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Ricardo Malajika vs Tebogo Makwala — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ricardo Malajika

Tebogo Makwala

Ricardo Malajika (18-2) and Tebogo Makwala (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Malajika

18

Wins12 KO · 67%

2

Losses

0

Draws20 tracked bouts

Makwala

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Malajika leads 1–0

Ricardo Malajika and Tebogo Makwala have met 1 time; Malajika leads 1–0.

Ricardo Malajika and Tebogo Makwala have met 1 time; Malajika leads 1–0.
Met2018Dec 8Series
Ricardo MalajikaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tebogo MakwalaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Malajika 5 · Makwala 0 of 5 measurable rows
MalajikaMakwala
Record†
18-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
90% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 12
12 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
66.67%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
67%—
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 20
20
1

† 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

Agenot held
Ricardo Malajika: 28
Tebogo Makwala: No date of birth
Stance
Ricardo Malajika: Orthodox
Tebogo Makwala: Not recorded

Ricardo Malajika left, Tebogo Makwala right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ricardo Malajika18 wins · from 20 tracked bouts

Ricardo Malajika: 18 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (67%) and 6 on the cards (33%). Counted from 20 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 67%6 on the cards 33%

Tebogo Makwala0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Tebogo Makwala: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Makwala yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ricardo Malajika 20, Tebogo Makwala 1 — 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

Ricardo Malajika has won ten straight, the most recent against Tomoya Tsuboi. Malajika last boxed on Sep 27, 2026 — 30 days ago.WWWWW

Sigqibo Aug 2024Chauke Mar 2025Mama Aug 2025Paras Nov 2025Tsuboi Sep 20262.5 tracked bouts per year

Tebogo Makwala last boxed on Dec 8, 2018 — 2,880 days ago. Makwala had lost the most recent, to Ricardo Malajika.L

Malajika Dec 2018

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ricardo Malajika and Tebogo Makwala ever fought each other?
Yes. Ricardo Malajika and Tebogo Makwala met once on December 8, 2018, and Ricardo Malajika won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WDec 8, 2018 · Malajika · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Malajika or Makwala?
Ricardo Malajika is 18-2 and Tebogo Makwala is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Ricardo Malajika has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Malajika18–290%

Makwala0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Malajika or Makwala?
Ricardo Malajika has 12 knockout wins and Tebogo Makwala has 0. Ricardo Malajika has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Malajika1266.7%

Makwala0

The Numbers ↓
Do Malajika and Makwala have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ricardo Malajika and Tebogo Makwala have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Malajika and Makwala?
This comparison is drawn from 20 bouts tracked for Ricardo Malajika and 1 bout tracked for Tebogo Makwala. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Malajika20bouts

Makwala1bout

How They Win ↓

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