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Francois "Frans" Botha
(Francois Johannes Botha)
(the "White Buffalo")

BORN   September 28 1968; Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa (Fights out of Newport Beach, California)
HEIGHT.. 6-2
WEIGHT 198 1/2-268 1/2
MANAGER Sterling McPherson
TRAINER.. Abel Sanchez

Botha is a tough, strong heavyweight with a clubbing punch and is quite durable; He is not a polished boxer but he can fight; Frans was in his seventh year of professional fighting before he lost a bout

During his career, Frans has won the WBF Heavyweight Championship of the World and the
NABA Heavyweight Championship

Botha has defeated such men as Steve Pannell, Lee Gilbert, James Stanton, Ken Lakusta, Billy Wright, Craig Payne, Mike Hunter, Timo Hoffmann, Joey Guy, David Bostice and Tim Tomashek

1990
Feb 11 Johan Van Zyl              Johannesburg, Gauteng, SAfrica     KO  1
Apr  9 Themba Msweli              Pretoria, Gauteng, SAfrica          W  4
Apr 27 Joe Adams                  Biloxi, Ms                          W  4
Jun 23 Elvis Franks               Dallas, Tx                          W  4
Aug 25 Kevin Denson               Lewiston, Me                        W  6
Sep 11 Andre Smiley               Oklahoma City, Ok                  KO  2
Sep 22 Leander Collins            Brownsville, Tx                    KO  2

1991
Jan 27 Gideon Hlongwa             Cape Town, WCape, SAfrica           W  8
Feb 18 Rick Rice                  Pretoria, Gauteng, SAfrica         KO  3
Jun 30 Shaun Ayers                Johannesburg, Gauteng, SAfrica      W 10
Aug 18 Siza Makathini             Johannesburg, Gauteng, SAfrica      W 10
Sep 30 Ginger Tshabalala          Johannesburg, Gauteng, SAfrica      W  8
Nov 15 Tim Tomashek               Sacramento, Ca                      W 10

1992
May  7 Ron Ackerson               Tulsa, Ok                          KO  3
May 29 Marion Wilson              Amarillo, Tx                        W  8
Jun 12 Ron Ackerson               Oklahoma City, Ok                  KO  3
Jul  4 Ken Jackson                Dallas, Tx                          W  8
Jul 18 David Martin               Oklahoma City, Ok                  KO  3
Sep 22 Mike Hunter                El Paso, Tx                         W  8
Sep 29 Russell Rierson            Oklahoma City, Ok                  KO  5
Oct 17 Jimmy Bills                Amarillo, Tx                        W  8
Nov 19 Artie Hooks                Oklahoma City, Ok                  KO  1
Nov 19 Mike Jones                 Oklahoma City, Ok                  KO  1
Nov 19 Russell Rierson            Oklahoma City, Ok                  KO  1
          -The previous 3 bouts were held the same date

1993
Jan 16 Billy Wright               Reno, Nv                           TK  5
Jun 15 Calvin Jones               Denison,                           TK  2
Jun 25 Ron Goodwin                Phoenix, Az                        KO  4
Oct  1 John Morton                Sacramento, Ca                     TK  3
Oct 30 Craig Payne                Johannesburg, Gauteng, SAfrica     KO  7

1994
May 21 Martin Foster              Belfast, Ireland                   TK  1
Jul  2 Phil Scott                 Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  6
Dec 17 Ken Lakusta                Quito, Ecuador                     KO  1

1995
Mar  1 Bill Corrigan              Fort Lauderdale, Fl                TK  1
Mar 17 Brian Sargent              Worcester, Ma                      TK  1
Apr  8 Willie Jake                Las Vegas, Nv                       W  8
Dec  9 Axel Schulz                Stuttgart, Germany                 NC 12
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

1996
Nov  9 Michael Moorer             Las Vegas, Nv                      LT 12
          -IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

1997
May 10 James Stanton              Coconut Grove,                     KO 10
          -NABA Heavyweight Championship
Jun 21 Lee Gilbert                Tampa, Fl                           W 12
          -NABA Heavyweight Championship

1998
Apr 24 Stan Johnson               Dubuque, Ia                        KO  1
Jun 26 David Cherry               Kansas City, Mo                    TK  1

1999
Jan 16 Mike Tyson                 Las Vegas, Nv                      LK  5
Aug  7 Shannon Briggs             Atlantic City, NJ                   D 10

2000
Jan  8 Steve Pannell              Albuquerque, NM                    TK  1
Jul 15 Lennox Lewis               Millwall, England                  LT  2
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Heavyweight Championship of the World;
          IBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Nov  2 Tony LaRosa                Washington, DC                     TK  1

2001
Mar 16 Joey Guy                   Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  1
Jun  5 David Bostice              Las Vegas, Nv                       W 10
Jul 13 Russell Chasteen           Rancho Mirage, Ca                  TK  3

2002
Mar 16 Wladimir Klitschko         Stuttgart, Germany                 LT  8
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World;
Jul 27 Clifford Etienne           New Orleans, La                     D 10

2007
Jul  6 Bob Mirovic                Temba, NW, SAfrica                  W 12
          -WBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

2009
Feb  6 Ron Guerrero               Potchefstroom, NW, SAfrica          W 12
          -WBF Heavyweight Championship of the World
May 15 Timo Hoffmann              Magdeburg, Germany                  W 12
          -WBF Heavyweight Championship of the World
Oct 24 Pedro Carrion              Dessau, Germany                     D 12
          -WBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

2010
Apr 10 Evander Holyfield          Las Vegas, Nv                      LT  8
          -WBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

2011
Jun  4 Flo Simba                  Kempton Park, Gauteng, SAfrica     TK  6
Nov 19 Michael Grant              Johannesburg, Gauteng, SAfrica     LK 12 
          -WBF Heavyweight Championship of the World

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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