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Coetzee
Seriously
Burned
in
Welding Accident
March 16, 1990
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,
Rina,
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.
By
Putting
Up
a
Fight,
Coetzee
Hooks Up Cable
January
17,
1996
|
MIKE
HISERMAN,
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gerrie
Coetzee,
former
world
heavyweight
champion
turned
boxing
promoter,
has
secured
the
cable
television
contract
he
needed
to
give
his
shows
at
the
Warner
Center Marriott a major boost.
But
there's
a
catch.
Part
of
the
deal
struck
by
Coetzee-operated
Top
Ring
USA,
cable
television
giant
American
Independent
Network
and
Black
Bear
Entertainment
calls
for
the
40-year-old
native
of
South
Africa
to
return to the ring. In less than two months.
Former
heavyweight
champion
Michael Dokes continued his...
April 29, 1988
Former
heavyweight
champion
Michael
Dokes
continued
his
comeback
bid
by
knocking
out
James
Pritchard
in
the
seventh
round
of
a
scheduled
12-round
fight
at
Madison Square Garden.
Dokes,
29,
fought
at
225
pounds,
50
less
than
when
he
started
his
comeback
last
December after a 33-month layoff.
Dokes
(33-1-2)
scored
his
fourth
straight
knockout
since
starting
his
comeback.
He
lost
the
World
Boxing
Assn.
title
to
South
African
Gerrie Coetzee in 1983.
Gerrie
Coetzee
of
South
Africa,
former WBA heavyweight...
September 8, 1985
Gerrie
Coetzee
of
South
Africa,
former
WBA
heavyweight
champion,
overcame
a
cut
over
his
right
eye
to
score
a
unanimous
10-round
decision
over
James
Tillis
of
Oklahoma
City
at
Johannesburg, South Africa.
There
were
no
knockdowns
as
Tillis
spent
much
of
the
time
in
retreat,
even
though
Coetzee's face was bloodied by the cut.
Weaver
Goes
After
Title
in
Bout
Set
for Marriott
March 8, 1996 | By MIKE HISERMAN
Mike
Weaver,
a
former
world
heavyweight
champion,
will
be
after
a
less
glamorous
title--
but
a
title
nonetheless--in
the
main
event
of
a
six-fight
boxing
card
March
27
at
the
Warner
Center Marriott.
In
a
bout
scheduled
for
12
rounds,
Weaver
will
challenge
reigning
Penta
heavyweight
champion
Cesar
Rendon
of
Mexico,
promoter
Gerrie Coetzee said Thursday.
With
Glory
Years
Behind,
Weaver
Gets
Marriott
Bout
:
Boxing:
Former
WBA
heavyweight
champion
will
face George O'Mara.
May
24,
1995
|
By
MIKE
HISERMAN,
TIMES
STAFF WRITER
Former
world
champion
Mike
Weaver
will
fight
in
the
main
event
of
next
month's
boxing
card
at
the
Warner
Center
Marriott,
promoter,
Gerrie Coetzee said on Tuesday.
Weaver,
who
has
a
record
of
39-16-1
with
28
knockouts,
will
meet
Van
Nuys-based
veteran
George
O'Mara
in
a
heavyweight
bout
scheduled for 12 rounds June 21.
In
the
alphabet
soup
of
professional
boxing,
Weaver
is,
even
at
age
43,
still
a
champion.
He
holds
the
title
of
the
National
Boxing
Assn.
But his glory years are behind him.
Goossen
to
Fight
Lonon
for
IBO
Title in Valley
June
5,
1996
|
By
MIKE
HISERMAN,
TIMES
STAFF WRITER
What
he
promised
at
the
start
of
the
year,
boxing
promoter
Gerrie
Coetzee
says
he
will
deliver
three
weeks
from
today:
A
world
title
fight in the San Fernando Valley.
Coetzee
said
Tuesday
that
undefeated
junior
middleweight
P.J.
