Dingaan Thobela
72″ reach · +7.46% reach advantage · 96th percentile
Dingaan Thobela has a reach of 72″ against a height of 67″ — a reach advantage of +7.46%, exceptional for super middleweight boxing and the 96th percentile of the 75 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+7.46%
72″ reach on a 67″ frame
Compared against 75 super middleweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 31st pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 67″ (170.2 cm) | 3rd pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Super Middleweight Boxing competed at 4: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, super middleweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | South Africa |
Record
Boxing record
40–14
56 bouts on record
Finish rate
65%
of wins ended inside the distance — super middleweight boxing median 61%, 55th percentile
The career, bout by bout
55 recorded bouts from 1986 to 2006. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
21y
1986–2006
Longest unbeaten run
27
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1988
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
55
54 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | L | Soon Botes | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 2004 | L | Lucian Bute | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2003 | L | Martin Nielsen | Decision | 6 |
| 2003 | L | Otis Grant | Decision | 8 |
| 2002 | L | Mikkel Kessler | Decision | 12 |
| 2001 | L | Éric Lucas | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2000 | L | Dave Hilton Jr. | Decision | 12 |
| 2000 | W | Glenn Catley | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 2000 | W | Soon Botes | Decision | 12 |
| 1999 | L | Cornelius Carr | Decision | 12 |
| 1999 | W | Adrian Walter Daneff | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1998 | D | Carlos Baldomir | Draw | 12 |
| 1997 | W | Gary Murray | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1997 | L | Willy Wise | Decision | 10 |
| 1996 | L | Geoff McCreesh | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1996 | W | Wayne Boudreaux | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1996 | W | Booker Kidd | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1995 | W | Mark McCreath | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1995 | W | Jaime Balboa | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1995 | W | Santiago Alfonso Ahumada | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | Kenny Vice | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | Andreas Panayi | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1994 | L | Karl Taylor | Decision | 8 |
| 1994 | L | Orzubek Nazarov | Decision | 12 |
| 1993 | L | Orzubek Nazarov | Decision | 12 |
| 1993 | W | Tony Lopez | Decision | 12 |
| 1992 | W | Tony Foster | Decision | 8 |
| 1992 | W | Peter Till | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1991 | W | Antonio Rivera | Decision | 12 |
| 1991 | W | Amancio Castro | Decision | 10 |
| 1991 | W | Mario Martínez | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Mauricio Aceves | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Pascual Aranda | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1990 | W | Felipe Orozco | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1989 | W | Francisco Ortiz | Decision | 10 |
| 1989 | W | Francisco Alvarez | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1989 | W | Danilo Cabrera | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1989 | W | Fred Adams | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Mark Fernandez | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1989 | W | Daniel Londas | Decision | 10 |
| 1988 | W | Brian Roche | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1988 | W | Mpisekhaya Mbaduli | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1988 | W | Ditau Molefyane | Decision | 10 |
| 1988 | W | Andy DeAbreu | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1988 | W | Gerald Isaacs | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1988 | W | Samuel Boikanyo | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1987 | W | Elijah Cele | Decision | 6 |
| 1987 | W | Shorne Moorcroft | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1987 | W | Walter Mpungose | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1987 | W | George Masango | Decision | 4 |
| 1986 | D | Peter Mpikashe | Decision | 4 |
| 1986 | W | David Matekane | Decision | 6 |
| 1986 | W | Christian Sithebe | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1986 | W | Quinton Ryan | Decision | 4 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
super middleweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Robin Reid+7.04% 76″ reach · 95th pct
- Charles Brewer+6.85% 78″ reach · 93rd pct
- Herol Graham+8.49% 77″ reach · 97th pct
- Terence Crawford+8.86% 74″ reach · 99th pct
- Franchón Crews-Dezurn+5.91% 72″ reach · 89th pct
- Lindell Holmes+5.91% 72″ reach · 89th pct
- Christian M'billi+5.91% 72″ reach · 89th pct
- Marco Antonio Peribán+5.82% 78.7″ reach · 88th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 75 super middleweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Dingaan Thobela on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-12. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.