Record details

Frans BOTHA

"White Buffalo"

Heavyweight

Male

(Francois Johannes Botha)
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

No amateur results

Professional record


1990
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Nov. 9	Michael Moorer	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO by 12
(For IBF Heavyweight Title)

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 24	Stanley Johnson	Dubuque, Iowa	KO 1
+ June 26	Dave Cherry	Columbia, South Carolina	TKO 1

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 16	Mike Tyson	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO by 5
= Aug. 7	Shannon Briggs	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Drew 10

2000
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 6	Bob Mirovic	Temba, South Africa	W 12
(Won vacant WBFoundation interim Heavyweight Title)


2008 Inactive

2009
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 10	Evander Holyfield	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO by 8 (0:55)
(For vacant World Boxing Federation Heavyweight Title)

2011
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 15	Andrzej Wawrzyk	Arlamow, Poland	TKO by 5