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David James Cherry vs Francois Botha — record, stats and common opponents compared

David James Cherry

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Francois Botha

David James Cherry (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) and Francois Botha (48-11-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Cherry

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Botha

48

Wins29 KO · 60%

11

Losses

3

Draws63 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Botha leads 1–0

David James Cherry and Francois Botha have met 1 time; Botha leads 1–0.

David James Cherry and Francois Botha have met 1 time; Botha leads 1–0.
Met1998Jun 26Series
David James CherryFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Francois BothaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Cherry 2 · Botha 4 of 6 measurable rows
CherryBotha
Record†
1-548-11-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
79.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
1
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60.42%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
60%
Times stopped‡max 9
4 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.6
1
2.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
6
63

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
David James Cherry: No height on file
Francois Botha: 6′2″
Agenot held
David James Cherry: No date of birth
Francois Botha: 58
Stance
David James Cherry: Not recorded
Francois Botha: Orthodox

David James Cherry left, Francois Botha right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
David James Cherry1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

David James Cherry: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Francois Botha48 wins · from 63 tracked bouts

Francois Botha: 48 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (60%) and 19 on the cards (40%). Counted from 63 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 60%19 on the cards 40%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — David James Cherry 6, Francois Botha 63 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

David James Cherry last boxed on Aug 26, 2004 — 8,089 days ago. Cherry had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Nolan Jan 2002Hayes Jan 2003Hayes Mar 2003Bean Oct 2003Hayes Aug 20041 tracked bouts per year

Francois Botha last boxed on Mar 15, 2014 — 4,601 days ago. Botha had lost six straight.LLLLL

Takam Mar 2012Pianeta Sep 2012Williams Feb 2013Parker Jun 2013Wawrzyk Mar 20142.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have David James Cherry and Francois Botha ever fought each other?
Yes. David James Cherry and Francois Botha met once on June 26, 1998, and Francois Botha won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LJun 26, 1998 · Botha · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cherry or Botha?
David James Cherry is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Francois Botha is 48-11-3. Francois Botha has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cherry1–516.7%

Botha48–11–379.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cherry or Botha?
David James Cherry has 1 knockout win and Francois Botha has 29. Francois Botha has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cherry1

Botha2960.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cherry and Botha have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both David James Cherry and Francois Botha have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cherry and Botha?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for David James Cherry and 63 bouts tracked for Francois Botha. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cherry6bouts

Botha63bouts

How They Win ↓

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