Gerrie Coetzee

Gerrie Coetzee is a South African boxer. He is a former world champion in the light-middleweight division. Coetzee was born on October 25, 1971, in Cape Town, South Africa. He began boxing at a young age and turned professional in 1992. Coetzee won the IBF light-middleweight title in 2000 and successfully defended it five times. He retired from boxing in 2005. Coetzee was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2014. He is based in Cape Town, South Africa.