Goossen
will
meet
Greg
Lonon
in
a
12-round
bout
for
the
International
Boxing
Organization
championship
in
the
Warner
Center
Marriott
hotel's
Grand
Ballroom on June 26.
Goossen,
from
North
Hollywood,
has
a
record
of 16-0 with 11 knockouts.
P.J.
Goossen
(15-0)
Signs
Deal
With Coetzee's Top Ring USA
August
30,
1995
|
By
MIKE
HISERMAN,
TIMES STAFF WRITER
P.J.
Goossen,
one
of
the
most
popular
boxers
to
fight
at
the
Warner
Center
Marriott,
Tuesday
signed
a
promotional
contract
with
Top
Ring
USA
that
will
make
the
San
Fernando
Valley
his
home
base
for
the
next
three
years.
Goossen,
ranked
among
the
world's
top
20
junior
middleweights
by
several
boxing organizations, has a record of 15-0.
"We're
very
excited
about
being
associated
with
a
boxer
with
P.J.'s
talent,"
said
Gerrie
Coetzee, Top Ring's president.
Spurning
Diet,
Ballard
Orders
Home
Cooking
:
Boxing:
Orange
County
fighter
turns
down
London
title
bout
to meet Santos in Valley.
August
3,
1995
|
By
MIKE
HISERMAN,
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Having
declined
an
opportunity
to
fight
for
a
world
super
middleweight
championship,
Gerry
Coetzee
said
Gary
Ballard
will
meet
Roman
Santos
in
the
main
event
of
a
six-bout
boxing
card
Wednesday
at
the
Warner
Center
Marriott.
Ballard
recently
was
offered
a
shot
at
World
Boxing
Council
super
middleweight
champion
Nigel Benn of Britain on Sept. 2 in London.
However,
fighting
as
a
super
middleweight
would have required losing 12 pounds.
Pumar
Takes
Title
From
Monjardin
:
Boxing:
Filipino
knocks
out
state
junior
lightweight
champion
in
fifth
round.
July
13,
1995
|
By
MIKE
HISERMAN,
TIMES
STAFF WRITER
You
could
say
Hector
Monjardin
almost
had
it
right.
He
said
his
fight
with
Isagani
(Little
Guns)
Pumar
on
Wednesday
night
at
the
Warner
Center
Marriott
,
promoted
by
Gerry
Coetzee wouldn't go more than four rounds.
It
ended
in
five.
One
other
rather
large
alteration
to
the
plan:
Pumar
won,
wresting
away
Monjardin's
state
junior
lightweight
championship
with
an
impressive
display
of
smarts, guile and boxing skills.
BOXING
/
MIKE
HISERMAN
:
Valley
Fans
Could
Go
From
Famine
to Feast
May 17, 1995 | By MIKE HISERMAN
A
year
ago,
there
wasn't
a
venue
anywhere
around
the
San
Fernando
Valley
that
regularly
staged professional boxing cards.
Three
months
from
now,
there
might
well
be
two
within
a
mile
of
each
other
in
Woodland
Hills.
Since
last
fall,
Peter
Broudy
has
been
promoting
club
shows
at
the
Warner
Center
Marriott.
Mike
Goossen
attended
one
of
them
to
watch
his
nephew,
P.J.
Goossen,
win
the
State junior middleweight championship.
Driving
home,
he
said,
a
thought
occurred
to
him: "Why can't I do this?"
Weaver
Pulls
No
Punches
With
Jabs at O'Mara Mouthpiece
June 16, 1995
By
professional
boxing
standards
the
exchange
was
tame,
but
a
pre-fight
media
gathering
featuring
National
Boxing
Assn.
heavyweight
champion
Mike
Weaver
and
challenger
George
O'Mara
did
have
an
anxious moment.
Weaver,
a
former
world
champion,
had
just
finished
talking
about
who
he
might
like
to
fight
later
this
year,
presumably
after
he
defeats
O'Mara
on
June
21
at
the
Warner
Center
Marriott.
Mike
Tyson
was
mentioned.
So was Oliver McCall.