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Total Fights | 57 |
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Wins | 44 |
Losses | 13 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 19 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 18 years and five months, Thulani Malinga fought 57 times with 44 wins and 13 losses.
Malinga retired from professional boxing with a record of 44-13, which included two super-middleweight world-title wins. He had a 33.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 19 of his total 57 fights being knockout wins. Malinga suffered three knockout losses, none of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 8th round TKO defeat to Ole Klemetsen on January 14, 2000.
Some of Malinga's best fights and notable victories include wins over Nigel Benn, Robin Reid, Peter H Madsen, Fredrik Alvarez, and Prince Tukane.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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57 | Jan 14, 2000 | 44 | Ole Klemetsen | Loss | TKO8 |
56 | Mar 19, 1999 | 43 | Mads Larsen | Loss | TKO10 |
55 | Nov 27, 1998 | 42 | Peter H Madsen | Win | RTD8 |
54 | Jun 5, 1998 | 42 | Fredrik Alvarez | Win | TKO11 |
53 | Mar 27, 1998 | 42 | Richie Woodhall | Loss * | UD |
52 | Dec 19, 1997 | 42 | Robin Reid | Win * | UD |
51 | Jul 6, 1996 | 40 | Vincenzo Nardiello | Loss * | SD |
50 | Mar 2, 1996 | 40 | Nigel Benn | Win * | SD |
49 | Jul 22, 1995 | 39 | Trevor Ambrose | Win | PTS |
48 | Mar 4, 1995 | 39 | Soon Botes | Win | TKO7 |
47 | Nov 20, 1994 | 38 | Martin Opperman | Win | TKO9 |
46 | Aug 14, 1994 | 38 | Ray Acquaye | Win | TKO5 |
45 | Feb 20, 1994 | 38 | Mohammed Isaacs | Win | KO7 |
44 | Aug 14, 1993 | 37 | Roy Jones Jr. | Loss | KO6 |
43 | Feb 10, 1993 | 37 | Gary Ballard | Win | UD |
42 | Sep 14, 1992 | 36 | Jim Murray | Win | MD |
41 | May 23, 1992 | 36 | Nigel Benn | Loss | PTS |
40 | Feb 1, 1992 | 36 | Chris Eubank | Loss * | SD |
39 | Aug 13, 1991 | 35 | Leonard Friedman | Win | UD |
38 | Dec 15, 1990 | 35 | Lindell Holmes | Loss * | UD |
37 | Oct 11, 1990 | 34 | Sakkie Horn | Win | PTS |
36 | Aug 5, 1990 | 34 | John Jarvis | Loss | MD |
35 | Jan 29, 1990 | 34 | Tony Harrison | Win | UD |
34 | Dec 5, 1989 | 33 | Oscar Pena | Win | UD |
33 | Oct 21, 1989 | 33 | Jose Quinones | Win | TKO8 |
32 | Sep 18, 1989 | 33 | Vincent Boulware | Win | MD |
31 | May 27, 1989 | 33 | Nicky Walker | Win | UD |
30 | Mar 11, 1989 | 33 | Mike Peak | Win | UD |
29 | Jan 27, 1989 | 33 | Graciano Rocchigiani | Loss * | UD |
28 | Jul 18, 1988 | 32 | Larry Musgrove | Win | SD |
27 | Mar 7, 1988 | 32 | Jim MacDonald | Win | UD |
26 | Feb 1, 1988 | 32 | Harry Cowap | Win | UD |
25 | Nov 21, 1987 | 31 | Sakkie Horn | Loss | DQ |
24 | Oct 18, 1987 | 31 | Prince Tukane | Win | TKO4 |
23 | May 9, 1987 | 31 | Sakkie Horn | Loss | SD |
22 | Dec 15, 1986 | 31 | Freddie Rafferty | Win | UD |
21 | Oct 19, 1986 | 30 | Sakkie Horn | Win | PTS |
20 | Jun 28, 1986 | 30 | Gregory Clark | Win | UD |
19 | Mar 8, 1986 | 30 | Pieter de Bruin | Win | TKO8 |
18 | Dec 14, 1985 | 30 | Kosie van Vuuren | Win | RTD10 |
17 | Jul 27, 1985 | 29 | Pieter de Bruin | Win | PTS |
16 | Jun 22, 1985 | 29 | Frankie Decaestecker | Win | RTD5 |
15 | Apr 20, 1985 | 29 | Robert Madi | Win | TKO8 |
14 | Mar 15, 1985 | 29 | Gavin Stirrup | Win | KO2 |
13 | Oct 26, 1984 | 28 | Mwehu Beya | Win | RTD6 |
