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Total Fights | 40 |
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Wins | 33 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 21 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 22 years and eight months, Gerrie Coetzee fought 40 times with 33 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw.
Coetzee retired from professional boxing with a record of 33-6-1, which included one heavyweight world-title win. He had a 52.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 21 of his total 40 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Coetzee suffered four knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 10th round TKO defeat to Iran Barkley on June 8, 1997.
Some of Coetzee's best fights and notable victories include wins over Leon Spinks, Michael Dokes, Pierre Fourie, Mike Schutte, Ron Stander, Scott LeDoux, and Tom Prater.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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40 | Jun 8, 1997 | 42 | Iran Barkley | Loss | TKO10 |
39 | Jan 10, 1997 | 41 | Dan Kosmicki | Win | TKO3 |
38 | Oct 1, 1993 | 38 | West Turner | Win | TKO5 |
37 | Aug 27, 1993 | 38 | Dave Fiddler | Win | KO2 |
36 | Mar 4, 1986 | 30 | Frank Bruno | Loss | KO1 |
35 | Sep 7, 1985 | 30 | James Tillis | Win | UD |
34 | Dec 1, 1984 | 29 | Greg Page | Loss * | KO8 |
33 | Sep 23, 1983 | 28 | Michael Dokes | Win * | KO10 |
32 | Jan 22, 1983 | 27 | Pinklon Thomas | Draw | MD |
31 | Sep 11, 1982 | 27 | Stan Ward | Win | TKO2 |
30 | Mar 27, 1982 | 26 | Scott LeDoux | Win | KO8 |
29 | Feb 13, 1982 | 26 | Fossie Schmidt | Win | RTD4 |
28 | Oct 31, 1981 | 26 | Leroy Caldwell | Win | KO5 |
27 | Aug 9, 1981 | 26 | Renaldo Snipes | Loss | SD |
26 | Mar 14, 1981 | 25 | George Chaplin | Win | UD |
25 | Oct 25, 1980 | 25 | Mike Weaver | Loss * | TKO13 |
24 | Apr 19, 1980 | 25 | Mike Koranicki | Win | KO1 |
23 | Oct 20, 1979 | 24 | John Tate | Loss * | UD |
22 | Jun 24, 1979 | 24 | Leon Spinks | Win | TKO1 |
21 | Dec 15, 1978 | 23 | Ibar Arrington | Win | PTS |
20 | May 26, 1978 | 23 | Randy Stephens | Win | PTS |
19 | Dec 3, 1977 | 22 | Johnny Boudreaux | Win | KO6 |
18 | Oct 29, 1977 | 22 | Tom Prater | Win | RTD4 |
17 | Apr 16, 1977 | 22 | Mike Schutte | Win | PTS |
16 | Mar 19, 1977 | 21 | Pierre Fourie | Win | KO3 |
15 | Nov 27, 1976 | 21 | James Mathatho | Win | KO7 |
14 | Oct 30, 1976 | 21 | Kallie Knoetze | Win | PTS |
13 | Aug 16, 1976 | 21 | Mike Schutte | Win | DQ |
12 | Jul 17, 1976 | 21 | Ron Stander | Win | RTD8 |
11 | Apr 10, 1976 | 21 | Jimmy Richards | Win | TKO9 |
10 | Mar 22, 1976 | 20 | Hartmut Sasse | Win | PTS |
9 | Feb 28, 1976 | 20 | Jimmy Richards | Win | PTS |
8 | Oct 27, 1975 | 20 | Chris Roos | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Jun 27, 1975 | 20 | Hennie Thoonen | Win | TKO3 |
6 | Jun 7, 1975 | 20 | Amedeo Laureti | Win | PTS |
5 | May 5, 1975 | 20 | Hennie Thoonen | Win | PTS |
4 | Feb 22, 1975 | 19 | Steve Foley | Win | KO3 |
3 | Nov 2, 1974 | 19 | Kosie Oosthuizen | Win | KO1 |
2 | Oct 26, 1974 | 19 | Bert Nikkelen Kuyper | Win | KO1 |
1 | Sep 14, 1974 | 19 | Chris Roos | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Gerrie Coetzee (The Boksburg Bomber) was a South African professional boxer. He was born in Boksburg, East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa on April 8, 1955. He was a heavyweight world champion. Coetzee died on January 12, 2023 at the age of 67 years. His professional boxing career spanned more than 22 years — from 1974 to 1997.
Coetzee made his professional boxing debut against Chris Roos at the age of 19 on September 14, 1974, defeating Roos via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 21 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 12 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on October 20, 1979 after 22 professional fights, against John Tate for the WBA (vacant) title. He lost to Tate via 15 round unanimous decision.
Coetzee won one world title at heavyweight. For all the details about Coetzee's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Coetzee had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against American boxer Iran Barkley at 42 years of age, on June 8, 1997. Coetzee lost the fight via 10th round TKO.
Coetzee had a total of four world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and zero successful title defenses. He won one of these fights and lost three.
Gerrie Coetzee fought for a heavyweight world title in three fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Sep 23, 1983 | Michael Dokes | Heavyweight | WBA | KO |
Gerrie Coetzee lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Dec 1, 1984 | Greg Page | Heavyweight | WBA | KO |
Coetzee fought a total of 40 times during his professional career, which includes 4 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
June 24, 1979: Gerrie Coetzee puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Leon Spinks via 1st round TKO.
October 20, 1979: In his first world-title fight, Gerrie Coetzee loses to John Tate via 15 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for the WBA (vacant) heavyweight title.
September 23, 1983: Coetzee wins the WBA heavyweight title from Michael Dokes, by beating Dokes via 10th round KO.
Coetzee knocked out 21 of his 40 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 52.5%. Of his total 33 wins, 21 of them were via KO (63.6%).
Coetzee's first world-title win was the WBA belt at heavyweight. He defeated Michael Dokes via 10 round KO to win the title.
Coetzee won one world title at heavyweight.
Coetzee had one title defense fight, which he lost.