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Dingaan Thobela had a total of 14 losses in his professional boxing career — five of them in title bouts and nine in non-title bouts. He suffered his first loss against Tony Lopez via 12 round unanimous decision on February 12, 1993. He has been stopped four times and lost 10 times via decision.
Soon Botes, Lucian Bute, Martin Nielsen, Otis Grant, and Mikkel Kessler are some of the boxers who have beaten Thobela.
This is the first loss in Dingaan Thobela's career. Thobela lost to American boxer Tony Lopez via 12 round unanimous decision on . He was fighting for Lopez' lightweight WBA title, he was 26 years old with a record of 8-0. Lopez was 29 years old with a record of 41-3-1.
On Thobela lost to Kyrgyzstani boxer Orzubek Nazarov via 12 round unanimous decision. He was defending his lightweight WBA title, he was 27 years old with a record of 9-1. Nazarov was also 27 years old, with a record of 17-0.
On Thobela lost to Kyrgyzstani boxer Orzubek Nazarov in the rematch via 12 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for Nazarov's lightweight WBA title, he was 27 years old with a record of 9-2. Nazarov was also 27 years old, with a record of 18-0.
On Thobela lost to Karl Taylor via 8 round PTS in a non-title bout. He was 28 years old with a record of 9-3.
On Thobela lost to Geoff McCreesh via 2nd round KO in a non-title bout. He was 30 years old with a record of 16-4.
On Thobela lost to Willy Wise via 10 round split decision in a non-title bout. He was 30 years old with a record of 16-5.
On Thobela lost to Cornelius Carr via 12 round majority decision in a non-title bout. He was 33 years old with a record of 18-6-1.
On Thobela lost to Dave Hilton, Jr. via 12 round split decision. He was defending his super-middleweight WBC title, he was 34 years old with a record of 20-7-1.
On Thobela lost to Eric Lucas via 8th round TKO. He was fighting for Lucas' super-middleweight WBC title, he was 35 years old with a record of 20-8-1.
On Thobela lost to Danish boxer Mikkel Kessler via 12 round unanimous decision in a non-title bout. He was 36 years old with a record of 20-9-1. Kessler was 23 years old with a record of 29-0.
On Thobela lost to Otis Grant via 8 round unanimous decision in a non-title bout. He was 37 years old with a record of 20-10-1.
On Thobela lost to Martin Nielsen via 6 round unanimous decision in a non-title bout. He was 37 years old with a record of 20-11-1.
On Thobela lost to Romanian boxer Lucian Bute via 4th round TKO in a non-title bout. He was 38 years old with a record of 20-12-1. Bute was 24 years old with a record of 8-0.
On Thobela lost to Soon Botes in a rematch via 10th round RTD in a non-title bout. He was 40 years old with a record of 20-13-1.