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Larry Musgrove vs Thulani Malinga — record, stats and common opponents compared

Larry Musgrove

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Thulani Malinga

Larry Musgrove (1-1 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Musgrove

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Malinga

44

Wins19 KO · 43%

13

Losses

0

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

Malinga leads 1–0

Larry Musgrove and Thulani Malinga have met 1 time; Malinga leads 1–0.

Larry Musgrove and Thulani Malinga have met 1 time; Malinga leads 1–0.
Met1988Jul 18Series
Larry MusgroveFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thulani MalingaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Musgrove 1 · Malinga 5 of 6 measurable rows
MusgroveMalinga
Record†
1-144-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
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‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
2
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
Larry Musgrove: No height on file
Thulani Malinga: 5′10″
Agenot held
Larry Musgrove: No date of birth
Thulani Malinga: 70
Stance
Larry Musgrove: Not recorded
Thulani Malinga: Orthodox

Larry Musgrove 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
Larry Musgrove1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Larry Musgrove: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Thulani Malinga44 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Thulani Malinga: 44 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (43%) and 25 on the cards (57%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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 — Larry Musgrove 2, Thulani Malinga 57 — 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

Larry Musgrove last boxed on Jul 18, 1988 — 13,977 days ago. Musgrove had won one in a row before losing a decision to Thulani Malinga.WL

Kinchen Aug 1987Malinga Jul 1988

Thulani Malinga last boxed on Jan 14, 2000 — 9,780 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 Larry Musgrove and Thulani Malinga ever fought each other?
Yes. Larry Musgrove and Thulani Malinga met once on July 18, 1988, and Thulani Malinga won by SD.
The meeting

LJul 18, 1988 · Malinga · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Musgrove or Malinga?
Larry Musgrove is 1-1 across the 2 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.
Records · win %

Musgrove1–150%

Malinga44–1377.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Musgrove or Malinga?
Larry Musgrove has 0 knockout wins and Thulani Malinga has 19. Thulani Malinga has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Musgrove0

Malinga1943.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Musgrove and Malinga have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Larry Musgrove and Thulani Malinga have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Musgrove and Malinga?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Larry Musgrove and 57 bouts tracked for Thulani Malinga. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Musgrove2bouts

Malinga57bouts

How They Win ↓

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