“Gerrie had a hip replacement recently and he had a wound that would not heal,” he said. “He complained of consistent pains, so he went to the doctor for a check-up and that is when he found out that he had cancer and in fact the doctor told him that it had spread all over his body and he had only a week to live,” said Strydom.Strydom who is based in Mpumalanga is a veteran boxing promoter whose World Boxing Promotions guided Coetzee to stardom.
Strydom said out of all the men who worked in Coetzee’s corner — his father and trainer and his assistant as well as promoter Cedrick Kushner have all passed on. “I am the only one remaining now,” he said. This year was going to mark 40 years anniversary of Coetzee’s world championship triumph. The “Boksburg Bomber” won the WBA with a 10th-round knockout of defending champion America Michael Dokes at Richfield Coliseum, Ohio in the US, on September 23, 1983.
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