On June 26, 1993, Dingaan Thobela and Tony Lopez met again in an immediate rematch.
Thobela came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 14 days. Lopez was on a 5-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 14 days.
Dingaan Thobela defeated Tony Lopez via unanimous decision in the rematch and wins the WBA title. Thobela improves his record to 9-1, while Lopez adds a loss to his record at 42-4-1.
On September 1, 2000, a 33-year-old Dingaan Thobela (19-7-1, 12 KOs) got a shot at the WBC super-middleweight title held by Glenn Catley.
Thobela came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 13 days.
Dingaan Thobela stopped the champion via KO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC super-middleweight champion. Thobela improves his record to 20-7-1 (13 KOs)
On September 14, 1991, the 24-year-old WBO lightweight world champion, Dingaan Thobela (5-0, 2 KOs), faced Antonio Rivera, in a title defense fight.
Thobela came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 1 day.
Dingaan Thobela defeated Antonio Rivera via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO lightweight title. Thobela improves his record to 6-0
On March 2, 1991, the 24-year-old WBO lightweight world champion, Dingaan Thobela (3-0, 2 KOs), faced a 25-year-old Mexican boxer Mario Martínez (48-7-2, 29 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Thobela came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 8 days. Martínez was on a -1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 14 days.
Dingaan Thobela defeated Mario Martínez via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO lightweight title. Thobela improves his record to 4-0, while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 48-8-2.
On March 6, 1999, a 32-year-old Dingaan Thobela (17-6-1, 11 KOs) and Adrian Walter Daneff met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Thobela came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 6 days.
Dingaan Thobela stopped Adrian Walter Daneff via TKO in the 7th round. Thobela improves his record to 18-6-1 (12 KOs)
On September 22, 1990, Dingaan Thobela and Mauricio Aceves met again in a rematch.
Thobela came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 30 days.
Dingaan Thobela defeated Mauricio Aceves via split decision in the rematch and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Thobela improves his record to 3-0
On February 12, 1993, a 26-year-old Dingaan Thobela (8-0, 3 KOs) got a shot at the lightweight WBA title held by 29-year-old American boxer Tony Lopez (41-3-1, 29 KOs).
Thobela came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 37% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 12 days. Lopez was on a 4-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 19 days.
Tony Lopez defeated Dingaan Thobela via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA lightweight title. Lopez improves his record to 42-3-1, while Thobela adds a loss to his record at 8-1.
On October 30, 1993, the 27-year-old WBA lightweight world champion, Dingaan Thobela (9-1, 3 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Kyrgyzstani boxer Orzubek Nazarov (17-0, 14 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Thobela came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 4 days. Nazarov was on a 17-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 11 days.
Orzubek Nazarov defeated Dingaan Thobela via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. Nazarov improves his record to 18-0, while Thobela adds a loss to his record at 9-2.
On March 19, 1994, Dingaan Thobela and Orzubek Nazarov met again in an immediate rematch.
Thobela came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 27% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 19 days. Nazarov was on a 18-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 19 days.
Orzubek Nazarov defeated Dingaan Thobela via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA lightweight title. Nazarov improves his record to 19-0, while Thobela adds a loss to his record at 9-3.
On August 19, 1995, a 28-year-old Dingaan Thobela (11-4, 5 KOs) and Santiago Alfonso Ahumada met in the ring.
Thobela came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 13 days.
Dingaan Thobela stopped Santiago Alfonso Ahumada via TKO in the 2nd round. Thobela improves his record to 12-4 (6 KOs)