Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Francois Botha vs Ken Lakusta — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Francois Botha

Ken Lakusta

Francois Botha (48-11-3) and Ken Lakusta (0-13 across 13 tracked bouts) 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.

Botha

48

Wins29 KO · 60%

11

Losses

3

Draws63 tracked bouts

Lakusta

Tracked record

0–13

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Francois Botha and Ken Lakusta have met 1 time; Botha leads 1–0.

Francois Botha and Ken Lakusta have met 1 time; Botha leads 1–0.
Met1994Dec 17Series
Francois BothaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Ken LakustaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Botha 5 · Lakusta 0 of 5 measurable rows
BothaLakusta
Record†
48-11-3 (edge)0-13
Win %0–100%
79.8% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 29
29 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
60.42%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
60%—
Times stopped‡max 11
9 (edge)
11
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.6
2.6 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
13

† 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
Francois Botha: 6′2″
Ken Lakusta: No height on file
Agenot held
Francois Botha: 58
Ken Lakusta: No date of birth
Stance
Francois Botha: Orthodox
Ken Lakusta: Not recorded

Francois Botha left, Ken Lakusta 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%

Ken Lakusta0 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Ken Lakusta: no tracked wins in the 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lakusta yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Francois Botha 63, Ken Lakusta 13 — 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

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

Ken Lakusta last boxed on Dec 17, 1994 — 11,629 days ago. Lakusta had lost 13 straight.LLLLL

Coetzer Dec 1990Holmes Apr 1993Glesby Feb 1994Tua Oct 1994Botha Dec 19941.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Francois Botha and Ken Lakusta ever fought each other?
Yes. Francois Botha and Ken Lakusta met once on December 17, 1994, and Francois Botha won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WDec 17, 1994 · Botha · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Botha or Lakusta?
Francois Botha is 48-11-3 and Ken Lakusta is 0-13 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Francois Botha has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Botha48–11–379.8%

Lakusta0–130%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Botha or Lakusta?
Francois Botha has 29 knockout wins and Ken Lakusta has 0. Francois Botha has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Botha2960.4%

Lakusta0

The Numbers ↓
Do Botha and Lakusta have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Francois Botha and Ken Lakusta have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Botha and Lakusta?
This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Francois Botha and 13 bouts tracked for Ken Lakusta. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Botha63bouts

Lakusta13bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

6 suggested matchups

Compare Botha with…

Compare Lakusta with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.