Francois Botha
South African boxer
フランソワ・ボタ · 프랑수아 보타
- Born
- 28 September 1968, Witbank
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- heavyweight, cruiserweight
- Occupation
- boxer, kickboxer
- Height
- 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 118 kg (260 lb)
Francois "Frans" Botha (born 28 September 1968) is a South African former professional boxer and kickboxer. He competed in boxing from 1990 to 2014, and is perhaps best known for winning the IBF heavyweight title against Axel Schulz in 1995, but this was later stripped after he failed a drug test. He challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 2000 and 2002. Botha has competed against former Heavyweight Champions Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Michael Moorer and Evander Holyfield late in their respective careers. Botha competed once in mixed martial arts in 2004.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.