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South Africa · Welterweight
Thulani Mbenge
- 35 years old
- WBC No. 26
- IBO No. 23
- Wins
- 22
- Losses
- 3
- Draws
- 0
- KOs
- 16
73% of wins inside the distance
Form
Fights
Before that
- WinEmmanuel Mungandjela1 May 2025KO · 3 (10)
- WinMichael McKinson19 Oct 2024 · IBO world title · WelterweightUD · 12
- WinLeandro Ariel Fonseca22 Mar 2024UD · 10
- LossSouleymane Cissokho17 Dec 2022 · WBC Silver WelterweightMD · 12
Show the next 5 fights
- WinIdd Pialari30 Jun 2022TKO · 2 (10)
- WinJabulani Makhense19 Jun 2021TKO · 3 (10)
- WinMziwoxolo Ndwayana18 Dec 2020KO · 4 (12)
- WinMardoche Kuvesa Katembo17 Oct 2020UD · 10
- LossSebastian Formella6 Jul 2019 · IBO world title · WelterweightUD · 12
15 older fights · BoxRec profile ↗
Rankings
Best: No. 23
- WBC
26
tracked since Sep 2026
- IBO
23
tracked since Sep 2026
Not ranked by the WBA, WBO or IBF.
World titles
2 championship reigns · 1 sanctioning body · 1 weight class
Welterweight
- IBOsince 2024
- IBO2018 – 2019
From 2018 to 2026.
Reigning
- IBOWelterweightsince 19 Oct 2024 · according to Wikipedia · 2 years↗
Every date, reign by reign
Past reigns
- IBOWelterweight25 Jun 2018 – 6 Jul 2019 · 1 year 1 month↗
Current titles: the sanctioning bodies' official rankings. History and dates: Wikipedia's lists of world champions (CC BY-SA 4.0), re-read every week.
Movement
Places gained or lost with each sanctioning body. Green is up, red is down, “New” marks an entry into the rankings, and a dot a period with no published archive.
| Body | The boxer's place in the sanctioning body's official ranking. “C”: world champion, above No. 1. An interim champion is marked as such (“Interim”, “Int.”): not the reigning champion. No. 1 is the leading contender for the title. | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBC | 26 | · | · | · | · |
| IBO | 23 | · | · | · | · |
Trajectory, body by body
WBC
No. 26tracked since Sep 2026
IBF
No longer ranked · best No. 11 (Apr 2025)tracked since May 2019
IBO
No. 23tracked since Sep 2026
See the changes in detail
| Sep 2026 | No. 26 |
| May 2019 | No. 15 |
| Jul 2019 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Nov 2024 | No. 13 |
| Jan 2025 | No. 14 |
| Mar 2025 | No. 12 |
| Apr 2025 | No. 11 |
| Jul 2025 | No. 14 |
| Sep 2025 | No. 13 |
| Dec 2025 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Sep 2026 | No. 23 |