Dingaan Thobela
South African boxer (1966-2024)
迪加恩·托貝拉 · ディンガン・トベラ
- Born
- 24 September 1966, Soweto
- Died
- 29 April 2024, Johannesburg
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- super middleweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Dingaan Bongani Thobela (24 September 1966 – 29 April 2024) was a South African professional boxer who competed between 1990 and 2006. He is one of only two boxers in history, along with Terence Crawford, to win world titles at both lightweight and super-middleweight. Thobela held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) lightweight title from 1990 to 1992, the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight in 1993, and the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-middleweight title in 2000.
Awards and honours
- IBO World Welterweight Champion
- WBA World Lightweight Champion
- WBC World Super Middleweight Champion
- WBO World Lightweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q3028312 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.