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Michael Motsoane vs Thulani Malinga — record, stats and common opponents compared

Michael Motsoane

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Thulani Malinga

Michael Motsoane (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Motsoane

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Michael Motsoane and Thulani Malinga have met 1 time; Malinga leads 1–0.

Michael Motsoane and Thulani Malinga have met 1 time; Malinga leads 1–0.
Met1984Jun 15Series
Michael MotsoaneFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thulani MalingaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Motsoane 1 · Malinga 4 of 5 measurable rows
MotsoaneMalinga
Record†
0-144-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—43.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—43%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
1
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
Michael Motsoane: No height on file
Thulani Malinga: 5′10″
Agenot held
Michael Motsoane: No date of birth
Thulani Malinga: 70
Stance
Michael Motsoane: Not recorded
Thulani Malinga: Orthodox

Michael Motsoane 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
Michael Motsoane0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Michael Motsoane: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Motsoane yet.

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 — Michael Motsoane 1, 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

Michael Motsoane last boxed on Jun 15, 1984 — 15,467 days ago. Motsoane had lost the most recent, to Thulani Malinga.L

Malinga Jun 1984

Thulani Malinga last boxed on Jan 14, 2000 — 9,776 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 Michael Motsoane and Thulani Malinga ever fought each other?
Yes. Michael Motsoane and Thulani Malinga met once on June 15, 1984, and Thulani Malinga won by UD.
The meeting

LJun 15, 1984 · Malinga · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Motsoane or Malinga?
Michael Motsoane is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Motsoane0–10%

Malinga44–1377.2%

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

Motsoane0

Malinga1943.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Motsoane and Malinga have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Michael Motsoane and Thulani Malinga have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Motsoane and Malinga?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Michael Motsoane and 57 bouts tracked for Thulani Malinga. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Motsoane1bout

Malinga57bouts

How They Win ↓

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