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Francois Botha vs Lennox Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Francois Botha

🇨🇦CANADA

Lennox Lewis

Francois Botha (48-11-3) 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.

Botha

48

Wins29 KO · 60%

11

Losses

3

Draws63 tracked bouts

Lewis

41

Wins32 KO · 78%

2

Losses

1

Draw44 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Lewis leads 1–0

Francois Botha and Lennox Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.

Francois Botha and Lennox Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.
Met2000Jul 15Series
Francois BothaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lennox LewisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Botha 0 · Lewis 8 of 8 measurable rows
BothaLewis
Record
48-11-341-2-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
79.8%
94.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
29
32 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
60.42%
78.05% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
60%
78% (edge)
Times stopped†max 9
9
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 12
0
12 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.1
2.6
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
44

† 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″
Francois Botha: 6′2″
Lennox Lewis: 6′5″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Francois Botha: No reach on file
Lennox Lewis: 84″
Age3 yrs apart
Francois Botha: 58
Lennox Lewis: 61
Stance
Francois Botha: Orthodox
Lennox Lewis: Orthodox

Francois Botha left, Lennox Lewis 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%

Lennox Lewis41 wins · from 44 tracked bouts

Lennox Lewis: 41 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (78%), 7 on the cards (17%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 44 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 78%7 on the cards 17%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Francois Botha 63, Lennox Lewis 44 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Lewis better on 4 · even on 1

Botha

Opponent

Lewis

  • Francois Botha

    Loss, KO

    2011

    GrantLewis better

    Lennox Lewis

    Win, KO 2

    2000

  • Francois Botha

    Loss, TKO 8

    2010

    HolyfieldLewis better

    Lennox Lewis

    1–0–1 against

    Win, UD

    1999

    Draw, SD

    1999

  • Francois Botha

    Loss, KO 5

    1999

    TysonLewis better

    Lennox Lewis

    Win, KO 8

    2002

  • Francois Botha

    Draw, MD

    1999

    BriggsLewis better

    Lennox Lewis

    Win, TKO 5

    1998

  • Francois Botha

    Win, TKO 2

    1993

    JonesEven

    Lennox Lewis

    Win, KO 1

    1990

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 — 4,603 days ago. Botha had lost six straight.LLLLL

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

Lennox Lewis last boxed on Jun 21, 2003 — 8,523 days ago. Lewis had won three straight since losing by stoppage to Hasim Rahman.WLWWW

Tua Nov 2000Rahman Apr 2001Rahman Nov 2001Tyson Jun 2002Klitschko Jun 20033.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LJul 15, 2000 · Lewis · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Botha or Lewis?
Francois Botha is 48-11-3 and Lennox Lewis is 41-2-1. Lennox Lewis has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Botha48–11–379.8%

Lewis41–2–194.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Botha or Lewis?
Francois Botha has 29 knockout wins and Lennox Lewis has 32. Lennox Lewis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Botha2960.4%

Lewis3278.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Botha and 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.
5 shared opponents

Michael GrantLW

Evander HolyfieldL1–0–1

Mike TysonLW

Shannon BriggsDW

and 1 more

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

Botha188 cm

Lewis196 cm213 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Botha and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Botha63bouts

Lewis44bouts

How They Win ↓

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