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.
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.
John Jarvis vs Thulani Malinga — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
John Jarvis leads 1–0- John Jarvis wonMalinga vs JarvisAug 5, 1990 · MD
The Numbers
- 1-3
- Record
- 44-13 (edge)
- 25%
- Win %
- 77.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 19 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 43.18%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 43% (edge)
- 3
- Times stopped
- 3
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.6
- Bouts per year
- 3.1 (edge)
- 4
- Bouts tracked
- 57
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′10″ (177 cm)
- —
- Age
- 70
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- South African
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohn Jarvis · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Thulani Malinga · 44 wins
KO/TKO
19
Decision
25
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (4 and 57 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
John Jarvis
LLWL
L2 streak · last fought Apr 25, 1992
Thulani Malinga
LLWWL
L2 streak · last fought Jan 14, 2000
Common Questions
- 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, John Jarvis or Thulani 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, John Jarvis or Thulani Malinga?
- John Jarvis has 0 knockout wins and Thulani Malinga has 19. Thulani Malinga has more.
- Do John Jarvis and Thulani 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 John Jarvis and Thulani 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.