Corrie Sanders of South Africa celerbrastes
his victory over Wladimir Klitschko of Germany
during the WBO heavyweight fight at The Preussag
Arena on March 8 2003 in Hannover, Germany.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Corrie Sanders, the South African southpaw who knocked out Wladimir Klitschko in one of the great upsets in heavyweight boxing, has died after being shot by robbers at a restaurant during a family celebration.
The former WBO and WBU champion was 46.
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, police said. He died in a hospital in the capital city of Pretoria in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Source: The b/r
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