Dingaan Thobela



































































Dingaan Thobela
Statistics
Real name Dingaan Bongane Thobela
Nickname(s) The Rose of Soweto
Weight(s)
Lightweight
Super Middleweight
Height 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m)
Nationality
South Africa South African
Born
(1966-09-24) 24 September 1966 (age 52)
Soweto, South Africa, South Africa
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 56
Wins 40
Wins by KO 26
Losses 14
Draws 2
No contests 0

Dingaan Bongane Thobela (born 24 September 1966 in Soweto, South Africa), is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight (168lb) division.




Contents






  • 1 Professional career


  • 2 Comeback


  • 3 Professional boxing record


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 Further reading


  • 7 External links





Professional career


After compiling an amateur record of 80–3, Thobela, known as "The Rose of Soweto", turned pro in 1986 and won the WBO Lightweight Title in 1990 after beating Mauricio Aceves. After defending the belt three times, he relinquished the title and then challenged WBA Lightweight Title holder Tony Lopez in 1993, but lost a hotly disputed decision. Later that year he rematched Lopez, and won a decision to win the title. Battling to make the weight, he lost the title in his first defense to Orzubek Nazarov, and lost a rematch to Nazarov in 1994. He stopped WBF junior welterweight champion Kenny Vice in a non-title fight shortly after that.


Thobela later moved up significantly in weight class, and in the twilight of his career in 2000 took on WBC Super Middleweight Title holder Glenn Catley, winning the belt via a 12th-round KO in only his second fight at the higher weight limit.[1] He again lost the title in his first defense to Dave Hilton Jr via controversial split decision. The loss to Hilton was the beginning of the end for Thobela, who lost his next five fights, including a TKO loss to Eric Lucas for the WBC Super Middleweight Title in 2001 as well as later champions Mikkel Kessler and Lucian Bute.



Comeback


Thobela returned to the ring at the age of 40 and after an absence of nearly two years on 27 October 2006 when he challenged Soon Botes for the South African light heavyweight title at the Wembley Indoor Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa.[citation needed] He had defeated Botes back in 2000 to win the South African Super middleweight title. Many were surprised that the bout was sanctioned as Thobela failed to make the weight and his inactivity and age. Although Thobela dropped Botes he was clearly not conditioned to fight and did not come out for the tenth round.[citation needed]



