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Thabiso Mchunu vs Willbeforce Shihepo — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Thabiso Mchunu

🇳🇦NAMIBIA

Willbeforce Shihepo

Thabiso Mchunu (23-8) and Willbeforce Shihepo (25-15) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Mchunu

23

Wins13 KO · 57%

8

Losses

0

Draws31 tracked bouts

Shihepo

25

Wins18 KO · 72%

15

Losses

0

Draws40 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Mchunu leads 1–0

Thabiso Mchunu and Willbeforce Shihepo have met 1 time; Mchunu leads 1–0.

Thabiso Mchunu and Willbeforce Shihepo have met 1 time; Mchunu leads 1–0.
Met2019Oct 20Series
Thabiso MchunuFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willbeforce ShihepoFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultRTDR31Meeting

The Numbers

Mchunu 3 · Shihepo 4 of 7 measurable rows
MchunuShihepo
Record
23-8 (edge)25-15
Win %0–100%
74.2% (edge)
62.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
13
18 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
56.52%
72% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
57%
72% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
3 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.2
1.8
2.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
31
40

† 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

Height+2″
Thabiso Mchunu: 5′11″
Willbeforce Shihepo: 6′1″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Thabiso Mchunu: 72″
Willbeforce Shihepo: No reach on file
Age5 yrs apart
Thabiso Mchunu: 38
Willbeforce Shihepo: 43
Stance
Thabiso Mchunu: Southpaw
Willbeforce Shihepo: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Willbeforce Shihepo25 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Willbeforce Shihepo: 25 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (72%), 6 on the cards (24%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 72%6 on the cards 24%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Thabiso Mchunu 31, Willbeforce Shihepo 40 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Mchunu better on 1

Mchunu

Opponent

Shihepo

  • Thabiso Mchunu

    Win, UD

    2017

    MullerMchunu better

    Willbeforce Shihepo

    Loss, SD

    2014

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Thabiso Mchunu has lost three straight, after two straight wins. Mchunu last boxed on Jan 31, 2025 — 636 days ago.WWLLL

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

Willbeforce Shihepo last boxed on Feb 26, 2022 — 1,706 days ago. Shihepo had lost six straight.LLLLL

Phuzi Jul 2019Mchunu Oct 2019Gladun Aug 2021Riley Feb 2022Jumah Feb 20222.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Thabiso Mchunu and Willbeforce Shihepo ever fought each other?
Yes. Thabiso Mchunu and Willbeforce Shihepo met once on October 20, 2019, and Thabiso Mchunu won by RTD in round 3.
The meeting

WOct 20, 2019 · Mchunu · RTD R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mchunu or Shihepo?
Thabiso Mchunu is 23-8 and Willbeforce Shihepo is 25-15. Thabiso Mchunu has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Mchunu23–874.2%

Shihepo25–1562.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mchunu or Shihepo?
Thabiso Mchunu has 13 knockout wins and Willbeforce Shihepo has 18. Willbeforce Shihepo has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mchunu1356.5%

Shihepo1872%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mchunu and Shihepo have any common opponents?
Thabiso Mchunu and Willbeforce Shihepo share 1 common opponent: Johnny Muller. Thabiso Mchunu fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Johnny MullerWL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Mchunu or Shihepo?
Willbeforce Shihepo is the taller fighter at 186 cm, 6 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Mchunu180 cm184 cm reach

Shihepo186 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mchunu and Shihepo?
This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Thabiso Mchunu and 40 bouts tracked for Willbeforce Shihepo. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mchunu31bouts

Shihepo40bouts

How They Win ↓

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