makepula and Peter Culshaw. Matlala last boxed on Mar 2, 2002.LLWWW

Makepula Feb 2000Culshaw May 2000Makelim Feb 2001Cantwell Sep 2001Herrera Mar 20023.1 tracked bouts per year

Sonnyboy Nghona last boxed on Dec 3, 1989 — 13,476 days ago. Nghona had lost the most recent, to Jacob Matlala.L

Matlala Dec 1989

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jacob Matlala and Sonnyboy Nghona ever fought each other?
Yes. Jacob Matlala and Sonnyboy Nghona met once on December 3, 1989, and Jacob Matlala won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WDec 3, 1989 · Matlala · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Matlala or Nghona?
Jacob Matlala is 53-13-2 and Sonnyboy Nghona is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Jacob Matlala has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Matlala53–13–279.4%

Nghona0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Matlala or Nghona?
Jacob Matlala has 26 knockout wins and Sonnyboy Nghona has 0. Jacob Matlala has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Matlala2649.1%

Nghona0

The Numbers ↓
Do Matlala and Nghona have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jacob Matlala and Sonnyboy Nghona have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Matlala and Nghona?
This comparison is drawn from 68 bouts tracked for Jacob Matlala and 1 bout tracked for Sonnyboy Nghona. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Matlala68bouts

Nghona1bout

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

3 suggested matchups

Compare Matlala with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.