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Hekkie Budler (The Hexecutioner) is a 35-year old South African professional boxer. He was born in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa on May 18, 1988. Budler made his professional boxing debut at the age of 19, on July 5, 2007. He is a two-weight-class world champion.
16 years and two months into his professional boxing career, Hekkie Budler has fought 40 times with 35 wins and 5 losses. As of September 2023, Budler's boxing record stands at 35-5 (11 KO wins, 2 KO losses).
Following is a tabular list of Budler's fights. For a list with more details — like opponent record, opponent stats, including videos, and his next fight — refer to "All of Hekkie Budler's fights".
Total Fights | 40 |
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Wins | 35 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 11 |
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Total Title Wins | 4 |
Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 2 |
Losses via KO | 2 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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40 | Sep 18, 2023 | 35 | Kenshiro Teraji | Loss * | TKO9 |
39 | May 5, 2023 | 34 | Wichet Sengprakhon | Win | KO1 |
38 | Jun 25, 2022 | 34 | Elwin Soto | Win | UD |
37 | May 22, 2021 | 33 | Jonathan Almacen | Win | UD |
36 | Dec 31, 2018 | 30 | Hiroto Kyoguchi | Loss * | TKO10 |
35 | May 20, 2018 | 30 | Ryoichi Taguchi | Win * | UD |
34 | Sep 16, 2017 | 29 | Milan Melindo | Loss * | SD |
33 | Feb 4, 2017 | 28 | Joey Canoy | Win | RTD8 |
32 | Oct 22, 2016 | 28 | Siyabonga Siyo | Win | UD |
31 | Mar 19, 2016 | 27 | Byron Rojas | Loss * | UD |
30 | Sep 19, 2015 | 27 | Simphiwe Khonco | Win * | UD |
29 | Feb 21, 2015 | 26 | Jesús Silvestre | Win * | UD |
28 | Oct 25, 2014 | 26 | Xiong Chaozhong | Win * | UD |
27 | Jun 21, 2014 | 26 | Vicha Phulaikaw | Win * | KO8 |
26 | Mar 1, 2014 | 25 | Karluis Diaz | Win * | KO1 |
25 | Nov 9, 2013 | 25 | Hugo Hernan Verchelli | Win | TKO4 |
24 | Jun 15, 2013 | 25 | Nkosinathi Joyi | Win | SD |
23 | Feb 16, 2013 | 24 | Renan Trongco | Win | UD |
22 | Sep 22, 2012 | 24 | Florante Condes | Win | UD |
21 | Mar 26, 2012 | 23 | Shamila Kortman | Win | UD |
20 | Sep 24, 2011 | 23 | Michael Landero | Win | UD |
19 | May 29, 2011 | 23 | Luyanda Nkwankwa | Win | KO4 |
18 | Jan 27, 2011 | 22 | Gideon Buthelezi | Loss | SD |
17 | Aug 14, 2010 | 22 | Evaristo Primero | Win | SD |
16 | Jun 19, 2010 | 22 | Juanito Rubillar | Win | SD |
15 | Feb 27, 2010 | 21 | Juanito Rubillar | Win | MD |
14 | Oct 31, 2009 | 21 | Motswaki Moselesele | Win | KO1 |
13 | Sep 29, 2009 | 21 | Doctor Ntsele | Win | UD |
12 | Jul 11, 2009 | 21 | Khanyakude Mukansi | Win | UD |
11 | Apr 2, 2009 | 20 | Charity Mukondeleli | Win | PTS |
10 | Nov 29, 2008 | 20 | Ronald Parks | Win | PTS |
9 | Sep 13, 2008 | 20 | Dalisizwe Komani | Win | TKO6 |
8 | Jul 15, 2008 | 20 | Ronald Parks | Win | PTS |
7 | May 30, 2008 | 20 | Loyiso Ngantweni | Win | PTS |
6 | Apr 29, 2008 | 19 | Khanyakude Mukansi | Win | PTS |
5 | Feb 2, 2008 | 19 | Sibusiso Twani | Win | PTS |
4 | Dec 28, 2007 | 19 | Mario Gaxiola | Win | UD |
3 | Nov 12, 2007 | 19 | Sibusiso Ngqalathi | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Sep 17, 2007 | 19 | Petros Mahlangu | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Jul 5, 2007 | 19 | Michael Sediane | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Budler is a two-weight-division world champion. He has held four world titles, one of which was a vacant title win, and the rest three were lineal championship wins.
Weight Division | World Titles Held |
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Light-flyweight | WBA, IBF, The Ring |
Strawweight | WBA |
Hekkie Budler is 160 cm tall (5' 2.99") with a reach of 165 cm (5' 4.96"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 5 cm (1.97").
Budler has a 27.5% KO rate. Of his total 11 KO wins, eight were in the early rounds and three in the mid rounds. He has five first-round KO wins.
Hekkie Budler made his professional boxing debut against Michael Sediane at the age of 19 on July 5, 2007, defeating Sediane via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 16 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 4 wins via stoppage.
Budler had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on March 1, 2014 after 25 professional fights, against Karluis Diaz for the strawweight WBA (vacant) title. He defeated Diaz via 1st round KO to become the strawweight champion of the world.
He is a one-time unified light-flyweight world champion, and has won four world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Budler's world title wins and defenses refer to "Hekkie Budler World Titles".
Some of Budler's best fights and notable victories include wins over Ryoichi Taguchi, Karluis Diaz, Vicha Phulaikaw, Simphiwe Khonco, Jesús Silvestre, Elwin Soto, and Xiong Chaozhong.
Budler has had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was on September 18, 2023 against Japanese boxer Kenshiro Teraji for Teraji's light-flyweight WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring titles. Budler lost the fight via 9th round TKO.
Budler has fought a total of 40 times till today, which includes 10 world-title fights at two weight divisions — light-flyweight and strawweight. He has put on some very good performances in these fights. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
March 1, 2014: Budler wins his first world title by defeating Karluis Diaz via 1st round KO. He is now the WBA strawweight world champion.
May 20, 2018: Budler becomes a unified light-flyweight world champion by beating Ryoichi Taguchi via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring light-flyweight world-champion belts.
June 25, 2022: Hekkie Budler beats Elwin Soto via 12th round unanimous decision.
Budler has knocked out 11 of his 40 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 27.5%. Of his total 35 wins, 11 of them have been via KO (31.4%).
If you are interested in Budler's boxing career, you should definitely check out the following fights.