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Francois Botha
Botha (right) vs. Parker, 2013
Born
Francois Johannes Botha (1968-09-28) 28 September 1968 (age 55) Witbank, South Africa
Nickname
The White Buffalo
Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Division
Heavyweight (boxing/kickboxing/MMA)
Cruiserweight (boxing)
Reach
188 cm (74 in)
Style
Boxing
Stance
Southpaw
Team
Vallentuna Boxing Camp
Trainer
Mats Söderström
Po Lindwall
Years active
1990–2014 (boxing)
2003–2015 (kickboxing)
2004 (MMA)
Professional boxing record
Total
63
Wins
48
By knockout
29
Losses
11
By knockout
9
Draws
3
No contests
1
Kickboxing record
Total
17
Wins
4
By knockout
3
Losses
13
By knockout
1
Mixed martial arts record
Total
1
Wins
0
Losses
1
By submission
1
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Francois "Frans" Botha (born 28 September 1968) is a South African former professional boxer and kickboxer. He competed in boxing from 1990 to 2014, and is perhaps best known for winning the IBF heavyweight title against Axel Schulz in 1995, but was later stripped after failing a drug test. He later challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 2000 and 2002. Botha has competed against former Heavyweight Champions Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, Michael Moorer and Evander Holyfield late in their respective careers. Botha participated once in mixed martial arts in 2004.
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his WBO title against FrancoisBotha. The fight took place at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, the same venue where Botha had fought Axel Schulz...
refusing a rematch, Schulz faced FrancoisBotha but this time lost via (a controversial) split decision. However, Botha later failed a drug test, which...
consecutive victories in New Zealand and the US, Parker agreed to fight FrancoisBotha. Botha was known to be capable of landing a quality punch or two and had...
match between FrancoisBotha and Axel Schulz for its championship. Botha won the bout by split decision, but the bout result and Botha's championship title...
high-volume style despite being a heavyweight, he fought Mike Tyson, FrancoisBotha, Nikolay Valuev, Calvin Brock, and Lamon Brewster. Born and raised in...
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World champion. In 2004 he accumulated wins over Tsuyoshi Nakasako, FrancoisBotha, Aziz Khattou and ex-sumo champion Chad "Akebono" Rowan. If it hadn't...
African FrancoisBotha. This match also ended in controversy. While Botha initially controlled the fight, Tyson allegedly attempted to break Botha's arms...
refused, choosing to leave the IBF belt vacant instead. South African FrancoisBotha travelled to Germany instead and beat Schulz with another close decision...
period of inactivity. He reportedly agreed to fight South African boxer FrancoisBotha on January 16, 2010; it was agreed that the venue for the fight would...
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in April 2000. Later that same year, Lewis knocked out South African FrancoisBotha in two rounds in London, before winning a 12-round decision against...
Puritty. He fought but did not beat the aforementioned Vitali Klitschko, FrancoisBotha and Henry Akinwande As an amateur Hoffman won a silver medal at the...
Premium 2004 Dynamite event on December 31, 2004, where he defeated boxer FrancoisBotha by armbar submission in the first round. His first defeat was to Jerome...
Williams by first-round TKO, and former IBF world heavyweight champion FrancoisBotha by fifth-round TKO. In September 2016, he defeated former world heavyweight...
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