Record details

Gerrie COETZEE

"The Boksburg Bomber"

Heavyweight

Male

"The Bionic Hand"
(Gerhardus Christian Coetzee)
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

No amateur results

Professional record


1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 26	Randy Stephens	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10
+ Dec. 15	Ibar Arrington	Durban, South Africa	W 10

1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 24	Leon Spinks	Monte Carlo, Monaco	TKO 1
- Oct. 20	John Tate	Pretoria, South Africa	L 15
(For vacant WBA Heavyweight Title)

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 22	Pinklon Thomas	Atlantic City, USA	Draw 10
+ Sept. 23	Michael Dokes	Richfield, USA	KO 10
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title)

1984
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Dec. 1	Greg Page	Sun City, South Africa	KO by 8
(Lost WBA Heavyweight Title)

1985
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 7	James Tillis	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10

1986
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 4	Frank Bruno	Wembley, Great Britain	KO by 1


1987-1992 Inactive

1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 27	Dave Fiddler	Sacramento, USA	KO 2
+ Oct. 1	West Turner	Sacramento, USA	TKO 5


1994-1996 Inactive

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 10	Dan Kosmicki	Hollywood, USA	TKO 3
- June 8	Iran Barkley	Hollywood, USA	TKO by 10
(For vacant WBB Heavyweight Title)

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