Dingaan Thobela

Career, Record, Stats
Dingaan Thobela

Dingaan Thobela (The Rose of Soweto) is a 58-year-old retired South African professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years and 6 months, Thobela amassed a record of 20-14-1, which includes 13 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.

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LEGEND

Dingaan Thobela's Boxing Career

Dingaan Thobela was born in Soweto, South Africa, South Africa on September 24, 1966. He made his professional debut at the age of 23 years on April 27, 1990 against Mauricio Aceves. Thobela defeated Aceves via 7th round RTD, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Thobela became a world champion at the age of 23 after 2 professional fights. He challenged Mauricio Aceves for the WBO lightweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round split decision, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the super-middleweight (WBC) title also to become a two-division world champion.

Thobela's last fight was a 10th-round RTD loss to Soon Botes at age 40, on October 27, 2006.

Some of Dingaan Thobela's best fights have been against Tony Lopez, Carlos Baldomir, and Mario Martínez. For a complete list of Thobela's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Dingaan Thobela".

Thobela has 14 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Dingaan Thobela Losses".

Dingaan Thobela's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
35
Oct 27, 2006 40 generic fighter pic Soon Botes
loss
RTD
10
34
Dec 03, 2004 38 Lucian Bute Lucian Bute 24 8-0
loss
TKO
4
33
Dec 13, 2003 37 generic fighter pic Martin Nielsen
loss
UD
6
32
Nov 22, 2003 37 generic fighter pic Otis Grant
loss
UD
8
31
Nov 29, 2002 36 Mikkel Kessler Mikkel Kessler 23 29-0
loss
UD
12
30
Nov 30, 2001 35 generic fighter pic Eric Lucas
loss
TKO
8
29
Dec 15, 2000 34 generic fighter pic Dave Hilton, Jr.
loss
SD
12
28
Sep 01, 2000 33 generic fighter pic Glenn Catley
win
KO
12
27
Feb 19, 2000 33 generic fighter pic Soon Botes
win
MD
12
26
Oct 31, 1999 33 generic fighter pic Cornelius Carr
loss
MD
12
25
Mar 06, 1999 32 generic fighter pic Adrian Walter Daneff
win
TKO
7
24
Oct 28, 1998 32 Carlos Baldomir Carlos Baldomir 27 24-8-3
draw
SD
12
23
Oct 08, 1997 31 generic fighter pic Gary Murray
win
TKO
4
22
Mar 22, 1997 30 generic fighter pic Willy Wise
loss
SD
10
21
Nov 05, 1996 30 generic fighter pic Geoff McCreesh
loss
KO
2
20
Jun 25, 1996 29 generic fighter pic Wayne Boudreaux
win
KO
6
19
Jun 25, 1996 29 generic fighter pic Booker Kidd
win
TKO
3
18
Nov 25, 1995 29 generic fighter pic Mark McCreath
win
TKO
9
17
Sep 26, 1995 29 generic fighter pic Jaime Balboa
win
KO
8
16
Aug 19, 1995 28 generic fighter pic Santiago Alfonso Ahumada
win
TKO
2
15
May 06, 1995 28 generic fighter pic Kenny Vice
win
TKO
2
14
Feb 11, 1995 28 generic fighter pic Andreas Panayi
win
TKO
2
13
Nov 29, 1994 28 generic fighter pic Karl Taylor
loss
PTS
8
12
Mar 19, 1994 27 Orzubek Nazarov Orzubek Nazarov 27 18-0
loss
UD
12
11
Oct 30, 1993 27 Orzubek Nazarov Orzubek Nazarov 27 17-0
loss
UD
12
10
Jun 26, 1993 26 Tony Lopez Tony Lopez 30 42-3-1
win
UD
12
9
Feb 12, 1993 26 Tony Lopez Tony Lopez 29 41-3-1
loss
UD
12
8
Oct 31, 1992 26 generic fighter pic Tony Foster
win
PTS
8
7
Aug 15, 1992 25 generic fighter pic Peter Till
win
TKO
9
6
Sep 14, 1991 24 generic fighter pic Antonio Rivera
win
UD
12
5
Jul 13, 1991 24 generic fighter pic Amancio Castro
win
UD
10
4
Mar 02, 1991 24 Mario Martínez Mario Martínez 25 48-7-2
win
UD
12
3
Sep 22, 1990 23 generic fighter pic Mauricio Aceves
win
SD
12
2
Jul 23, 1990 23 generic fighter pic Pascual Aranda
win
TKO
4
1
Apr 27, 1990 23 generic fighter pic Mauricio Aceves
win
RTD
7
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