12 | Jun 15, 1984 | 28 | Michael Motsoane | Win | UD |
11 | May 1, 1984 | 28 | Prince Tukane | Win | PTS |
10 | Feb 27, 1984 | 28 | John Diamini | Win | KO4 |
9 | Feb 7, 1983 | 27 | Samson Mohloai | Win | UD |
8 | Oct 4, 1982 | 26 | David Kalako | Win | PTS |
7 | Sep 13, 1982 | 26 | Shadrack Sithole | Win | KO2 |
6 | Aug 28, 1982 | 26 | Graham Mdingi | Win | RTD2 |
5 | Jun 5, 1982 | 26 | Morris Mohloai | Win | PTS |
4 | Apr 17, 1982 | 26 | Patrick Tshabalala | Loss | PTS |
3 | Nov 30, 1981 | 25 | Werdie Jacobs | Win | KO4 |
2 | Sep 12, 1981 | 25 | Cyprian Shandu | Win | PTS |
1 | Aug 8, 1981 | 25 | Victor Zulu | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Thulani Malinga (Sugar Boy) is a 68-year old retired South African professional boxer. He was born in Ladysmith, South Africa on December 11, 1955. He is a former super-middleweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1981 to 2000.
Malinga made his professional boxing debut against Victor Zulu at the age of 25 on August 8, 1981, defeating Zulu via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 2 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 1 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 33 on January 27, 1989 after 28 professional fights, against Graciano Rocchigiani for the IBF title. He lost to Rocchigiani via 12 round unanimous decision.
Malinga has won two world titles at super-middleweight. For all the details about Malinga's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Malinga had a total of 13 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Ole Klemetsen on January 14, 2000. Malinga lost the fight via 8th round TKO. It's been 24 years, 3 months, and 9 days since this fight.
Malinga had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and zero successful title defenses. He won two of these fights and lost five.
Thulani Malinga fought for super-middleweight world titles in five fights and won two of these fights. In total, he won two super-middleweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Dec 19, 1997 | Robin Reid | Super-middleweight | WBC | UD |
Mar 2, 1996 | Nigel Benn | Super-middleweight | WBC | SD |
Thulani Malinga lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 27, 1998 | Richie Woodhall | Super-middleweight | WBC | UD |
Jul 6, 1996 | Vincenzo Nardiello | Super-middleweight | WBC | SD |
Malinga fought a total of 57 times during his professional career, which includes 7 world-title fights at the super-middleweight division. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
January 27, 1989: In his first world-title fight, Thulani Malinga loses to Graciano Rocchigiani via 12 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for the IBF super-middleweight title.
March 2, 1996: Malinga wins the WBC super-middleweight title from Nigel Benn, by beating Benn via 12 round split decision.
December 19, 1997: Malinga wins the WBC super-middleweight title from Robin Reid, by beating Reid via 12 round unanimous decision.
Malinga knocked out 19 of his 57 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 33.3%. Of his total 44 wins, 19 of them were via KO (43.2%).
Malinga's first world-title win was the WBC belt at super-middleweight. He defeated Nigel Benn via 12 round split decision to win the title.
Malinga won two world titles at super-middleweight.
Malinga had a total of two title defense fight.