Former world heavyweight champion Gerrie Coetzee who fought with Frank Bruno has died after a sickness.
Coetzee was the first boxer from Africa to fight for, and win, a world heavyweight championship, holding the title from 1983 to 1984, according to Wonder9ja.
The announcement of his death was confirmed by his manager, Thinus Strydom. He reportedly died of lung cancer at his home in Cape Town.
He was said to have been given his prognosis by doctors around a week ago, upon consultation.
He died surrounded by his family.
“A giant has fallen. The Boksburg Bomber has succumbed to illness. Almost exactly 40 years after his great triumph – winning the WBA heavyweight championship by 10th-round KO against Mike Dokes – Gerrie Coetzee has died aged 67. One of my boyhood heroes. RIP,” South African Super Sport Senior Communications Manager, Clinton Berg, wrote in tribute via his verified Twitter page, Thursday.
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