At the first location, two suspects were apprehended and police recovered a cellular phone, vehicle key, purse and cash stolen during the robbery in which Sanders was shot to death. On 27 September 2012, following a tip-off, North West police arrested three men in the Oukasie informal settlement near Brits charging them with the murder of Sanders.
Sanders was already bleeding from his wounds when he pulled her to the ground and told her to pretend she was dead. Sanders had been near the entrance of the restaurant talking to his daughter Marinique and a cousin when three robbers entered firing their guns, striking Sanders in the stomach and arm as he moved in front of his daughter to protect her. Sanders' widow Suzette Sanders said Corrie died a hero, using his body to protect his daughter from oncoming bullets. Sanders was taken to a hospital in Pretoria, where he died in the early hours of 23 September 2012 of his wounds. On 22 September 2012, Corrie Sanders was fatally shot in an armed robbery at a restaurant in Brits, South Africa, where a function was being held for his nephew's 21st birthday. Sanders' final record was 42 wins (31 by knockout) and 4 losses. His last bout, of the South African heavyweight title, was a loss to Osborne Machimana, a bout he took despite being injured beforehand. He had signed with Golden Gloves Promotions, and won another bout in South Africa against Brazilian Daniel Bispo in May 2007.
Sanders returned to action after two years in November 2006 to score a second round stoppage win over the Australian heavyweight champion Colin Wilson at the Convention Centre in Mafikeng. After Sanders death, Vitali went on to pay his respects to Sanders by calling this the hardest fight of his career.Įight months later, Sanders knocked out Alexei Varakin in the second round of a contest in Soelden, Austria on December 2004. Sanders was stopped by Vitali in the eighth round of the fight in the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The referee decided not to award Sanders a potential knockdown of Vitali in round one. The fight took place on 24 April 2004, against Wladimir's older brother, Vitali. Sanders vacated the WBO title in December 2003 so that he could concentrate on a challenge for the vacant WBC belt. On 8 March 2003, Sanders provided a stunning upset in Hanover, Germany, by dropping Klitschko four times to snatch the Ukrainian's belt by a second-round knockout.
WBO heavyweight championĭespite the fact that he had fought only three rounds in the last two years, the WBO sanctioned a challenge to their heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Corrie Sanders' biggest weapons were his southpaw fast hands that he used to knock fighters out early. Returning to the ring in 2001 he scored a quick win over Michael Sprott and then followed this up with a defeat of Otis Tisdale in 2002. A stoppage loss to future heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman in a bout Sanders was winning confirmed his ability and also his vulnerability. He fought 12 more times over the next five years, including a first-round knockout over former world cruiserweight champion Carlos De León and a second-round knockout over another former world champion, Bobby Czyz. In his 24th bout, on, Sanders suffered his first defeat, at the hands of Nate Tubbs via a second-round knockout. Among the fighters he defeated during that streak were Steve Zouski, Art Card, future WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson, and future world title challenger Bert Cooper. He went on to win his next 22 bouts, 14 by knockout.
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Sanders made his professional debut in 1989 with a first-round knockout of King Kong Dyubele on 2 April 1989. Having been introduced to boxing by his uncle, Sanders finished his amateur career in the late 1980s with 180 wins and 11 losses. Sanders grew up in Brits, South Africa, and was of Afrikaner descent.
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