Have John Jarvis and Thulani Malinga ever fought each other?

Yes. John Jarvis and Thulani Malinga met once on August 5, 1990, and John Jarvis won by MD.

Who has the better record, Jarvis or Malinga?

John Jarvis is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Thulani Malinga is 44-13. Thulani Malinga has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Jarvis or Malinga?

John Jarvis has 0 knockout wins and Thulani Malinga has 19. Thulani Malinga has more.

Do Jarvis and Malinga have any common opponents?

John Jarvis and Thulani Malinga share 1 common opponent: Chris Eubank. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jarvis and Malinga?

This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for John Jarvis and 57 bouts tracked for Thulani Malinga. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

John Jarvis vs Thulani Malinga — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

John Jarvis

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Thulani Malinga

John Jarvis (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) and Thulani Malinga (44-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Jarvis

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Malinga

Wins19 KO · 43%

Losses

Draws57 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

Jarvis leads 1–0

John Jarvis and Thulani Malinga have met 1 time; Jarvis leads 1–0.
Met	1990Aug 5	Series
John JarvisFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Thulani MalingaFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	MDMalinga vs Jarvis	1Meeting

Malinga vs Jarvis · Aug 5, 1990

The Numbers

Jarvis 0 · Malinga 6 of 6 measurable rows

JarvisEdge = longer wingMalinga

Record^†: 1-344-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 25%
77.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19: 0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —43.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
43% (edge)
Times stopped^‡levelmax 3: 3
3
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 3.1: 0.6
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57: 4
57

† 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: John Jarvis: No height on file; Thulani Malinga: 5′10″
Agenot held: John Jarvis: No date of birth; Thulani Malinga: 70
Stance: John Jarvis: Not recorded; Thulani Malinga: Orthodox

John Jarvis left, Thulani 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

John Jarvis1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

Thulani Malinga44 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

19 by KO/TKO 43%25 on the cards 57%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Jarvis 4, Thulani Malinga 57 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

JarvisJohn Jarvis

Opponent

MalingaThulani Malinga

John Jarvis
Loss, KO 3
1992Apr 1992
EubankChris EubankUnited Kingdom 45–5–2EvenEven — 0–1 both
Thulani Malinga
Loss, SD
1992Feb 1992

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

John Jarvis last boxed on Apr 25, 1992 — 12,597 days ago. Jarvis had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Drayton Sep 1985Malinga Aug 1990Horn Aug 1991Eubank Apr 19920.6 tracked bouts per year

Thulani Malinga last boxed on Jan 14, 2000 — 9,777 days ago. Malinga had lost two straight, after two straight wins.LWWLL

Woodhall Mar 1998Alvarez Jun 1998Madsen Nov 1998Larsen Mar 1999Klemetsen Jan 20003.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have John Jarvis and Thulani Malinga ever fought each other?: Yes. John Jarvis and Thulani Malinga met once on August 5, 1990, and John Jarvis won by MD.
Who has the better record, Jarvis or Malinga?: John Jarvis is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Thulani Malinga is 44-13. Thulani Malinga has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Jarvis or Malinga?: John Jarvis has 0 knockout wins and Thulani Malinga has 19. Thulani Malinga has more.
Do Jarvis and Malinga have any common opponents?: John Jarvis and Thulani Malinga share 1 common opponent: Chris Eubank. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jarvis and Malinga?: This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for John Jarvis and 57 bouts tracked for Thulani Malinga. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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