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The White Buffalo has had numerous tilts at the heavyweight crown, however, he’s fallen short every single time—Alex Schulz, Michael Moorer, Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko, Evander Holyfield and Michael Grant were those who denied him the Holy Grail of boxing.

Though what they couldn’t deny him, was his penchant for food, which was one of the reasons he stepped into the ring with Ron Guerrero weighing in at 268 pounds of primed South African beef.

Worthy of note is the fact that Botha has competed in both kickboxing and MMA. In his one and only foray in the latter, “The White Buffalo” succumbed to an armbar submission courtesy of Japanese mixed martial artist Yoshihiro “Sexyama” Akiyama.