Kallie Knoetze
Kallie Knoetze | |
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Born | Nikolaas Jacobus Knoetze (1953-04-24)24 April 1953 Roodepoort, South Africa |
Other names | Die Bek van Boomstraat |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 27 |
Wins | 21 |
Wins by KO | 20 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 0 |
Kallie Knoetze (born as Nikolaas Jacobus Knoetze on 24 April 1953) is a retired South African heavyweight boxer and actor.
Boxing career
As an amateur Knoetze fought future professional world champion fellow South African Gerrie Coetzee six times, each winning three bouts.[1]
Knoetze turned professional in 1976, and started his career with six consecutive KO wins. In his seventh fight he was disqualified against Reinaldo Raul Gorosito, and in his eighth bout he lost a ten rounds points decision to Coetzee.
From late 1976 to 1979 he went on an 11-fight winning streak, which included avenging his loss to Gorosito via a ten rounds decision (this was the only bout in the streak that went to the distance) and knocking out US Olympian Duane Bobick and former Muhammad Ali opponent Richard Dunn.
In 1979 he was rated as the number three heavyweight in the world, and fought an elimination bout for the vacant WBA heavyweight belt, but he lost to another US Olympian, John Tate, via a twelfth-round knockout. In the other elimination bout Coetzee defeated Leon Spinks and then went on to lose to Tate for the WBA title himself.
Knoetze never fought for a major title again. He fought seven more bouts, winning four and losing three, before retiring in 1981 after a second-round knockout loss to Robbie Williams.
Acting career
Between 1979 and 1991 Knoetze acted in four movies, his best known role being primary antagonist Rosco Dunn, a former corrupt professional boxer turned to a military sergeant, in the 1982 film Bomber.
Professional boxing record
21 Wins (20 knockouts, 1 decisions), 6 Losses (4 knockouts, 2 decision), 0 Draws [1] | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Rounds | Date | Location | Notes |
Loss | 21–6 | ![]() | TKO | 10 | 21 July 1981 | ![]() | |
Win | 21–5 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 2 May 1981 | ![]() | |
Win | 20–5 | ![]() | RTD | 10 | 13 March 1981 | ![]() | |
Loss | 19–5 | ![]() | TKO | 10 | 8 March 1980 | ![]() | |
Loss | 19–4 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 19 December 1979 | ![]() | |
Win | 19–3 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 20 October 1979 | ![]() | |
Win | 18–3 | ![]() | RTD | 10 | 14 September 1979 | ![]() | |
Loss | 17–3 | ![]() | TKO | 12 | 2 June 1979 | ![]() | |
Win | 17–2 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 13 January 1979 | ![]() | |
Win | 16–2 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 26 August 1978 | ![]() | |
Win | 15–2 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 1 July 1978 | ![]() | |
Win | 14–2 | ![]() | KO | 3 | 4 February 1978 | ![]() | |
Win | 13–2 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 10 September 1977 | ![]() | |
Win | 12–2 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 13 August 1977 | ![]() | |
Win | 11–2 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 4 June 1977 | ![]() | |
Win | 10–2 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 6 May 1977 | ![]() | |
Win | 9–2 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 4 March 1977 | ![]() | |
Win | 8–2 | ![]() | TKO | 10 | 29 January 1977 | ![]() | |
Win | 7–2 | ![]() | RTD | 10 | 7 December 1976 | ![]() | |
Loss | 6–2 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 30 October 1976 | ![]() | |
Loss | 6–1 | ![]() | DQ | 10 | 5 October 1976 | ![]() | |
Win | 6–0 | ![]() | RTD | 10 | 13 August 1976 | ![]() | |
Win | 5–0 | ![]() | TKO | 10 | 19 June 1976 | ![]() | |
Win | 4–0 | ![]() | TKO | 10 | 21 May 1976 | ![]() | |
Win | 3–0 | ![]() | KO | 6 | 27 March 1976 | ![]() | |
Win | 2–0 | ![]() | KO | 6 | 22 March 1976 | ![]() | |
Win | 1–0 | ![]() | KO | 4 | 28 February 1976 | ![]() |
References
- ^ South African Heavyweights ... Two by Two
External links
- Boxing record for Kallie Knoetze from BoxRec (registration required)
- Kallie Knoetze at IMDb