Francois Botha vs Deontay Wilder

12 Rounds both at their best, who wins?

 

Wilder gets him out around 6-10

 

Mismatch, Botha would get killed they should have an ambulance ringside.

 

Botha wasn't the most talented fighter, far from it, but he was one of the toughest and fearless.
That said, he is "made to order" for Wilder.

 

Wilder by a brutal KO. As limited as Wilder is, you still have to have certain attributes on point to beat him.

 

Probably Wilder but I wouldn't write Botha off either. He could box, he was tough and he had decent power. Look at what Duhaupas did to Wilder despite having light firepower himself. Ortiz should have a win over Wilder too but they gave Deonkay like a 10 minute rest when he was in trouble

 

Wilder catches him and puts his lights out.Botha’s defense was suspect

 

This is getting silly. Please take a look at what Lennox Lewis did to the guy. I know Wilder lacks the skill set of Lewis, but he had (just) enough skills and more than enough power to get the job done.

 

Lewis would have been up for murder if he fought Wilder

 

Maybe so, but we were discussing Wilder facing Botha.

 

You were the one who brought up Lewis.

 

Which has absolutely zero to do with the thread, or the post you were replying to.

 

Botha would probably be roughing Wilder up for a couple of rounds before Wilder lands his right. Then Botha would take a nap. Hard to predict which portion of the fight it would take place in, but that would be the general pattern of the fight.

 

Try again.

 

Botha would’ve been a champ in another era.