Sport & Note

Daan BEKKER

Male

(Daniel Wepener Bekker)
Heavyweight, South Africa, Pretoria, Gauteng
Born: February 9, 1932, Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died: October 22, 2009, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

as an amateur:
From 1955 to 1959 and 1961 was the South African heavyweight champion
1956 Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games heavyweight bronze medal
1958 Cardiff, Wales, British Empire and Commonwealth Games gold medal
1960 Roma, Italy, Olympic Games heavyweight silver medal

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1961
+ Nov. 29	Dawid Hamman	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 1
1962
= Feb. 24	Jan Scheepers	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 6
+ Mar. 17	Jan Scheepers	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO 6
vacant South African Heavyweight Title
+ Apr. 25	Gerry de Bruyn	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 5
+ June 9	Stoffel Willemse	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 12
South African Heavyweight Title
- July 6	Mike Holt	Durban, South Africa	TKO by 7
+ July 28	Stoffel Willemse	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10
+ Dec. 22	Alf McKnight	Durban, South Africa	KO 3
1963
- Jan. 26	Stoffel Willemse	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO by 7
South African Heavyweight Title
1964-1967 Inactive
1968
+ Sept. 7	Tommy Miller	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 4

Summary

Total bouts: 10, Won: 7 (4 inside the limit), Lost: 2 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0