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Gerrie COETZEE
Male
"The Boksburg Bomber"
"The Bionic Hand"
(Gerhardus Christian Coetzee)
Heavyweight, South Africa, Boksburg, Gauteng
Born: April 8, 1955, Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Died: January 12, 2023, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
(passed away just over a week after being diagnosed with lung cancer)
Height: 6ft 3in, mt 1,90
Weight: 195-200-208-215-232-241-253 lbs
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1974 | | + Sept. 14 | Chris Roos | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 4 | | + Oct. 26 | Bert van Nikkelen Kuyper | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 1 | | + Nov. 2 | Kosie Oosthuizen | Pretoria, South Africa | KO 1 | | 1975 | | + Feb. 22 | Steve Foley | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 3 | | + May 5 | Hennie Thoonen | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 6 | | + June 7 | Amedeo Laureti | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 6 | | + June 27 | Hennie Thoonen | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 3 | | + Oct. 27 | Chris Roos | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 3 | | 1976 | | + Feb. 28 | Jimmy Richards | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 6 | | + Mar. 20 | Hartmut Sasse | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 6 | | + Apr. 10 | Jimmy Richards | Turffontein, South Africa | TKO 9 | | (Won vacant Transvaal Heavyweight Title) | | + July 17 | Ron Stander | Kensington, South Africa | KO 8 | | + Aug. 16 | Mike Schutte | Durban, South Africa | WDQ 6 | | (Won South African Heavyweight Title) | | + Oct. 30 | Kallie Knoetze | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 10 | | + Nov. 27 | James Mathatho | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 7 | | (Retained South African Heavyweight Title) | | 1977 | | + Mar. 19 | Pierre Fourie | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 3 | | (Retained South African Heavyweight Title) | | + Apr. 16 | Mike Schutte | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 12 | | (Retained South African Heavyweight Title) | | + Oct. 29 | Tom Prater | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 4 | | + Dec. 3 | Johnny Boudreaux | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 6 | | 1978 | | + May 26 | Randy Stephens | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 10 | | + Dec. 15 | Ibar Arrington | Durban, South Africa | W 10 | | 1979 | | + June 24 | Leon Spinks | Monte Carlo, Monaco | TKO 1 | | - Oct. 20 | John Tate | Pretoria, South Africa | L 15 | | (For vacant WBA Heavyweight Title) | | 1980 | | + Apr. 19 | Mike Koranicki | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 1 | | - Oct. 25 | Mike Weaver | Sun City, South Africa | TKO by 13 | | (For WBA Heavyweight Title) | | 1981 | | + Mar. 14 | George Chaplin | Honolulu, USA | W 10 | | - Aug. 9 | Renaldo Snipes | Tarrytown, USA | L 10 | | + Oct. 31 | Leroy Caldwell | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 5 | | 1982 | | + Feb. 13 | Fossie Schmidt | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 4 | | + Mar. 27 | Scott LeDOUX | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 8 | | + Sept. 11 | Stan Ward | Atlantic City, USA | TKO 2 | | 1983 | | = Jan. 22 | Pinklon Thomas | Atlantic City, USA | Draw 10 | | + Sept. 23 | Michael Dokes | Richfield, USA | KO 10 | | (Won WBA Heavyweight Title) | | 1984 | | - Dec. 1 | Greg Page | Sun City, South Africa | KO by 8 | | (Lost WBA Heavyweight Title) | | 1985 | | + Sept. 7 | James Tillis | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 10 | | 1986 | | - Mar. 4 | Frank Bruno | Wembley, Great Britain | KO by 1 | 1987-1992
Inactive | | 1993 | | + Aug. 27 | Dave Fiddler | Sacramento, USA | KO 2 | | + Oct. 1 | West Turner | Sacramento, USA | TKO 5 | 1994-1996
Inactive | | 1997 | | + Jan. 10 | Dan Kosmicki | Hollywood, USA | TKO 3 | | - June 8 | Iran Barkley | Hollywood, USA | TKO by 10 | | (For vacant WBB Heavyweight Title) |
Summary
Total bouts: 40, Won: 33 (21 inside the limit), Lost: 6 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0
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