FORMER WBA heavyweight belt-holder Gerrie Coetzee died last Thursday, aged 67, just a week after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
The ‘Boksburg Bomber’ was many things: a ‘world’ champion who said he threw his final serious fight, an anti-racist who claimed to adore the black boxers he promoted but also threatened them, a sly wheeler-dealer adept at playing the village idiot, a softly spoken man with a high voice who could behave like a thug.
