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Francois Botha vs Joseph Parker — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Francois Botha

🇳🇿NEW ZEALAND

Joseph Parker

Francois Botha (48-11-3) and Joseph Parker (36-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Botha

48

Wins29 KO · 60%

11

Losses

3

Draws63 tracked bouts

Parker

36

Wins24 KO · 67%

4

Losses

0

Draws41 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Parker leads 1–0

Francois Botha and Joseph Parker have met 1 time; Parker leads 1–0.

Francois Botha and Joseph Parker have met 1 time; Parker leads 1–0.
Met2013Jun 13Series
Francois BothaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joseph ParkerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Botha 1 · Parker 7 of 8 measurable rows
BothaParker
Record
48-11-336-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
79.8%
90% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
29 (edge)
24
KO rate0–100%
60.42%
66.67% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
60%
68% (edge)
Times stopped†max 9
9
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.1
2.6
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
41

† 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+2″
Francois Botha: 6′2″
Joseph Parker: 6′4″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Francois Botha: No reach on file
Joseph Parker: 76″
Age24 yrs apart
Francois Botha: 58
Joseph Parker: 34
Stance
Francois Botha: Orthodox
Joseph Parker: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Joseph Parker37 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Joseph Parker: 37 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (68%) and 12 on the cards (32%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 68%12 on the cards 32%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Francois Botha 63, Joseph Parker 41 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Parker better on 1

Botha

Opponent

Parker

  • Francois Botha

    Loss, TKO 11

    2012

    TakamParker better

    Joseph Parker

    Win, UD

    2016

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

Francois Botha last boxed on Mar 15, 2014 — 4,602 days ago. Botha had lost six straight.LLLLL

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

Joseph Parker had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Fabio Wardley. Parker last boxed on Oct 25, 2025 — 360 days ago.WWWWL

Kean Oct 2023Wilder Dec 2023Zhilei Mar 2024Bakole Feb 2025Wardley Oct 20253.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Francois Botha and Joseph Parker ever fought each other?
Yes. Francois Botha and Joseph Parker met once on June 13, 2013, and Joseph Parker won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LJun 13, 2013 · Parker · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Botha or Parker?
Francois Botha is 48-11-3 and Joseph Parker is 36-4. Joseph Parker has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Botha48–11–379.8%

Parker36–490%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Botha or Parker?
Francois Botha has 29 knockout wins and Joseph Parker has 24. Francois Botha has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Botha2960.4%

Parker2466.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Botha and Parker have any common opponents?
Francois Botha and Joseph Parker share 1 common opponent: Carlos Takam. Joseph Parker fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Carlos TakamLW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Botha or Parker?
Joseph Parker is the taller fighter at 193 cm, 5 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Botha188 cm

Parker193 cm193 cm reach

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

Botha63bouts

Parker41bouts

How They Win ↓

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