Tribute | Coetzee’s death sends SA boxing on to the canvas
When Gerrie Coetzee won the world heavyweight boxing championship in the late 1980s, not only did he etch his name into the history books, he also united the country during the dark days of apartheid.
In doing so, Coetzee, a true Afrikaner seun who was referred to as the “great white hope”, etched his name into the global boxing annals by becoming the first African fighter to win a world heavyweight title. Apart from the late Peter “Terror” Mathebula, the country’s first black pugilist to annex the WBA global crown – albeit in the flyweight class – Coetzee’s achievement in the supreme boxing weight category earned him much acclaim. The heavyweight class is regarded as the most prestigious in boxing, and winning a world title thereof is a big deal.He was also dubbed the man with the bionic hand because he had broken his right hand before his knockout victory over Dokes.
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