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Shaun Ness vs Thulani Mbenge — record, stats and common opponents compared

Shaun Ness

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Thulani Mbenge

Shaun Ness (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) and Thulani Mbenge (21-2) 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.

Ness

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Mbenge

21

Wins15 KO · 71%

2

Losses

0

Draws23 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

Mbenge leads 1–0

Shaun Ness and Thulani Mbenge have met 1 time; Mbenge leads 1–0.

Shaun Ness and Thulani Mbenge have met 1 time; Mbenge leads 1–0.
Met2017Apr 23Series
Shaun NessFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thulani MbengeFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Ness 0 · Mbenge 4 of 4 measurable rows
NessMbenge
Record†
0-121-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
91.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
0
15 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 23
1
23

† 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
Shaun Ness: No height on file
Thulani Mbenge: 6′0″
Agenot held
Shaun Ness: No date of birth
Thulani Mbenge: 35
Stance
Shaun Ness: Not recorded
Thulani Mbenge: Orthodox

Shaun Ness left, Thulani Mbenge right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Shaun Ness0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Shaun Ness: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ness yet.

Thulani Mbenge21 wins · from 23 tracked bouts

Thulani Mbenge: 21 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (71%) and 6 on the cards (29%). Counted from 23 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 71%6 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Shaun Ness 1, Thulani Mbenge 23 — 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

Shaun Ness last boxed on Apr 23, 2017 — 3,466 days ago. Ness had lost the most recent, to Thulani Mbenge.L

Mbenge Apr 2017

Thulani Mbenge has won two straight since losing a decision to Souleymane Cissokho. Mbenge last boxed on Oct 19, 2024 — 730 days ago.WWLWW

Makhense Jun 2021Pialari Jun 2022Cissokho Dec 2022Fonseca Mar 2024McKinson Oct 20242.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Shaun Ness and Thulani Mbenge ever fought each other?
Yes. Shaun Ness and Thulani Mbenge met once on April 23, 2017, and Thulani Mbenge won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

LApr 23, 2017 · Mbenge · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ness or Mbenge?
Shaun Ness is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Thulani Mbenge is 21-2. Thulani Mbenge has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ness0–10%

Mbenge21–291.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ness or Mbenge?
Shaun Ness has 0 knockout wins and Thulani Mbenge has 15. Thulani Mbenge has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ness0

Mbenge1571.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ness and Mbenge have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Shaun Ness and Thulani Mbenge have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ness and Mbenge?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Shaun Ness and 23 bouts tracked for Thulani Mbenge. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ness1bout

Mbenge23bouts

How They Win ↓

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