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Frans BOTHA
Male
"White Buffalo"
(Francois Johannes Botha)
Heavyweight, South Africa, Pretoria
Based in USA, Newport Beach, California
Born: 2Seprember 28, 1968, Witbank, Transavaal
Height 6ft 2in, mt 1,87 - Reach 74in – Weight 224 lbs, 101,584 kg
amateur record: 353-25-0
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1990 | | + Feb. 11 | Johan Van Zyl | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 1 | | + Apr. 9 | Themba Msweli | Pretoria, South Africa | W 4 | | + Apr. 27 | Joe Adams | Biloxi, Mississippi | W 4 | | + June 23 | Elvis Franks | Dallas, Texas | W 4 | | + Aug. 25 | Kevin Denton | Lewiston, Maine | W 6 | | + Sept. 11 | Randy White | Oklahoma City, klahoma | KO 2 | | + Sept. 22 | Leander Collins | Brownsville, Texas | TKO 2 | | 1991 | | + Jan. 27 | Gideon Hlongwa | Cape Town, South Africa | W 6 | | + Feb. 18 | Ric Rice | Pretoria, South Africa | KO 3 | | + June 30 | Shaun Ayers | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 10 | | + Aug. 18 | Siza Makhatini | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 10 | | + Sept. 30 | Ginger Tshabalala | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 8 | | + Nov. 15 | Tim Tomashek | Sacramento, California | W 10 | | 1992 | | + May 7 | Ron Ackerson | Tulsa, Oklahoma | TKO 3 | | + May 29 | Moe Wilson | Amarillo, Texas | W 8 | | + June 12 | Ron Ackerson | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | TKO 3 | | + July 4 | Kenny Jackson | Dallas, Texas | W 8 | | + July 18 | Dave Martin | Muskogee, klahoma | KO 3 | | + Sept. 22 | Mike Hunter | El Paso, Texas | W 8 | | + Sept. 29 | Russ Rierson | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | TKO 5 | | + Oct. 17 | Jimmy Bills | Amarillo, Texas | W 8 | | + Nov. 28 | Art Hooks | Oklahoma City, klahoma | KO 1 | | + Nov. 29 | Russ Rierson | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KO 1 | | + Nov. 30 | Mike Jones | Oklahoma City, klahoma | KO 1 | | 1993 | | + Jan. 16 | Billy Wright | Reno, Nevada | TKO 5 | | + June 15 | Calvin Jones | Dewson, Texas | TKO 2 | | + June 25 | Ron Goodwin | Casa Grande, Arizona | TKO 4 | | + Oct. 1 | John Morton | Sacramento, California | KO 3 | | + Oct. 30 | Craig Payne | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 7 | | 1994 | | + May 21 | Martin Foster | Belfast, Northern Ireland | TKO 1 | | + July 2 | Bill Scott | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO 6 | | + Dec. 17 | Ken Lakusta | Quito, Ecuador | KO 1 | | 1995 | | + Mar. 1 | Bill Corrigan | Ft.Lauderdale, Florida | TKO 1 | | + Mar. 17 | Brian Sargent | Worcester, Massachusetts | TKO 1 | | + Apr. 8 | Willie Jake | Las Vegas, Nevada | W 8 | | * Dec. 9 | Axel Schulz | Stuttgart, Germany | NC 12 | | (For vacant IBF Heavyweight Title) | | 1996 | | - Nov. 9 | Michael Moorer | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO by 12 | | (For IBF Heavyweight Title) | | 1997 | | + May 10 | James Stanton | Coconut Grove, Florida | TKO 10 | | (Won vacant WBA North American Heavyweight Title) | | + June 21 | Lee Gilbert | Tampa, Florida | W 12 | | (Retained WBA North American Heavyweight Title) | | 1998 | | + Apr. 24 | Stanley Johnson | Dubuque, Iowa | KO 1 | | + June 26 | Dave Cherry | Columbia, South Carolina | TKO 1 | | 1999 | | - Jan. 16 | Mike Tyson | Las Vegas, Nevada | KO by 5 | | = Aug. 7 | Shannon Briggs | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Drew 10 | | 2000 | | + Jan. 8 | Steve Pannell | Albuquerque, New Mexico | TKO 1 | | - July 15 | Lennox Lewis | Millwall, Gt.Britain | KO by 2 | | (For WBC, IBF & IBO Heavyweight Title) | | + Nov. 2 | Tony LaRosa | Washington, D.C. | KO 1 | | 2001 | | + Mar. 16 | Joey B.Guy | Las Vegas, Nevada | KO 1 | | + June 5 | David Bostice | Las Vegas, Nevada | W 10 | | + July 13 | Russell Chasteen | Palm Springs, California | TKO 2 | | 2002 | | - Mar. 16 | Wladimir Klitschko | Stuttgart, Ger many | TKO by 8 | | (For WBO Heavyweight Title) | | = July 27 | Clifford Etienne | New Orleans, Louisiana | Drew 10 | 2003-2006
Inactive | | 2007 | | + July 6 | Bob Mirovic | Temba, South Africa | W 12 | | (Won vacant WBFoundation interim Heavyweight Title) | 2008
Inactive | | 2009 | | + Feb. 6 | Ron Guerrero | Potchefstroom, South Africa | W 12 | | (Won vacant WBFoundation Heavyweight Title) | | + May 15 | Timo Hoffmann | Magdeburg, Germany | W 12 | | (Retained WBFoundation Heavyweight Title) | | = Oct. 24 | Pedro Carrion | Dessau, Germany | Draw 12 | | (For vacant World Boxing Federation Heavyweight Title) | | 2010 | | - Apr. 10 | Evander Holyfield | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO by 8 (0:55) | | (For vacant World Boxing Federation Heavyweight Title) | | 2011 | | + June 4 | Flo Simba | Kempton Park, South Africa | TKO 6 | | - Nov. 19 | Mike Grant | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO by 12 (2:23) | | (For vacant World Boxing Federation Heavyweight Title) | | 2012 | | - Mar. 31 | Carlos Netsing Takam | Noisy-le-Grand, France | TKO by 11 | | (For WBO Africa and vacant WBFed International Heavyweight Titles) | | - Sept. 7 | Francesco Pianeta | Muelheim, Germany | L 10 UD | | 2013 | | - Feb. 8 | Sonny Bill WILLIAMS | Boondall, Australia | L 10 UD | | (For vacant WBA International Heavyweight Title) | | - June 13 | Joseph Parker | Auckland, New Zealand | TKO by 2 | | 2014 | | - Mar. 15 | Andrzej Wawrzyk | Arlamow, Poland | TKO by 5 |
Summary
Total bouts: 63, Won: 48 (29 inside the limit), Lost: 11 (9 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 1
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