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.
Francesco Pianeta (35-5-1) and Francois Botha (48-11-3 across 63 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Francesco Pianeta vs Francois Botha — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Francesco Pianeta leads 1–0- Francesco Pianeta wonBotha vs PianetaSep 7, 2012 · UD
The Numbers
- 35-5-1 (edge)
- Record
- 48-11-3
- 86.6% (edge)
- Win %
- 79.8%
- 21
- Wins by knockout
- 27 (edge)
- 60%
- KO rate
- —
- 58%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 60% (edge)
- 4 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 9
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 3.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 2.6
- 44
- Bouts tracked
- 63
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 6′5″ (196 cm) (edge)
- Height
- 6′2″ (188 cm)
- 80″ (203 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 41
- Age
- 57
- Southpaw
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- Italian
- Nationality
- South Africa
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyFrancesco Pianeta · 36 wins
KO/TKO
21
Decision
15
Other
0
Francois Botha · 48 wins
KO/TKO
29
Decision
19
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (44 and 63 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Francesco Pianeta
LLWLW
L2 streak · last fought Aug 18, 2018
Francois Botha
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Mar 15, 2014
Common Questions
- Have Francesco Pianeta and Francois Botha ever fought each other?
- Yes. Francesco Pianeta and Francois Botha met once on September 7, 2012, and Francesco Pianeta won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Francesco Pianeta or Francois Botha?
- Francesco Pianeta is 35-5-1 and Francois Botha is 48-11-3 across the 63 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Francesco Pianeta has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Francesco Pianeta or Francois Botha?
- Francesco Pianeta has 21 knockout wins and Francois Botha has 27. Francois Botha has more.
- Do Francesco Pianeta and Francois Botha have any common opponents?
- Francesco Pianeta and Francois Botha share 1 common opponent: Wladimir Klitschko. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- Who is bigger, Francesco Pianeta or Francois Botha?
- Francesco Pianeta is the taller fighter at 196 cm, 8 cm above the other.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Francesco Pianeta and Francois Botha?
- This comparison is drawn from 44 bouts tracked for Francesco Pianeta and 63 bouts tracked for Francois Botha. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.