30th October 1976 - Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 10 round heavyweight contest. Both fighters had faced each other a number of times as amateurs
Great job putting this classic on RU-vid. Coetzee and Knoetze were outstanding heavyweights of the late 70s to early 80s, and while Kallie would become a top contender, Gerrie would win a version of the world title. Both men's skill, power and anthletecism in this fight puts to shame many of the flabby, plodding US heavyweights of that time like Tubbs, Witherspoon, Bey, Broad and Page.
