Francois Botha
74″ reach · 0% reach advantage · 6th percentile
Francois Botha has a reach of 74″ against a height of 74″ — a reach advantage of 0%, unusually short for 1990s MMA and the 6th percentile of the 31 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
0%
74″ reach on a 74″ frame
Compared against 31 1990s MMA fighters — no weight class is on record for Francois Botha, so the comparison is by era. Median 2.85%.
| Reach | 74″ (188 cm) | 39th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 74″ (188 cm) | 70th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Cruiserweight MMA competed at 2: heavyweight, cruiserweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | South Africa |
Record
MMA record
0–1
1 bouts on record
The career, bout by bout
65 recorded bouts from 1990 to 2014. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
25y
1990–2014
Longest unbeaten run
33
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1992
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
65
63 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | L | Andrzej Wawrzyk | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2013 | L | Joseph Parker | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2013 | L | Sonny Bill Williams | Decision | 10 |
| 2012 | L | Francesco Pianeta | Decision | 10 |
| 2012 | L | Carlos Takam | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 2011 | L | Michael Grant | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 2011 | W | Flo Simba | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2010 | L | Evander Holyfield | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2009 | D | Pedro Carrión | Decision | 12 |
| 2009 | W | Timo Hoffmann | Decision | 12 |
| 2009 | W | Ron Guerrero | Decision | 12 |
| 2007 | W | Bob Mirovic | Decision | 12 |
| 2004 | L | Yoshihiro Akiyama | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | ? | Submission | — | — |
| 2002 | D | Clifford Etienne | Decision | 10 |
| 2002 | L | Wladimir Klitschko | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2001 | W | Russell Chasteen | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2001 | W | David Bostice | Decision | 10 |
| 2001 | W | Joey Guy | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Tony LaRosa | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2000 | L | Lennox Lewis | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Steve Pannell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | D | Shannon Briggs | Draw | 10 |
| 1999 | L | Mike Tyson | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1998 | W | David Cherry | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Stan Johnson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Lee Gilbert | Decision | 12 |
| 1997 | W | James Stanton | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1996 | L | Michael Moorer | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1995 | ? | Axel Schulz | Decision | 12 |
| 1995 | W | Willie Jake | Decision | 8 |
| 1995 | W | Brian Sargent | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1995 | W | Bill Corrigan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1994 | W | Ken Lakusta | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1994 | W | Phil Scott | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1994 | W | Martin Foster | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Craig Payne | — | 7 |
| 1993 | W | John Morton | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1993 | W | Ron Goodwin | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1993 | W | Calvin Jones | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1993 | W | Billy Wright | — | 5 |
| 1992 | W | Artie Hooks | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1992 | W | Mike Jones | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1992 | W | Russell Rierson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1992 | W | Jimmy Bills | Decision | 8 |
| 1992 | W | Mike Hunter | — | 8 |
| 1992 | W | David Martin | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1992 | W | Ken Jackson | Decision | 8 |
| 1992 | W | Ron Ackerson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1992 | W | Marion Wilson | Decision | 8 |
| 1991 | W | Tim Tomashek | Decision | 10 |
| 1991 | W | Ginger Tshabalala | Decision | 6 |
| 1991 | W | Siza Makathini | — | 10 |
| 1991 | W | Shaun Ayers | Decision | 10 |
| 1991 | W | Rick Rice | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1991 | W | Gideon Hlongwa | Decision | 6 |
| 1990 | W | Leander Collins | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1990 | W | Andre Smiley | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1990 | W | Kevin Denson | Decision | 6 |
| 1990 | W | Elvis Franks | Decision | 4 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 65 recorded bouts.
21 of these opponents have their own page here.
Records in more than one sport
Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Francois Botha competed in 3, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | — | 1 | — |
| Boxing | 48 | 11 | 29 |
| Kickboxing | 4 | 13 | 3 |
Closest in build
1990s MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 31 1990s MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Francois Botha on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-19. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.