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Francois Botha

1968 - Today

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Francois "Frans" Botha (born 28 September 1968) is a South African former professional boxer and kickboxer. He competed in boxing from 1990 to 2014, and is perhaps best known for winning the IBF heavyweight title against Axel Schulz in 1995, but was later stripped after failing a drug test. He later challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 2000 and 2002. Botha has competed against former Heavyweight Champions Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Michael Moorer and Evander Holyfield late in their respective careers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francois Botha is the 74th most popular martial arts (down from 67th in 2024), the 203rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 176th in 2019) and the most popular South African Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Francois Botha ranks 74 out of 179. Before him are Valentina Shevchenko, Wanderlei Silva, Kazuhiro Ninomiya, Dustin Poirier, Melvin Manhoef, and Alexander Volkanovski. After him are José Aldo, Mark Coleman, Zhang Weili, Vitor Belfort, Cris Cyborg, and Hongman Choi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Francois Botha ranks 407. Before him are Katarina Barley, Danny Jacobs, Grace Poe, Necrobutcher, Oleh Luzhny, and Nadia Farès. After him are Clovis Cornillac, Wu'erkaixi, Adílson Batista, Masahiko Harada, Uwe Rösler, and Jorge Salinas.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Francois Botha ranks 203 out of 454. Before him are Basil van Rooyen (1939), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), Francois Pienaar (1967), Dimas (1969), Peter Sarnak (1953), and Bruce Johnstone (1937). After him are Thomas François Burgers (1834), Helen Zille (1951), Mzilikazi (1790), Liezel Huber (1976), Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984), and Roland Schoeman (1980).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In South Africa

Among martial arts born in South Africa, Francois Botha ranks 1. 

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