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. Corrie Sanders, 46, was shot by robbers at a restaurant during a family celebration. The heavy-hitting southpaw was best known for his upset of Wladimir Klitschko. 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 early Sunday morning. Sanders (42-4, 31 KOs), a heavy-hitting southpaw who fought professionally from 1989 to 2008, is best known for his massive upset of Wladimir Klitschko to win a heavyweight title in March 2003. Sanders stopped him in the second round in Hannover, Germany. Rather than face Klitschko in a rematch, Sanders, who was stripped of his title by the WBO, returned 13 months later to face Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir's older brother, for the vacant WBC version of the heavyweight crown. | From: Eddie Allard Views: 2 0 ratings | |
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