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Francesco Pianeta vs Francois Botha — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Francesco Pianeta

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Francois Botha

Francesco Pianeta (35-5-1) 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 1 common opponent.

Pianeta

35

Wins21 KO · 60%

5

Losses

1

Draw41 tracked bouts

Botha

48

Wins29 KO · 60%

11

Losses

3

Draws63 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Pianeta leads 1–0

Francesco Pianeta and Francois Botha have met 1 time; Pianeta leads 1–0.

Francesco Pianeta and Francois Botha have met 1 time; Pianeta leads 1–0.
Met2012Sep 7Series
Francesco PianetaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Francois BothaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Pianeta 4 · Botha 2 of 6 measurable rows
PianetaBotha
Record
35-5-1 (edge)48-11-3
Win %0–100%
86.6% (edge)
79.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 29
21
29 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
60%
60.42% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†level0–100%
60%
60%
Times stopped†max 9
3 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.1
3.1 (edge)
2.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
41
63

† 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

Height+3″
Francesco Pianeta: 6′5″ (edge)
Francois Botha: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Francesco Pianeta: 80″
Francois Botha: No reach on file
Age16 yrs apart
Francesco Pianeta: 42
Francois Botha: 58
Stance
Francesco Pianeta: Southpaw
Francois Botha: Orthodox

Francesco Pianeta 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
Francesco Pianeta35 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Francesco Pianeta: 35 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (60%) and 14 on the cards (40%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 60%14 on the cards 40%

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 — Francesco Pianeta 41, Francois Botha 63 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Pianeta

Opponent

Botha

  • Francesco Pianeta

    Loss, TKO 6

    2013

    KlitschkoEven

    Francois Botha

    Loss, TKO 8

    2002

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Francesco Pianeta last boxed on Aug 18, 2018 — 2,993 days ago. Pianeta had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Cetinkaya Jul 2017Johnson Oct 2017Simeunovic Mar 2018Milas Jun 2018Fury Aug 20183.1 tracked bouts per year

Francois Botha last boxed on Mar 15, 2014 — 4,610 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 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.
The meeting

WSep 7, 2012 · Pianeta · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Pianeta or Botha?
Francesco Pianeta is 35-5-1 and Francois Botha is 48-11-3. Francesco Pianeta has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Pianeta35–5–186.6%

Botha48–11–379.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Pianeta or Botha?
Francesco Pianeta has 21 knockout wins and Francois Botha has 29. Francois Botha has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Pianeta2160%

Botha2960.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Pianeta and 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.
Shared opponent

Wladimir KlitschkoLL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Pianeta or Botha?
Francesco Pianeta is the taller fighter at 196 cm, 8 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Pianeta196 cm203 cm reach

Botha188 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Pianeta and Botha?
This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Francesco Pianeta and 63 bouts tracked for Francois Botha. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Pianeta41bouts

Botha63bouts

How They Win ↓

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