# Kallie Knoetze

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 and fellow South African Gerrie Coetzee six times, each winning three bouts.
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 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.
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-military sergeant, in the 1982 film Bomber.

## Professional boxing record

21 Wins (20 knockouts, 1 decisions), 6 Losses (4 knockouts, 2 decision), 0 Draws :
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Rounds | Date | Location |
| Loss | 21–6 | Robbie Williams | TKO | 10 | 21 July 1981 | West Ridge Tennis Stadium, Durban, South Africa |
| Win | 21–5 | John Baca | KO | 10 | 2 May 1981 | Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Win | 20–5 | Bernd August | RTD | 10 | 13 March 1981 | Joekies Ice Rink, Welkom, South Africa |
| Loss | 19–5 | Jimmy Abbott | TKO | 10 | 8 March 1980 | Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Loss | 19–4 | Mike Koranicki | KO | 10 | 19 December 1979 | Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Win | 19–3 | Randy Stephens | KO | 10 | 20 October 1979 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Win | 18–3 | George Butzbach | RTD | 10 | 14 September 1979 | New Kingsmead Soccer Stadium, Durban, South Africa |
| Loss | 17–3 | John Tate | TKO | 12 | 2 June 1979 | Independence Stadium, Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana |
| Win | 17–2 | Bill Sharkey | KO | 10 | 13 January 1979 | Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Win | 16–2 | G.G. Maldonado | KO | 10 | 26 August 1978 | Independence Stadium, Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana |
| Win | 15–2 | Denton Ruddock | KO | 10 | 1 July 1978 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Win | 14–2 | Duane Bobick | KO | 3 | 4 February 1978 | Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Win | 13–2 | Richard Dunn | KO | 10 | 10 September 1977 | Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Win | 12–2 | Mike Schutte | KO | 10 | 13 August 1977 | Wembley Ice Rink, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Win | 11–2 | Neville Meade | KO | 10 | 4 June 1977 | Milner Park Showgrounds, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Win | 10–2 | Ishaq Hussein | KO | 10 | 6 May 1977 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Win | 9–2 | Reinaldo Raul Gorosito | PTS | 10 | 4 March 1977 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Win | 8–2 | Ngozika Ekwelum | TKO | 10 | 29 January 1977 | Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Win | 7–2 | Jerry Huston Jr | RTD | 10 | 7 December 1976 | West Ridge Tennis Stadium, Durban, South Africa |
| Loss | 6–2 | Gerrie Coetzee | PTS | 10 | 30 October 1976 | Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Loss | 6–1 | Reinaldo Raul Gorosito | DQ | 10 | 5 October 1976 | Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Win | 6–0 | Frank Schram | RTD | 10 | 13 August 1976 | Callie Human Hall, University of OFS, Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Win | 5–0 | Domingo Silveira | TKO | 10 | 19 June 1976 | Skilpad Hall Showgrounds, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Win | 4–0 | Amedeo Laureti | TKO | 10 | 21 May 1976 | Showgrounds Central Arena, Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Win | 3–0 | Horst Lang | KO | 6 | 27 March 1976 | Badminton Hall, Showgrounds, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Win | 2–0 | Karsten Honhold | KO | 6 | 22 March 1976 | Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Win | 1–0 | Jeffrey Ellis | KO | 4 | 28 February 1976 | Wembley Ice Rink, Johannesburg, South Africa |