Record details

Dingaan Thobela

"The Rose of Soweto"

Super-Middleweight

Male

(Dingaan Bongane Thobela)
South Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Born: September 24, 1966, Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa
Died: April 29, 2024, Mayfair, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
(Thobela had an undisclosed illness and passed away after suffering ill health)
Height: 5ft 7 1/2in, mt 1,70

No amateur results

Professional record


1986
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 28	Quinton Ryan	Eldorado Park, Johannesbu	W 4
+ Aug. 27	Christian Sithebe	Eldorado Park, Johannesbu	TKO 4
+ Nov. 2	David Matekane	Eldorado Park, Johannesbu	W 6
= Dec. 15	Peter Mpikashe	Durban, South Africa	Draw 4

1987
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 8	George Masango	Laudium, South Africa	W 4
+ July 11	Walter Mpungose	Witbank, South Africa	TKO 6
+ Nov. 21	Shorne Moorcroft	Springs, South Africa	TKO 5
+ Dec. 15	Elijah Cele	Durban, South Africa	W 6

1988
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 1	Samuel Boikanyo	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 4
+ Mar. 7	Gerald Isaacs	Orkney, South Africa	TKO 3
Transvaal Super-Featherweight Title
+ May 9	Andy DeAbreu	Potchefstroom, South Africa	TKO 5
+ July 10	Ditau Paul Molefyane	Eldorado Park, Johannesbu	W 10
Transvaal Super-Featherweight Title
+ Oct. 1	Mpisekhaya Mbaduli	New Brighton, South Africa	TKO 8
South African Super-Featherweight Title
+ Dec. 13	Brian Roche	Durban, South Africa	KO 8

1989
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 23	Daniel Londas	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10
+ Mar. 11	Mark Fernandez	Springs, South Africa	TKO 6
+ May 15	Fred Adams	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 1
+ July 24	Danilo Cabrera	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 3
+ Oct. 21	Francisco Alvarez	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 9
+ Dec. 5	Francisco Ortiz	Durban, South Africa	W 10

1990
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Felipe Orozco	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 10
+ Apr. 27	Mauricio Aceves	Biloxi, United States	TKO 8
+ June 23	Pascual Aranda	Dallas, United States	TKO 4
+ Sept. 22	Mauricio Aceves	Brownsville, United States	W 12
WBO Lightweight Title

1991
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 2	Mario Martinez	San Jose, United States	W 12
WBO Lightweight Title
+ July 13	Amancio Castro	Pretoria, South Africa	W 10
+ Sept. 14	Antonio Rivera	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 12
WBO Lightweight Title

1992
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 15	Peter Till	Springs, South Africa	KO 9
+ Oct. 31	Tony Foster	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8

1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 12	Tony Lopez	Sacramento, United States	L 12
WBA Lightweight Title
+ June 26	Tony Lopez	Sun City, South Africa	W 12
WBA Lightweight Title
- Oct. 30	Orzubek Nazarov	Johannesburg, South Africa	L 12
WBA Lightweight Title

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 19	Orzubek Nazarov	Temba, South Africa	L 12
WBA Lightweight Title
- Nov. 29	Karl Taylor	Cannock, Great Britain	L 8

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 11	Andreas Panayi	Hammanskraal, South Africa	KO 1
+ May 6	Kenny Vice	Durban, South Africa	TKO 2
+ Aug. 19	Santiago Alfonso Ahumada	Sun City, South Africa	TKO 2
+ Sept. 26	Jaime Balboa	Temba, South Africa	KO 8
+ Nov. 25	Mark McCreath	East London, South Africa	TKO 9

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 16	Booker Kidd	Bushkill, United States	TKO 3
+ June 25	Wayne Boudreaux	Hammanskraal, South Africa	TKO 6
- Nov. 5	Geoff McCreesh	Temba, South Africa	KO by 2

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 22	Willy Wise	Johannesburg, South Africa	L 10
+ Oct. 8	Gary Murray	Temba, South Africa	TKO 4

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Oct. 28	Carlos Baldomir	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 12
WBC International Welterweight Title

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 6	Adrian Walter Daneff	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 7
IBO Welterweight Title
- Oct. 31	Cornelius Carr	Raynes Park, Great Britain	L 12
World Boxing Federation Middleweight Title

2000
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 19	Soon Botes	Brakpan, South Africa	W 12
South African Super-Middleweight Title
+ Sept. 1	Glenn Catley	Brakpan, South Africa	KO 12
WBC Super-Middleweight Title
- Dec. 15	Dave Hilton	Montreal, Canada	L 12
WBC Super-Middleweight Title

2001
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Nov. 30	Eric Lucas	Montreal, Canada	TKO by 8
WBC Super-Middleweight Title

2002
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Nov. 29	Mikkel Kessler	Copenhagen, Denmark	L 12
vacant IBA Super-Middleweight Title

2003
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Nov. 22	Otis Grant	Montreal, Canada	L 8
- Dec. 13	Martin Nielsen	Copenhagen, Denmark	L 6

2004
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Dec. 3	Lucian Bute	Montreal, Canada	TKO by 4


2005 Inactive

2006
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Oct. 27	Soon Botes	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO by 10