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Masibulele Makepula vs Rafael Torres — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Masibulele Makepula

🇩🇴DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Rafael Torres

Masibulele Makepula (28-5) and Rafael Torres (16-9) 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.

Makepula

28

Wins

5

Losses

0

Draws5 tracked bouts

Torres

16

Wins3 KO · 19%

9

Losses

0

Draws25 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Makepula leads 1–0

Masibulele Makepula and Rafael Torres have met 1 time; Makepula leads 1–0.

Masibulele Makepula and Rafael Torres have met 1 time; Makepula leads 1–0.
Met1998Sep 22Series
Masibulele MakepulaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rafael TorresFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTDR51Meeting

The Numbers

Makepula 3 · Torres 4 of 7 measurable rows
MakepulaTorres
Record
28-5 (edge)16-9
Win %0–100%
84.8% (edge)
64%
Wins by knockoutmax 3
0
3 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
0%
18.75% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
0%
19% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 1
1
1
Bouts per year‡max 1.8
0.6
1.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 25
5
25

† 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

Age7 yrs apart
Masibulele Makepula: 53
Rafael Torres: 60
Stance
Masibulele Makepula: Not recorded
Rafael Torres: Southpaw

Masibulele Makepula left, Rafael Torres right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Masibulele Makepula3 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Masibulele Makepula: 3 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (67%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 67%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

Rafael Torres16 wins · from 25 tracked bouts

Rafael Torres: 16 tracked wins — 3 by KO/TKO (19%), 12 on the cards (75%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 25 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 by KO/TKO 19%12 on the cards 75%1 by another method or unrecorded 6%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Masibulele Makepula 5, Rafael Torres 25 — 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

Masibulele Makepula last boxed on Sep 23, 2006 — 7,331 days ago. Makepula had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Chavez May 1998Torres Sep 1998Matlala Feb 2000Pacheco Nov 2000Arce Sep 20060.6 tracked bouts per year

Rafael Torres last boxed on Nov 1, 1999 — 9,849 days ago. Torres had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Dimitri Kirilov.LWLWL

Jensen Apr 1998Urbaez Jun 1998Makepula Sep 1998Bido May 1999Kirilov Nov 19991.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Masibulele Makepula and Rafael Torres ever fought each other?
Yes. Masibulele Makepula and Rafael Torres met once on September 22, 1998, and Masibulele Makepula won by TD in round 5.
The meeting

WSep 22, 1998 · Makepula · TD R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Makepula or Torres?
Masibulele Makepula is 28-5 and Rafael Torres is 16-9. Masibulele Makepula has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Makepula28–584.8%

Torres16–964%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Makepula or Torres?
Masibulele Makepula has 0 knockout wins and Rafael Torres has 3. Rafael Torres has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Makepula0

Torres318.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Makepula and Torres have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Masibulele Makepula and Rafael Torres have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Makepula and Torres?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Masibulele Makepula and 25 bouts tracked for Rafael Torres. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Makepula5bouts

Torres25bouts

How They Win ↓

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