death_date nationality total birth_date wins death_place realname image name losses ko birth_place height nickname draws reach website weight article_title
23 september 2012 south african 46 07 january 1966 42 pretoria , south africa cornelius johannes sanders corrie sanders.jpg corrie sanders 4 31 brits , south africa 6 ft 4 in m 2 on the sniper 0 77 in cm 0 on http://www.corriesanders.com heavyweight corrie sanders

corrie sanders

cornelius johannes `` corrie '' sanders -lrb- 7 january 1966 -- 23 september 2012 -rrb- was a south african professional boxer .
in 2003 he became the wbo heavyweight champion by defeating wladimir klitschko via a second-round knock out that is considered one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history and was named `` ring '' magazine upset of the year 2003 .
he died in a hospital in the early hours of 23 september 2012 after being shot during an armed robbery .
