{"id":14895,"date":"2012-09-24T04:50:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T02:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/boxing-s-african-ex-wbo-boxing-champion-sanders-killed-by-robbers\/"},"modified":"2012-09-24T04:50:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T02:50:23","slug":"boxing-s-african-ex-wbo-boxing-champion-sanders-killed-by-robbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/boxing-s-african-ex-wbo-boxing-champion-sanders-killed-by-robbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing-S.African ex-WBO boxing champion Sanders killed by robbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Sanders shot in arm, stomach by robbers<\/span><\/p>\n

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* He won WBO heavyweight title with 2003 knockout<\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, Sept 23<\/span> (Reuters) – South African former world
\nheavyweight boxing champion Cornelius “Corrie” Sanders died on
\nSunday after being shot by armed robbers who burst into his
\nnephew’s 21st birthday party, the South African Broadcasting
\nCorporation reported.<\/p>\n

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Sanders, 46, was hit in the arm and the stomach when the
\nrobbers raided a restaurant outside the town of Brits in North
\nWest Province where he and other family members were attending
\nthe party, the SABC said on its website.<\/p>\n

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He was rushed to hospital but died from his wounds in the
\nearly hours of Sunday.<\/p>\n

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“Three guys walked in and then started shooting
\n-unfortunately Corrie Sanders was wounded in that shooting – and
\nthey stole some purses, cellphones and car keys from other
\npeople,” Johan de Jager, owner of the Thatch Haven Country Lodge
\nrestaurant, told the SABC.<\/p>\n

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Sanders, nicknamed “The Sniper” because of his fierce left,
\nwon the World Boxing Organization heavyweight title in 2003 with
\na surprise knockout of Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko.<\/p>\n

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Out of his 46 professional fights, he lost only four.<\/p>\n

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Tributes poured in on Sunday from admirers and fellow sports
\nstars. “He was just a fantastic sportsman,” former South African
\nrugby captain Naas Botha told eNews Channel Africa.<\/p>\n

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Police were searching for the robbers.<\/p>\n

(Reporting By Pascal Fletcher; Editing by Ralph Gowling)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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