On June 25, 2005, a 38-year-old Vuyani Bungu (39-4, 19 KOs) and Thomas Mashaba met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Bungu came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 18 days.
Vuyani Bungu lost to Thomas Mashaba via unanimous decision in the 12-round featherweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 39-5.
On July 27, 2002, a 35-year-old Vuyani Bungu (37-3, 19 KOs) and Lehlohonolo Ledwaba met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Bungu came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 years, 4 months, and 16 days.
Vuyani Bungu lost to Lehlohonolo Ledwaba via unanimous decision in the 12-round featherweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 37-4.
On March 11, 2000, a 33-year-old Vuyani Bungu (37-2, 19 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight WBO title held by 26-year-old British boxer Naseem Hamed (33-0, 29 KOs).
Bungu came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 1 month, and 5 days. Hamed was on a 33-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
Naseem Hamed stopped Vuyani Bungu via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO featherweight title. Hamed improves his record to 34-0 (30 KOs), while Bungu adds a loss to his record at 37-3.
On April 18, 1992, a 25-year-old Vuyani Bungu (19-1, 13 KOs) and Freddie Norwood met in the ring.
Bungu came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 12 days.
Vuyani Bungu lost to Freddie Norwood via points decision in the 8-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 19-2.
On August 28, 1989, a 22-year-old Vuyani Bungu (13-0, 9 KOs) and Fransie Badenhorst met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Bungu came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 29 days.
Vuyani Bungu lost to Fransie Badenhorst via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-bantamweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 13-1.