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Francois Botha vs Sonny Bill Williams — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Francois Botha

🇳🇿NEW ZEALAND

Sonny Bill Williams

Francois Botha (48-11-3) and Sonny Bill Williams (9-2) 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

Williams

9

Wins4 KO · 44%

2

Losses

0

Draws11 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Williams leads 1–0

Francois Botha and Sonny Bill Williams have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.

Francois Botha and Sonny Bill Williams have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.
Met2013Feb 8Series
Francois BothaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sonny Bill WilliamsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Botha 4 · Williams 3 of 7 measurable rows
BothaWilliams
Record
48-11-39-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
79.8%
81.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
29 (edge)
4
KO rate0–100%
60.42% (edge)
44.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
60% (edge)
44%
Times stopped†max 9
9
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.6
2.6 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
11

† 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+1″
Francois Botha: 6′2″
Sonny Bill Williams: 6′3″ (edge)
Age17 yrs apart
Francois Botha: 58
Sonny Bill Williams: 41
Stance
Francois Botha: Orthodox
Sonny Bill Williams: Orthodox

Francois Botha left, Sonny Bill Williams 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%

Sonny Bill Williams9 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Sonny Bill Williams: 9 tracked wins — 4 by KO/TKO (44%) and 5 on the cards (56%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 by KO/TKO 44%5 on the cards 56%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Francois Botha 63, Sonny Bill Williams 11 — 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 — 4,603 days ago. Botha had lost six straight.LLLLL

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

Sonny Bill Williams has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Williams last boxed on Jul 16, 2025 — 462 days ago.WWWLL

Welliver Jan 2015Falefehi Jun 2021Hall Mar 2022Hunt Nov 2022Gallen Jul 20250.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LFeb 8, 2013 · Williams · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Botha or Williams?
Francois Botha is 48-11-3 and Sonny Bill Williams is 9-2. Sonny Bill Williams has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Botha48–11–379.8%

Williams9–281.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Botha or Williams?
Francois Botha has 29 knockout wins and Sonny Bill Williams has 4. Francois Botha has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Botha2960.4%

Williams444.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Botha and 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, Botha or Williams?
Sonny Bill Williams is the taller fighter at 190 cm, 2 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Botha188 cm

Williams190 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Botha and Williams?
This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Francois Botha and 11 bouts tracked for Sonny Bill Williams. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Botha63bouts

Williams11bouts

How They Win ↓

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