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Boxing >> Ex-champion Corrie Sanders killed
| 9/23/12 10:55 AM | |
Johnny D
Member Since: 12/11/11 Posts: 626 |
From ESPN CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Former heavyweight champion Corrie Sanders has died after being shot by robbers at a restaurant during a family celebration. He was 46. Sanders Police say Sanders was shot in the hand and stomach at a family member's 21st birthday party at the restaurant in Brits, in South Africa's North West province, on Saturday night He died in a hospital in the capital city of Pretoria in the early hours of Sunday morning. A former WBO and WBU champion, the South African southpaw knocked out Wladimir Klitschko in one of the great upsets in heavyweight boxing in 2003. He retired in 2008 with a 42-4 record, with 31 knockouts. 
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| 9/23/12 2:05 PM | |
slugshot331
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Member Since: 9/10/10 Posts: 6123 |
That sucks. I remember being stunned when he KO'd Wlad. RIP |
| 9/23/12 2:17 PM | |
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The Ghost Of Swayze
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Member Since: 7/5/12 Posts: 319 |
RIP I hope to God they find these people. |
| 9/23/12 6:34 PM | |
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OKMike
Member Since: 1/26/10 Posts: 1435 |
Would a blue please post this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqEANlBbhsA&feature=player_embedded |
| 9/23/12 7:06 PM | |
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jason hornbuckle
Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 53506 |
he always seemed like a nice guy, its very sad never the pieces of shit that get murdered over nothing, its always the decent ones, seems like |
| 9/24/12 3:49 AM | |
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U4EA
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Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 5312 |
From wiki: - "Sanders former wife Suzette Sanders said Corrie died a hero, diving to protect his daughter from oncoming bullets." A great man. RIP. |
| 9/24/12 2:23 PM | |
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germ
Member Since: 6/19/03 Posts: 220 |
RIP This guy was awesome and if I remember right claimed to box as a hobby. Really wanted to be a pro golfer. |
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