Gerrie Coetzee, the former world heavyweight champion who fought Frank Bruno, has passed away due to a terminal illness.InformationGuideNigeria
According to The Sun, Coetzee was the first African boxer to compete for and win the world heavyweight championship, holding the belt from 1983 to 1984.JAMB Portal
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His manager, Thinus Strydom, verified the news of his passing. In his Cape Town residence, he reportedly died of lung cancer.NYSC Portal
On consultation, physicians reportedly provided him with his prognosis approximately one week ago.
He died in the company of his family.JAMB Result
“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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