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Francois Botha vs Shannon Briggs

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Francois Botha and Shannon Briggs met once (1999). drawn in 1999 by draw.

Side by side

Francois BothaShannon Briggs
74″ (188 cm)Reach80″ (203.2 cm)
74″ (188 cm)Height76″ (193 cm)
0%Reach advantage+5.28%
0–1Record60–6
Finish rate88%
33Longest unbeaten run25
65Recorded bouts67
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 3. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentFrancois BothaShannon Briggs
Lennox Lewis L L
Marion Wilson W W
Craig Payne W W

Careers side by side

Francois Botha

1990 2000 2010 win vs Leander Collins (1990)win vs Andre Smiley (1990)win vs Kevin Denson (1990)win vs Elvis Franks (1990)win vs Joe Adams (1990)win vs Themba Msweli (1990)win vs Johan Van Zyl (1990)win vs Tim Tomashek (1991)win vs Ginger Tshabalala (1991)win vs Siza Makathini (1991)win vs Shaun Ayers (1991)win vs Rick Rice (1991)win vs Gideon Hlongwa (1991)win vs Artie Hooks (1992)win vs Mike Jones (1992)win vs Russell Rierson (1992)win vs Jimmy Bills (1992)win vs Mike Hunter (1992)win vs David Martin (1992)win vs Ken Jackson (1992)win vs Ron Ackerson (1992)win vs Marion Wilson (1992)win vs Craig Payne (1993)win vs John Morton (1993)win vs Ron Goodwin (1993)win vs Calvin Jones (1993)win vs Billy Wright (1993)win vs Ken Lakusta (1994)win vs Phil Scott (1994)win vs Martin Foster (1994)? vs Axel Schulz (1995)win vs Willie Jake (1995)win vs Brian Sargent (1995)win vs Bill Corrigan (1995)loss vs Michael Moorer (1996)win vs Lee Gilbert (1997)win vs James Stanton (1997)win vs David Cherry (1998)win vs Stan Johnson (1998)draw vs Shannon Briggs (1999)loss vs Mike Tyson (1999)win vs Tony LaRosa (2000)loss vs Lennox Lewis (2000)win vs Steve Pannell (2000)win vs Russell Chasteen (2001)win vs David Bostice (2001)win vs Joey Guy (2001)draw vs Clifford Etienne (2002)loss vs Wladimir Klitschko (2002)loss vs Yoshihiro Akiyama (2004)? vs Submission (2004)win vs Bob Mirovic (2007)draw vs Pedro Carrión (2009)win vs Timo Hoffmann (2009)win vs Ron Guerrero (2009)loss vs Evander Holyfield (2010)loss vs Michael Grant (2011)win vs Flo Simba (2011)loss vs Francesco Pianeta (2012)loss vs Carlos Takam (2012)loss vs Joseph Parker (2013)loss vs Sonny Bill Williams (2013)loss vs Andrzej Wawrzyk (2014)
winlossdraw / NC1990–2014

Shannon Briggs

2000 2010 win vs Robert Pagan Perez (1992)win vs Rocky Bentley (1992)win vs Rick Honeycutt (1992)win vs Tony Simpson (1992)win vs Donnie Penelton (1992)win vs Juan Quintana (1992)win vs Greg Santos (1992)win vs Ed Carlson (1992)win vs Cedric Sims (1992)win vs John Basil Jackson (1992)win vs Danny Wofford (1993)win vs Tim Noble (1993)win vs Danny Blake (1993)win vs Bruce Johnson (1993)win vs Ron Gullette (1993)win vs Mike Faulkner (1994)win vs Mark Young (1994)win vs Exum Speight (1994)win vs Jimmy Ellis (1994)win vs Calvin Jones (1995)win vs Sherman Griffin (1995)win vs Will Hinton (1995)win vs Marion Wilson (1995)win vs Craig Payne (1995)win vs Tim Ray (1996)loss vs Darroll Wilson (1996)win vs George Foreman (1997)win vs Jorge Valdes (1997)win vs Melton Bowen (1997)win vs Eric French (1997)win vs Marcus Rhode (1998)loss vs Lennox Lewis (1998)draw vs Francois Botha (1999)win vs Eric Curry (2000)loss vs Sedreck Fields (2000)win vs Warren Williams (2000)win vs Reynaldo Minus (2001)win vs Jason Waller (2001)win vs Russell Chasteen (2001)loss vs Jameel McCline (2002)win vs Wade Lewis (2003)win vs John Sargent (2003)win vs Marvin Hill (2003)win vs Jeff Pegues (2004)win vs Luciano Zolyone (2005)win vs Brian Scott (2005)win vs Ray Mercer (2005)win vs Abraham Okine (2005)win vs Demetrice King (2005)win vs Siarhei Liakhovich (2006)win vs Chris Koval (2006)win vs Dicky Ryan (2006)loss vs Sultan Ibragimov (2007)? vs Marcus McGee (2009)loss vs Vitali Klitschko (2010)win vs Rob Calloway (2010)win vs Dominique Alexander (2010)win vs Rafael Pedro (2010)win vs Richard Carmack (2014)win vs Cory Phelps (2014)win vs Raphael Zumbano Love (2014)win vs Matthew Greer (2014)win vs Francisco Mireles (2014)win vs Maurenzo Smith (2014)win vs Michael Marrone (2015)win vs Zoltan Petranyi (2015)win vs Emilio Zarate (2016)
winlossdraw / NC1992–2016

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