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Soon Botes vs Thabiso Mchunu — record, stats and common opponents compared

Soon Botes

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Thabiso Mchunu

Soon Botes (2-7 across 9 tracked bouts) and Thabiso Mchunu (23-8) 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.

Botes

Tracked record

2–7

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Mchunu

23

Wins13 KO · 57%

8

Losses

0

Draws31 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

Mchunu leads 1–0

Soon Botes and Thabiso Mchunu have met 1 time; Mchunu leads 1–0.

Soon Botes and Thabiso Mchunu have met 1 time; Mchunu leads 1–0.
Met2009May 15Series
Soon BotesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thabiso MchunuFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Botes 0 · Mchunu 6 of 6 measurable rows
BotesMchunu
Record†
2-723-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
22.2%
74.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 13
0
13 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—56.52%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
57% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
6
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 1.8
0.6
1.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
9
31

† 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
Soon Botes: No height on file
Thabiso Mchunu: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Soon Botes: No reach on file
Thabiso Mchunu: 72″
Agenot held
Soon Botes: No date of birth
Thabiso Mchunu: 38
Stance
Soon Botes: Not recorded
Thabiso Mchunu: Southpaw

Soon Botes left, Thabiso Mchunu right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Soon Botes2 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Soon Botes: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Thabiso Mchunu23 wins · from 31 tracked bouts

Thabiso Mchunu: 23 tracked wins — 13 by KO/TKO (57%) and 10 on the cards (43%). Counted from 31 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

13 by KO/TKO 57%10 on the cards 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Soon Botes 9, Thabiso Mchunu 31 — 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

Soon Botes last boxed on May 15, 2009 — 6,367 days ago. Botes had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Reid Jul 2001Mundine Sep 2002Thobela Oct 2006Balzsay Jan 2007Mchunu May 20090.6 tracked bouts per year

Thabiso Mchunu has lost three straight, after two straight wins. Mchunu last boxed on Jan 31, 2025 — 627 days ago.WWLLL

Lebedev Dec 2019Tishchenko Mar 2021Makabu Jan 2022Peralta Mar 2024Gadzhimagomedov Jan 20251.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Soon Botes and Thabiso Mchunu ever fought each other?
Yes. Soon Botes and Thabiso Mchunu met once on May 15, 2009, and Thabiso Mchunu won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LMay 15, 2009 · Mchunu · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Botes or Mchunu?
Soon Botes is 2-7 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Thabiso Mchunu is 23-8. Thabiso Mchunu has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Botes2–722.2%

Mchunu23–874.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Botes or Mchunu?
Soon Botes has 0 knockout wins and Thabiso Mchunu has 13. Thabiso Mchunu has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Botes0

Mchunu1356.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Botes and Mchunu have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Soon Botes and Thabiso Mchunu have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Botes and Mchunu?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Soon Botes and 31 bouts tracked for Thabiso Mchunu. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Botes9bouts

Mchunu31bouts

How They Win ↓

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