South African heavyweight boxer, Francois (Frans) Botha, nickamed the "White Buffalo," secured a victory in a split decision against Germany's Axel Schulz to win the International Boxing FederationWorld Heavyweight Championship. Previous to the fight, the representatives of the two boxers, the president of IBF/USBA and the representative of the German Boxing Federation, had signed a document entitled "Rules for IBF/USBA & Intercontinental Championship Bouts" ("Bout Rules"), which included an anti doping rule. Subsequent to Botha's victory, his urine specimen was sent to a German laboratory where it tested positive for anabolic steroids. He and his camp claimed that he took medicine prescribed by a doctor for an arm injury.
eventREF E-0013228Revised
9 December 1995
Francois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Francois Botha. Wikipedia [Online]. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/ [accessed 22 September 2011]
- 02vls.law.vill,'Bout Rules',[Online],Available at:www.vls.law.vill.edu,[Accessed:26 November 2013]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Francois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013228
South African History Online (2011) 'Francois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013228 (Accessed: 24 October 2026).
South African History Online, Francois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013228, (accessed 24 October 2026).
"Francois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013228. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Francois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013228.
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