Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-01-29, disappointing boxing fight: Ilunga Junior Makabu vs Thabiso Mchunu 2 gets two stars.
In their first match Mchunu defeated Makabu via knockout (May 16, 2015); this second bout is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBC World cruiserweight title (Makabu’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-21, fight not so exciting between Denis Lebedev and Thabiso Mchunu: it gets two stars.The former Ibf and Wba champion Denis Lebedev entered this fight with a pro record of 32-2-0 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.9 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Mairis Briedis). He lost to Murat Gassiev in 2016 (Denis Lebedev vs Murat Gassiev) but then he has won three bouts defeating Mike Wilson in his last one (Denis Lebedev vs Mike Wilson).
His opponent, Thabiso Mchunu, has an official boxing record of 21-5-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Thomas Oosthuizen in September 2018 (Thabiso Mchunu vs Thomas Oosthuizen) but after three months he took revenge on him and he also beat Willbeforce Shihepo in 2019. Lebedev vs Mchunu is valid for the vacant WBC Silver cruiserweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-01, some good exchanges between Thabiso Mchunu and Thomas Oosthuizen but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Thabiso Mchunu entered this fight with a boxing record of 19-4-0 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.21 cruiserweight in the world. He was defeated by Constantin Bejenaru last year but he came back to win with Ricards Bolotniks in 2018.
His opponent, the former world champion in two different weight classes Thomas Oosthuizen, has an official record of 27-1-2 (16 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since May 19, 2017 when he lost to Igor Mikhalkin (Thomas Oosthuizen vs Igor Mikhalkin); before this bout he had beat Said Mbelwa. Mchunu vs Oosthuizen is valid for the vacant African Boxing Union cruiserweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Oleksandr Usyk vs Thabiso Mchunu gets two.The undefeated 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist and current Wbo champion Oleksandr Usyk entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 10-0-0 (9 KOs=90%) and he is ranked as the No.1 cruiserweight in the world. He has won over Pedro Rodriguez (=Usyk vs Rodriguez) and Krzysztof Glowacki in his last two bouts (=Glowacki vs Usyk).
His opponent, Thabiso Mchunu, has an official record of 17-2-0 (11 knockouts) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class. He lost to Ilunga Makabu in 2015 but he came back to win against Boniface Kabore in 2016. Usyk vs Mchunu is valid for the WBO World cruiserweight title (Usyk’s first defense); undercard of Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Smith Jr. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-20, some good exchanges between Thabiso Mchunu and Garrett Wilson but it is not enough to get three stars. Thabiso Mchunu entered this fight with a boxing record of 16-1-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Marco Huck), he suffered his only defeat in 2011 when he faced Zack Mwekassa, since then he has collected six consecutive wins.
His opponent, Garrett Wilson, has a record of 13-7-1 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class, he fought twice in 2013 but he lost both fights: against Alexander Alekseev (=Alekseev vs Wilson) and Vyacheslav Glazkov (=Glazkov vs Wilson). Mchunu vs Wilson is valid for the NABF cruiserweight title (Mchunu’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-01-24, we expected much more from this fight: Thabiso Mchunu vs Olanrewaju Durodola gets two stars. The South African Thabiso Mchunu entered this fight with a record of 14-1-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 cruiserweight in the world, this is the second fight in the USA for Mchunu. His opponent is the Nigerian Olanrewaju Durodola who has a record of 17-1-0 (16 KOs=94%) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class. Mchunu vs Durodola is valid for the vacant NABF cruiserweight title and it is on the undercard of Curtis Stevens vs Patrick Majewski. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2013-08-03, the fight between Eddie Chambers and Thabiso Mchunu was not so spectacular: it gets two stars. Thabiso Mchunu ranked as the No.8 cruiserweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 13-1-0 (10 knockouts) while Eddie Chambers had a record of 36-3-0 (18 knockouts – Chambers is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 16, 2012 when he was defeated by Tomasz Adamek). Chambers vs Mchunu is on the undercard of Tomasz Adamek vs Dominick Guinn. Watch the video!
