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Francois Botha vs Michael Grant — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Francois Botha

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Michael Grant

Francois Botha (48-11-3) and Michael Grant (48-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Botha

48

Wins29 KO · 60%

11

Losses

3

Draws63 tracked bouts

Grant

48

Wins36 KO · 75%

7

Losses

0

Draws55 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Grant leads 1–0

Francois Botha and Michael Grant have met 1 time; Grant leads 1–0.

Francois Botha and Michael Grant have met 1 time; Grant leads 1–0.
Met2011Nov 19Series
Francois BothaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael GrantFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Botha 1 · Grant 6 of 7 measurable rows
BothaGrant
Record
48-11-348-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
79.8%
87.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 36
29
36 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
60.42%
75% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
60%
75% (edge)
Times stopped†max 9
9
6 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.6
2.6 (edge)
2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
55

† 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+5″
Francois Botha: 6′2″
Michael Grant: 6′7″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Francois Botha: No reach on file
Michael Grant: 86″
Age4 yrs apart
Francois Botha: 58
Michael Grant: 54
Stance
Francois Botha: Orthodox
Michael Grant: Orthodox

Francois Botha left, Michael Grant 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%

Michael Grant48 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Michael Grant: 48 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (75%), 10 on the cards (21%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 75%10 on the cards 21%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Francois Botha 63, Michael Grant 55 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · even on 2

Botha

Opponent

Grant

  • Francois Botha

    Loss, TKO 11

    2012

    TakamEven

    Michael Grant

    Loss, TKO 8

    2013

  • Francois Botha

    Loss, TKO 2

    2000

    LewisEven

    Michael Grant

    Loss, KO 2

    2000

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 — 4,601 days ago. Botha had lost six straight.LLLLL

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

Michael Grant last boxed on Apr 22, 2017 — 3,466 days ago. Grant had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Fields Mar 2011Botha Nov 2011Takam May 2013Charr Oct 2014Zimnoch Apr 20172.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Francois Botha and Michael Grant ever fought each other?
Yes. Francois Botha and Michael Grant met once on November 19, 2011, and Michael Grant won by KO.
The meeting

LNov 19, 2011 · Grant · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Botha or Grant?
Francois Botha is 48-11-3 and Michael Grant is 48-7. Michael Grant has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Botha48–11–379.8%

Grant48–787.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Botha or Grant?
Francois Botha has 29 knockout wins and Michael Grant has 36. Michael Grant has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Botha2960.4%

Grant3675%

The Numbers ↓
Do Botha and Grant have any common opponents?
Francois Botha and Michael Grant share 2 common opponents: Carlos Takam and Lennox Lewis. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Carlos TakamLL

Lennox LewisLL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Botha or Grant?
Michael Grant is the taller fighter at 201 cm, 13 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Botha188 cm

Grant201 cm218 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Botha and Grant?
This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Francois Botha and 55 bouts tracked for Michael Grant. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Botha63bouts

Grant55bouts

How They Win ↓

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