Professional boxing record































Professional record summary

56 fights
40 wins
14 losses

By knockout
 26
 4

By decision
 14
 10

Draws
 2

No contests
 0















































































































































































































































































































































































































No.
 Result
 Record
 Opponent
 Type
 Round, time
 Date
 Location
 Notes
56
 Loss
 40-14-2
South Africa Soon Botes
 RTD
 10 (12), 3:00
 27 Oct 2006
South Africa Wembley Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
55
 Loss
 40-13-2
Canada Lucian Bute
 TKO
 4 (8), 1:22
 3 Dec 2004
Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
54
 Loss
 40-12-2
Denmark Martin Nielsen
 UD
 6
 13 Dec 2003
Denmark Falconer Centeret, Frederiksberg, Denmark
53
 Loss
 40-11-2
Canada Otis Grant
 UD
 8
 22 Nov 2003
Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
52
 Loss
 40-10-2
Denmark Mikkel Kessler
 UD
 12
 29 Nov 2002
Denmark Falconer Centeret, Frederiksberg, Denmark
For vacant IBA super middleweight title
51
 Loss
 40-9-2
Canada Eric Lucas
 TKO
 8 (12), 2:15
 30 Nov 2001
Canada Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
For WBC World super middleweight title
50
 Loss
 40-8-2
Canada Dave Hilton, Jr.
 SD
 12
 15 Dec 2000
Canada Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lost WBC World super middleweight title
49
 Win
 40-7-2
United Kingdom Glenn Catley
 KO
 12 (12), 2:53
 1 Sep 2000
South Africa Big Top Arena, Carnival City, Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa
Won WBC World Super Middleweight title
48
 Win
 39-7-2
South Africa Soon Botes
 MD
 12
 27 Oct 2006
South Africa Carnival City, Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa
Won South African Super Middleweight Title
47
 Loss
 38-7-2
United Kingdom Cornelius Carr
 MD
 12
 31 Oct 1999
United Kingdom David Lloyd Tennis Centre, Raynes Park, London, United Kingdom
For WBF Middleweight Title
46
 Win
 38-6-2
Argentina Adrian Walter Daneff
 TKO
 7 (12)
 6 Mar 1999
South Africa Nasrec Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Won Vacant IBO welterweight title
45
 Draw
 37–6–2
Argentina Carlos Baldomir
SD
 12
 28 Oct 1998
South Africa Nasrec Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, South Africa
For vacant WBC International welterweight title
44
 Win
 37–6–1
United Kingdom Gary Murray
 TKO
 4 (10)
 8 Oct 1997
South Africa Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, Gauteng, South Africa
43
 Loss
 36–6–1
United States Willy Wise
 SD
 10
 22 Mar 1997
South Africa Wembley Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
42
 Loss
 36–5–1
United Kingdom Geoff McCreesh
 KO
 2 (8), 2:59
 5 Nov 1996
South Africa Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, Gauteng, South Africa
41
 Win
 36–4–1
United States Wayne Boudreaux
 KO
 6 (10)
 25 Jun 1996
South Africa Morula Sun Casino, Mabopane, North-West, South Africa
40
 Win
 35–4–1
United States Booker Kidd
 TKO
 3 (10)
 25 Jun 1996
United States Fernwood Resort, Bushkill, Pennsylvania, USA
39
 Win
 34–4–1
United Kingdom Mark McCreath
 TKO
 9 (10)
 25 Nov 1995
South Africa Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
38
 Win
 33–4–1
Mexico Jaime Balboa
 KO
 8 (10)
 26 Sep 1995
South Africa Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, Gauteng, South Africa
37
 Win
 32–4–1
Argentina Santiago Alfonso Ahumada
 TKO
 2 (10), 1:34
 19 Aug 1995
South Africa Superbowl, Sun City, North-West, South Africa
36
 Win
 31–4–1
United States Kenny Vice
 TKO
 2 (10)
 6 May 1995
South Africa Village Green, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
35
 Win
 30–4–1
United Kingdom Andreas Panayi
 TKO
 2 (10)
 11 Feb 1995
South Africa Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, Gauteng, South Africa
34
 Loss
 29–4–1
United Kingdom Karl Taylor
 PTS
 8
 29 Nov 1994
United Kingdom Cannock, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
33
 Loss
 29–3–1
Kyrgyzstan Orzubek Nazarov
 UD
 12
 19 Mar 1994
South Africa Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, Gauteng, South Africa
For WBA World Lightweight title
32
 Loss
 29–2–1
Kyrgyzstan Orzubek Nazarov
 UD
 12
 30 Oct 1993
South Africa Nasrec Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Lost WBA World Lightweight title
31
 Win
 29–1–1
United States Tony Lopez
 UD
 12
 26 Jun 1993
South Africa Superbowl, Sun City, North-West, South Africa
Won WBA World Lightweight title
30
 Loss
 28–1–1
United States Tony Lopez
 UD
 12
 12 Feb 1993
United States Arco Arena, Sacramento, California, USA
For WBA lightweight title
29
 win
 28–0–1
United Kingdom Tony Foster
 PTS
 8
 31 Oct 1992
United Kingdom Earls Court Exhibition Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
28
 win
 27–0–1
United Kingdom Peter Till
 TKO
 9 (10)
 15 Aug 1992
South Africa Indoor Centre, Springs, Gauteng, South Africa
27
 Win
 26–0–1
Puerto Rico Antonio Rivera
 UD
 12
 14 Sep 1991
South Africa Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Retained WBO World Lightweight title
26
 win
 25–0–1
Colombia Amancio Castro
 UD
 10
 13 Jul 1991
South Africa Standard Bank Arena Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
25
 Win
 24–0–1
Mexico Mario Martínez
 UD
 12
 2 Mar 1991
United States Exhibit Hall, San Jose, California, USA
Retained WBO World Lightweight title
24
 Win
 23–0–1
Mexico Mauricio Aceves
 SD
 12
 22 Sep 1990
United States Intl. Convention Center, Brownsville, Texas, USA
Won WBOWorld Lightweight title
23
 win
 22–0–1
United States Pascual Aranda
 TKO
 4 (10)
 23 Jul 1990
United States Dallas, Texas, USA
22
 win
 21–0–1
Mexico Mauricio Aceves
 RTD
 7 (10), 3:00
 27 Apr 1990
United States Point Cadet Plaza, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA


See also



  • List of WBC world champions

  • List of WBA world champions

  • List of WBO world champions



Notes





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Further reading


  • Potgieter, Deon (2009) Rose of Soweto: The Dingaan Thobela Story Penguin, Johannesburg, South Africa,
    ISBN 978-0-14-302615-0


External links



  • Professional boxing record for Dingaan Thobela from BoxRec

























Sporting positions
Minor world boxing titles

Vacant
Title last held by

José Antonio Rivera
IBO welterweight champion
6 March 1999 – 1999
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by

Peter Malinga
Major world boxing titles
Preceded by
Mauricio Aceves
WBO lightweight champion
22 September 1990 – 1991
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by

Giovanni Parisi
Preceded by
Tony Lopez
WBA lightweight champion
26 June 1993 – 30 October 1993
 Succeeded by
Orzubek Nazarov
Preceded by
Glenn Catley
WBC super-middleweight champion
1 September 2000 – 15 December 2000
 Succeeded by
Dave Hilton, Jr.








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