| Francois Botha | | Statistics | | Real name | Francois Botha | | Nickname | White Buffalo | | Weight | Heavyweight | | Nationality |
 South African | | Birth date | 9 September 1968 | | Birth place | | | Style | | | Boxing record | | Total fights | 100 | | Wins | 96 | | Wins by KO | 70 | | Losses | 4 | | Draws | 0 | | No contests | 0 | Francois Botha, also known as Frans Botha is a South African boxer, nicknamed the "White Buffalo," Francois Botha has had a relatively distinguished career as a heavyweight boxer. Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ...
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Botha suffered a fifth round knock out to Mike Tyson, who he had been beating handily up until that point. Botha was even showboating in the ring against Tyson, and Iron Mike was so frustrated that he admitted to attempting to break Both's arm during a clinch. Tyson won the fight with a one-punch KO. Mike Tyson, born June 30, 1966, in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, USA, is a former World Heavyweight Champion. ...
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One of his most notable fights was against Shannon Briggs, the latter having dominated the first half of the fight, knocking Botha down, Botha rose off the canvas and delivered a one, one, two punch successfully again and again, bloodying Briggs's face and earning a draw, although most people thought Botha was aggressive enough to win the fight. Botha had a victory in 1995 against Germany's Axel Schulz to win the International Boxing Federation World Heavyweight Championship, but later tested positive for steroids he and his camp claimed to be prescribed by a doctor for an arm injury. Shannon Brooklyn Briggs (born December 14, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American heavyweight boxer whose career peaked by controversially outpointing George Foreman for the linear world title but was decelerated by a loss to Lennox Lewis in 1998. ...
Axel Schulz, born 9 November 1968 in Bad Saarow, Germany is a German boxer. ...
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Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ...
"The White Buffalo" bounced back with a courageous effort with Michael Moorer for the IBF crown on the undercard of Mike Tyson's first contest with Evander Holyfield. Botha battled fatigue, and a more skilled fighter than himself and showed much heart, courage, and determination, earning him bigger fights down the road. This eventually led to the aforementioned fights with Mike Tyson, and Shannon Briggs, and World Title showdowns with Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko. Botha came up on the short end via knockout in both of those encounters, but it cannot go unsaid to his credit he was fighting against hometown crowds on both occasions. Michael Lee Moorer (born November 12, 1967) is a former boxer who has been a world champion in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. ...
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962 in Atmore, Alabama) is a professional boxer from the United States. ...
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Dr. Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Klitschko (Ukrainian: , Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko); born March 25, 1976 in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan) is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer, former WBO and the current IBF and IBO World Heavyweight Champion. ...
Frans Botha fought distinguished contender Clifford Etienne, and knocked him down twice, but was again denied a victory and received a majority draw. Once again, this was in Etienne's hometown. Clifford Etienne (born March 9, 1972), also known as The Black Rhino, fought as a heavyweight boxer in the United States. ...
He currently resides in Newport Beach, California with his wife and two children. Location of Newport Beach within Orange County, California. ...
Francois Botha has lately been participating in the kickboxing combat sport, K-1. His current K-1 record is two wins and six losses. K. 1 is a designation given to two works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the original Köchel Verzeichnis. ...
Botha has had one mixed martial arts fight. On December 31st 2004 he lost to Yoshihiro Akiyama via an armbar submission in the first round. Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a recently emerged combat sport in which a wide variety of fighting techniques are used, including striking and grappling. ...
Yoshihiro Akiyama (born 29 July 1975) is a judoka and mixed-martial artist with the K-1 Heros promotion. ...
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This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the following organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963, The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983, and The World Boxing...
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