On April 16, 2022, a 34-year-old Chris van Heerden (28-2-1, 12 KOs) and Conor Benn met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Heerden came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 3 months, and 28 days.
Chris van Heerden lost to Conor Benn via TKO in the 2nd round, and adds an loss to his record at 28-3-1.
On September 11, 2015, a 28-year-old Chris van Heerden (23-1-1, 12 KOs) and a 25-year-old American boxer Errol Spence Jr. (17-0, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Heerden came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 29 days. Spence Jr. was on a 17-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 22 days.
Errol Spence Jr. stopped Chris van Heerden via TKO in the 8th round. Spence Jr. improves his record to 18-0 (15 KOs), while Heerden adds a loss to his record at 23-2-1.
On May 29, 2010, a 22-year-old Chris van Heerden (14-0-1, 10 KOs) and Nikola Stevanović met in the ring in a super-welterweight bout.
Heerden came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 16 days.
Chris van Heerden lost to Nikola Stevanović via split decision in the 12-round super-welterweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 14-1-1.