Dingaan Thobela
Career, Record, Stats
Dingaan Thobela (The Rose of Soweto) is a 57-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.
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 |  Soon Botes | loss | RTD 10 |
34 | Dec 03, 2004 | 38 | 
Lucian Bute 24 8-0  | loss | TKO 4 |
33 | Dec 13, 2003 | 37 | Martin Nielsen | loss | UD 6 |
32 | Nov 22, 2003 | 37 | Otis Grant | loss | UD 8 |
31 | Nov 29, 2002 | 36 | 
Mikkel Kessler 23 29-0 | loss | UD 12 |
30 | Nov 30, 2001 | 35 | Eric Lucas | loss | TKO 8 |
29 | Dec 15, 2000 | 34 | Dave Hilton, Jr. | loss | SD 12 |
28 | Sep 01, 2000 | 33 | Glenn Catley | win | KO 12 |
27 | Feb 19, 2000 | 33 | Soon Botes | win | MD 12 |
26 | Oct 31, 1999 | 33 | Cornelius Carr | loss | MD 12 |
25 | Mar 06, 1999 | 32 | Adrian Walter Daneff | win | TKO 7 |
24 | Oct 28, 1998 | 32 | 
Carlos Baldomir 27 24-8-3 | draw | SD 12 |
23 | Oct 08, 1997 | 31 | Gary Murray | win | TKO 4 |
22 | Mar 22, 1997 | 30 | Willy Wise | loss | SD 10 |
21 | Nov 05, 1996 | 30 | Geoff McCreesh | loss | KO 2 |
20 | Jun 25, 1996 | 29 | Wayne Boudreaux | win | KO 6 |
19 | Jun 25, 1996 | 29 | Booker Kidd | win | TKO 3 |
18 | Nov 25, 1995 | 29 | Mark McCreath | win | TKO 9 |
17 | Sep 26, 1995 | 29 | Jaime Balboa | win | KO 8 |
16 | Aug 19, 1995 | 28 | Santiago Alfonso Ahumada | win | TKO 2 |
15 | May 06, 1995 | 28 | Kenny Vice | win | TKO 2 |
14 | Feb 11, 1995 | 28 | Andreas Panayi | win | TKO 2 |
13 | Nov 29, 1994 | 28 | Karl Taylor | loss | PTS 8 |
12 | Mar 19, 1994 | 27 | 
Orzubek Nazarov 27 18-0 | loss | UD 12 |
11 | Oct 30, 1993 | 27 |
Orzubek Nazarov 27 17-0 | loss | UD 12 |
10 | Jun 26, 1993 | 26 | 
Tony Lopez 30 42-3-1 | win | UD 12 |
9 | Feb 12, 1993 | 26 |
Tony Lopez 29 41-3-1 | loss | UD 12 |
8 | Oct 31, 1992 | 26 | Tony Foster | win | PTS 8 |
7 | Aug 15, 1992 | 25 | Peter Till | win | TKO 9 |
6 | Sep 14, 1991 | 24 | Antonio Rivera | win | UD 12 |
5 | Jul 13, 1991 | 24 | Amancio Castro | win | UD 10 |
4 | Mar 02, 1991 | 24 | 
Mario Martínez 25 48-7-2 | win | UD 12 |
3 | Sep 22, 1990 | 23 | Mauricio Aceves | win | SD 12 |
2 | Jul 23, 1990 | 23 | Pascual Aranda | win | TKO 4 |
1 | Apr 27, 1990 | 23 | Mauricio Aceves | win | RTD 7 |