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 Sonny Bill Williams (9-3 across 12 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.
Francois Botha vs Sonny Bill Williams — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sonny Bill Williams leads 1–0- Sonny Bill Williams wonBotha vs WilliamsFeb 8, 2013 · UD
The Numbers
- 48-11-3 (edge)
- Record
- 9-3
- 79.8% (edge)
- Win %
- 75%
- 27 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 4
- 60% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 44%
- 9
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.6 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.2
- 63
- Bouts tracked
- 12
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′3″ (191 cm) (edge)
- 57
- Age
- 41
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- South Africa
- Nationality
- New Zealand
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyFrancois Botha · 48 wins
KO/TKO
29
Decision
19
Other
0
Sonny Bill Williams · 9 wins
KO/TKO
4
Decision
5
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (63 and 12 respectively), 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
Francois Botha
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L6 streak · last fought Mar 15, 2014
Sonny Bill Williams
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L2 streak · last fought Jul 16, 2025
Common Questions
- Have Francois Botha and Sonny Bill Williams ever fought each other?
- Yes. Francois Botha and Sonny Bill Williams met once on February 8, 2013, and Sonny Bill Williams won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Francois Botha or Sonny Bill Williams?
- Francois Botha is 48-11-3 across the 63 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sonny Bill Williams is 9-3 across the 12 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Francois Botha or Sonny Bill Williams?
- Francois Botha has 27 knockout wins and Sonny Bill Williams has 4. Francois Botha has more.
- Do Francois Botha and Sonny Bill Williams have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Francois Botha and Sonny Bill Williams have faced.
- Who is bigger, Francois Botha or Sonny Bill Williams?
- Sonny Bill Williams is the taller fighter at 191 cm, 3 cm above the other.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Francois Botha and Sonny Bill Williams?
- This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Francois Botha and 12 bouts tracked for Sonny Bill Williams. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.