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Born May 18th 1988 Hekkie Budler (aged 36) has built up a good career record of 28-1-0. With plenty of experience and now 29 fights as a pro, Budler hopes to move on to better things in future as he moves into the later stages of his career. He started his best winning streak on July 2007 however, this came to an end on August 2010. In this period he won a total of 17 fights.
Budler didn't take long to get comfortable in the pro game, becoming the first person to stop Michael Sediane (a 0 fight pro) via TKO in the 1st round. Following his debut, Budler had an impressive start to his career as he went on to win his next 15 fights including 4 times in 2007, 6 times in 2008 and 5 times through 2009 and 2010 against the likes of Motswaki Moselesele, Juanito Rubillar and Doctor Ntsele.
Mario Gaxiola was beaten next on December 28th, 2007 meaning Budler could maintain his unbeaten streak. Continuing his career, Budler fought Mario Gaxiola in 2007 over 4 rounds. Budler was the 2nd person to go the distance with Mario Gaxiola. Budler's win streak of 4 rose to 17 following 13 great wins, becoming the first boxer to go the distance with Sibusiso Twani, 6th person to go the distance with Khanyakude Mukansi and 2nd person to stop Dalisizwe Komani.
The first defeat of Budler's career came against Gideon Buthelezi on January 27th, 2011. This took his career record to 17-1-0. Budler's first defeat came over the full distance against Gideon Buthelezi on January 27th, 2011. The fight went to the judges in a SD loss for Budler. Budler's winning streak went from 17 wins to 19 after he then defeated boxers including Luyanda Nkwankwa and Michael Landero.
Budler went into his next career fight with a record of 19-1-0 and took this to 20 wins with a win against Shamila Kortman on March 26th, 2012. Shamila Kortman was Budler's next opponent of his career in 2012. The fight was scheduled for 8 and Budler was the 3rd person to go the distance with Kortman. 3 wins followed where Budler went on to be the 2nd person to defeat Nkosinathi Joyi, 7th person to defeat Florante Condes and 4th person to beat Renan Trongco.
Budler entered his next fight with a mostly successful record of 23-1-0 and took this to 24 wins with a win against Hugo hernan Verchelli on November 9th, 2013 via TKO. Budler was the first person to stop Hugo hernan Verchelli and he did it in the 4th round via TKO. Budler fought boxers including Pigmy Kokietgym and Karluis Diaz and he went on to win another 2 fights.
On October 25th, 2014, Budler went into action again and beat Xiong Zhao zhong taking the winning record to 27 wins. Budler secured the win over Zhao zhong after the final bell via UD, resulting in Budler being the 6th person to defeat Zhao zhong.
Hekkie Budler went into his fight with Joey Canoy on February 4th, 2017 with 27 wins and he added another win to his record taking it to 28 wins by beating Canoy. Budler beat Joey Canoy in the 8th round of a 12 round fight via RTD. Budler was the 2nd fighter to stop Canoy.