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.
Francois Botha (48-11-3 across 63 tracked bouts) and Lennox Lewis (41-2-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.
Francois Botha vs Lennox Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Lennox Lewis leads 1–0- Lennox Lewis wonBotha vs LewisJul 15, 2000 · TKO · R2
The Numbers
- 48-11-3
- Record
- 41-2-1 (edge)
- 79.8%
- Win %
- 94.3% (edge)
- 27
- Wins by knockout
- 32 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78.05%
- 60%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 78% (edge)
- 9
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 7 (edge)
- 2.6
- Bouts per year
- 3.1 (edge)
- 63
- Bouts tracked
- 44
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′2″ (188 cm)
- Height
- 6′5″ (196 cm) (edge)
- —
- Reach
- 84″ (213 cm)
- 57
- Age
- 60
- Orthodox
- Stance
- Orthodox
- South Africa
- Nationality
- Canada
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyFrancois Botha · 48 wins
KO/TKO
29
Decision
19
Other
0
Lennox Lewis · 41 wins
KO/TKO
32
Decision
7
Other
2
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (63 and 44 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
5 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Francois Botha
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Mar 15, 2014
Lennox Lewis
WWWLW
W3 streak · last fought Jun 21, 2003
Common Questions
- Have Francois Botha and Lennox Lewis ever fought each other?
- Yes. Francois Botha and Lennox Lewis met once on July 15, 2000, and Lennox Lewis won by TKO in round 2.
- Who has the better record, Francois Botha or Lennox Lewis?
- Francois Botha is 48-11-3 across the 63 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lennox Lewis is 41-2-1. Lennox Lewis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Francois Botha or Lennox Lewis?
- Francois Botha has 27 knockout wins and Lennox Lewis has 32. Lennox Lewis has more.
- Do Francois Botha and Lennox Lewis have any common opponents?
- Francois Botha and Lennox Lewis share 5 common opponents: Michael Grant, Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson (and 2 others). Lennox Lewis fared better against 4 of them.
- Who is bigger, Francois Botha or Lennox Lewis?
- Lennox Lewis is the taller fighter at 196 cm, 8 cm above the other.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Francois Botha and Lennox Lewis?
- This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Francois Botha and 44 bouts tracked for Lennox Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.