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Vuyani Bungu

66.1″ reach · +1.2% reach advantage · 30th percentile

Boxing record

39–5

Vuyani Bungu has a reach of 66.1″ against a height of 65.4″ — a reach advantage of +1.2%, short for featherweight boxing and the 30th percentile of the 101 compared here.

198019902000win v Wayne Van Wyk, 1987, kowin v Mbulelo Mfama, 1987, kowin v Luyanda Moleshe, 1987win v Sakhiwo Manona, 1987, kowin v Xolela Makhuluma, 1987win v Billy Mkenkcele, 1988, decisionwin v Xolani Bunu, 1988, kowin v Velile Klaas, 1988, kowin v Sexon Ngqayimbana, 1988win v Temba Gawula, 1988win v Andile Ntsiko, 1989, koloss v Fransie Badenhorst, 1989, decisionwin v Zolani Makhubalo, 1989win v Mabhongo Diko, 1989, kowin v France Frans Mthembu, 1989, decisionwin v Zolani Makhubalo, 1990, decisionwin v Fransie Badenhorst, 1990, decisionwin v Mxolisi Mayekiso, 1991, kowin v Cirilo Ramon Figueredo, 1991, kowin v Lunga Dundu, 1991, kowin v Sgigi Nekile, 1992, koloss v Freddie Norwood, 1992, decisionwin v June Siko, 1993, kowin v Jorge Fuentes Martinez, 1993, kowin v Felix Camacho, 1994, decisionwin v Kennedy McKinney, 1994, decisionwin v Jorge Lopez, 1994, kowin v Laureano Ramírez, 1995, decisionwin v Victor Llerena, 1995, decisionwin v Mohammad Nurhuda, 1995, decisionwin v Jesus Salud, 1996, decisionwin v Pablo Osuna, 1996, kowin v Johnny Lewus, 1996, decisionwin v Arnel Barotillo, 1997, decisionwin v Enrique Jupiter, 1997, decisionwin v Kennedy McKinney, 1997win v Danny Romero, 1998win v Ernesto Grey, 1998, decisionwin v Victor Llerena, 1999, koloss v Naseem Hamed, 2000, koloss v Lehlohonolo Ledwaba, 2002, decisionwin v Takalani Ndlovu, 2003, decisionwin v Takalani Ndlovu, 2004, decisionloss v Thomas Mashaba, 2005, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1987–2005

SOURCE·Vuyani Bungu — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-25

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-25. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 101 featherweight boxing fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2005 L Thomas Mashaba Decision12
2004 W Takalani Ndlovu Decision12
2003 W Takalani Ndlovu Decision10
2002 L Lehlohonolo Ledwaba Decision12
2000 L Naseem Hamed KO/TKO4
1999 W Victor Llerena KO/TKO7
1998 W Danny Romero —12
1998 W Ernesto Grey Decision12
1997 W Arnel Barotillo Decision12
1997 W Enrique Jupiter Decision12
1997 W Kennedy McKinney —12
1996 W Jesus Salud Decision12
1996 W Pablo Osuna KO/TKO2
1996 W Johnny Lewus Decision12
1995 W Laureano Ramírez Decision12
1995 W Victor Llerena Decision12
1995 W Mohammad Nurhuda Decision12
1994 W Felix Camacho Decision12
1994 W Kennedy McKinney Decision12
1994 W Jorge Lopez KO/TKO6
1993 W June Siko KO/TKO3
1993 W Jorge Fuentes Martinez KO/TKO1
1992 W Sgigi Nekile KO/TKO11
1992 L Freddie Norwood Decision8
1991 W Mxolisi Mayekiso KO/TKO4
1991 W Cirilo Ramon Figueredo KO/TKO9
1991 W Lunga Dundu KO/TKO9
1990 W Zolani Makhubalo Decision12
1990 W Fransie Badenhorst Decision12
1989 W Andile Ntsiko KO/TKO4
1989 L Fransie Badenhorst Decision12
1989 W Zolani Makhubalo —7
1989 W Mabhongo Diko KO/TKO9
1989 W France Frans Mthembu Decision10
1988 W Billy Mkenkcele Decision10
1988 W Xolani Bunu KO/TKO2
1988 W Velile Klaas KO/TKO3
1988 W Sexon Ngqayimbana —10
1988 W Temba Gawula —3
1987 W Wayne Van Wyk KO/TKO2
1987 W Mbulelo Mfama KO/TKO3
1987 W Luyanda Moleshe —4
1987 W Sakhiwo Manona KO/TKO1
1987 W Xolela Makhuluma —4

8 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Vuyani Bungu — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-25

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+1.2%

66.1″ reach on a 65.4″ frame

Compared against 101 featherweight boxing fighters. Median 3%.

-3.7%featherweight boxing reach advantage9.3%
Measurements
Reach66.1″ (168 cm)34th pct
Height65.4″ (166 cm)36th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionFeatherweight Boxing
competed at 2: super bantamweight, featherweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade1990s — 24 of 44 dated bouts
CountrySouth Africa

Record

Boxing record

39–5

44 bouts on record

Finish rate

49%

of wins ended inside the distance — featherweight boxing median 51%, 45th percentile

By knockout: 19 (49%)By decision: 20 (51%)
  • By knockout 49%
  • By decision 51%

The career, bout by bout

44 recorded bouts from 1987 to 2005. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1990 2000 win vs Wayne Van Wyk (1987)win vs Mbulelo Mfama (1987)win vs Luyanda Moleshe (1987)win vs Sakhiwo Manona (1987)win vs Xolela Makhuluma (1987)win vs Billy Mkenkcele (1988)win vs Xolani Bunu (1988)win vs Velile Klaas (1988)win vs Sexon Ngqayimbana (1988)win vs Temba Gawula (1988)win vs Andile Ntsiko (1989)loss vs Fransie Badenhorst (1989)win vs Zolani Makhubalo (1989)win vs Mabhongo Diko (1989)win vs France Frans Mthembu (1989)win vs Zolani Makhubalo (1990)win vs Fransie Badenhorst (1990)win vs Mxolisi Mayekiso (1991)win vs Cirilo Ramon Figueredo (1991)win vs Lunga Dundu (1991)win vs Sgigi Nekile (1992)loss vs Freddie Norwood (1992)win vs June Siko (1993)win vs Jorge Fuentes Martinez (1993)win vs Felix Camacho (1994)win vs Kennedy McKinney (1994)win vs Jorge Lopez (1994)win vs Laureano Ramírez (1995)win vs Victor Llerena (1995)win vs Mohammad Nurhuda (1995)win vs Jesus Salud (1996)win vs Pablo Osuna (1996)win vs Johnny Lewus (1996)win vs Arnel Barotillo (1997)win vs Enrique Jupiter (1997)win vs Kennedy McKinney (1997)win vs Danny Romero (1998)win vs Ernesto Grey (1998)win vs Victor Llerena (1999)loss vs Naseem Hamed (2000)loss vs Lehlohonolo Ledwaba (2002)win vs Takalani Ndlovu (2003)win vs Takalani Ndlovu (2004)loss vs Thomas Mashaba (2005)
winlossdraw / NC1987–2005

Career span

19y

1987–2005

Longest unbeaten run

17

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1987

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

44

44 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Vuyani Bungu's record?
39–5 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 44 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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