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Francois Botha

1968 - Today

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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 was later stripped after failing a drug test. He later challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 2000 and 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francois Botha has received more than 1,233,085 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francois Botha is the 67th most popular martial arts (down from 51st in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 138th in 2019) and the most popular South African Martial Arts.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

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  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Francois Botha ranks 67 out of 179. Before him are Stipe Miocic, José Aldo, Lyoto Machida, Charles Oliveira, Fabrício Werdum, and Tony Ferguson. After him are Eric Esch, Vitor Belfort, Kazuhiro Ninomiya, Mark Hunt, Khamzat Chimaev, and Melvin Manhoef.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Francois Botha ranks 360. Before him are Clovis Cornillac, Espen Bredesen, Katarina Barley, Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, Antonio Tarver, and Alejandra Guzmán. After him are Masahiko Harada, Aya Hisakawa, Oumou Sangaré, Bill Burr, Tomas Svensson, and Vickie Guerrero.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Francois Botha ranks 175 out of 454. Before him are Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Dimas (1969), Jackie Pretorius (1934), Robert Sobukwe (1924), Antjie Krog (1952), and Richard Borcherds (1959). After him are Ilana Kloss (1956), George Hunter (1927), Constand Viljoen (1933), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Lawrence Stevens (1913), and Neville Lederle (1938).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In South Africa

Among martial arts born in South Africa, Francois Botha ranks 1. 

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