Coetzee Seriously Burned in Welding Accident
South Africa’s most successful heavyweight boxer, former World Boxing Assn. champion Gerrie Coetzee, has been seriously burned in a welding accident on his farm near Johannesburg.
Coetzee’s wife, Rita, said Thursday he had been taken to a hospital with burns to his legs, face and arms after a truck exploded, throwing burning diesel fuel over him.
Coetzee’s became WBA champion in 1983, and he quit the ring at 34 in 1988.
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