Thulani Malinga
44–13 · 57 recorded bouts · 1981–2000
Thulani Malinga finished 43% of 44 wins inside the distance — the 25th percentile for light heavyweight boxing, where the median is 58%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 69″ (175.3 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Light Heavyweight Boxing competed at 3: middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | South Africa |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Thulani Malinga, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
44–13
57 bouts on record
Finish rate
43%
of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight boxing median 58%, 25th percentile
The career, bout by bout
57 recorded bouts from 1981 to 2000. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
20y
1981–2000
Longest unbeaten run
14
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1989
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
57
56 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | L | Ole Klemetsen | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1999 | L | Mads Larsen | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1998 | W | Peter H Madsen | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1998 | W | Fredrik Alvarez | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1998 | L | Richie Woodhall | Decision | 12 |
| 1997 | W | Robin Reid | Decision | 12 |
| 1996 | L | Vincenzo Nardiello | Decision | 12 |
| 1996 | W | Nigel Benn | Decision | 12 |
| 1995 | W | Trevor Ambrose | Decision | 8 |
| 1995 | W | Soon Botes | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1994 | W | Martin Opperman | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1994 | W | Ray Acquaye | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1994 | W | Mohammed Isaacs | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1993 | L | Roy Jones Jr. | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1993 | W | Gary Ballard | Decision | 12 |
| 1992 | W | Jim Murray | Decision | 12 |
| 1992 | L | Nigel Benn | Decision | 10 |
| 1992 | L | Chris Eubank | Decision | 12 |
| 1991 | W | Leonard Friedman | Decision | 10 |
| 1990 | L | Lindell Holmes | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Sakkie Horn | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | L | John Jarvis | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Tony Harrison | Decision | 10 |
| 1989 | W | Oscar Pena | Decision | 10 |
| 1989 | W | Jose Quinones | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1989 | W | Vincent Boulware | — | 10 |
| 1989 | W | Nicky Walker | Decision | 10 |
| 1989 | W | Mike Peak | Decision | 10 |
| 1989 | L | Graciano Rocchigiani | Decision | 12 |
| 1988 | W | Larry Musgrove | Decision | 10 |
| 1988 | W | Jim MacDonald | Decision | 10 |
| 1988 | W | Harry Cowap | Decision | 10 |
| 1987 | L | Sakkie Horn | — | 12 |
| 1987 | W | Prince Tukane | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1986 | W | Freddie Rafferty | Decision | 12 |
| 1986 | W | Sakkie Horn | Decision | 12 |
| 1986 | W | Gregory Clark | Decision | 12 |
| 1986 | W | Pieter de Bruin | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1985 | W | Kosie van Vuuren | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1985 | W | Pieter de Bruin | Decision | 6 |
| 1985 | W | Frankie Decaestecker | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1985 | W | Robert Madi | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1985 | W | Gavin Stirrup | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1984 | W | Mwehu Beya | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1984 | W | Michael Motsoane | Decision | 12 |
| 1984 | W | Prince Tukane | Decision | 8 |
| 1984 | W | John Diamini | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1983 | W | Samson Mohloai | — | 12 |
| 1982 | W | David Kalako | Decision | 6 |
| 1982 | W | Shadrack Sithole | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Graham Mdingi | — | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Morris Mohloai | Decision | 6 |
| 1982 | L | Patrick Tshabalala | Decision | 6 |
| 1981 | W | Werdie Jacobs | — | 4 |
| 1981 | W | Cyprian Shandu | — | 4 |
| 1981 | W | Victor Zulu | — | 1 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
11 of these opponents have their own page here.
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 208 light heavyweight 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: Thulani Malinga on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-25. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.