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Nkosana Sobethu vs Zolani Petelo — record, stats and common opponents compared

Nkosana Sobethu

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Zolani Petelo

Nkosana Sobethu (1-0 across 1 tracked bout) and Zolani Petelo (17-5-2) 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.

Sobethu

Tracked record

1–0

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Petelo

17

Wins9 KO · 53%

5

Losses

2

Draws24 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

Sobethu leads 1–0

Nkosana Sobethu and Zolani Petelo have met 1 time; Sobethu leads 1–0.

Nkosana Sobethu and Zolani Petelo have met 1 time; Sobethu leads 1–0.
Met2005Dec 17Series
Nkosana SobethuFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Zolani PeteloFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Sobethu 3 · Petelo 3 of 6 measurable rows
SobethuPetelo
Record†
1-0 (edge)17-5-2
Win %0–100%
100% (edge)
75%
Wins by knockoutmax 9
0
9 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.94%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
53% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 24
1
24

† 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
Nkosana Sobethu: No height on file
Zolani Petelo: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Nkosana Sobethu: No reach on file
Zolani Petelo: 68″
Agenot held
Nkosana Sobethu: No date of birth
Zolani Petelo: 51
Stance
Nkosana Sobethu: Not recorded
Zolani Petelo: Southpaw

Nkosana Sobethu left, Zolani Petelo right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Nkosana Sobethu1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Nkosana Sobethu: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Zolani Petelo17 wins · from 24 tracked bouts

Zolani Petelo: 17 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (53%) and 8 on the cards (47%). Counted from 24 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 53%8 on the cards 47%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Nkosana Sobethu 1, Zolani Petelo 24 — 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

Nkosana Sobethu last boxed on Dec 17, 2005 — 7,617 days ago. Sobethu had won once, the most recent against Zolani Petelo.W

Petelo Dec 2005

Zolani Petelo last boxed on Dec 17, 2005 — 7,617 days ago. Petelo had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Cantwell Jun 2000Gomez Apr 2001López Sep 2001Mbityi May 2005Sobethu Dec 20051.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Nkosana Sobethu and Zolani Petelo ever fought each other?
Yes. Nkosana Sobethu and Zolani Petelo met once on December 17, 2005, and Nkosana Sobethu won by UD.
The meeting

WDec 17, 2005 · Sobethu · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sobethu or Petelo?
Nkosana Sobethu is 1-0 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Zolani Petelo is 17-5-2. Nkosana Sobethu has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sobethu1–0100%

Petelo17–5–275%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sobethu or Petelo?
Nkosana Sobethu has 0 knockout wins and Zolani Petelo has 9. Zolani Petelo has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sobethu0

Petelo952.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sobethu and Petelo have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Nkosana Sobethu and Zolani Petelo have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sobethu and Petelo?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Nkosana Sobethu and 24 bouts tracked for Zolani Petelo. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sobethu1bout

Petelo24bouts

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