Boxing champ remembered
Florentia Roman
24
September 2012
Tributes are pouring in for former heavyweight South African and world boxing champion Corrie Saunders.
He was killed on Saturday night in an armed robbery at a restaurant near Brits inNorth West
Saunders was shot in the stomach and later died of his injuries.
The 46-year-old champion had been attending his nephew’s 21st birthday party.
One of his best friends, the singer Kurt Darren, says Sanders was very active in the Shout anti-crime campaign.
Tributes are pouring in for former heavyweight South African and world boxing champion Corrie Saunders.
He was killed on Saturday night in an armed robbery at a restaurant near Brits in
Saunders was shot in the stomach and later died of his injuries.
The 46-year-old champion had been attending his nephew’s 21st birthday party.
One of his best friends, the singer Kurt Darren, says Sanders was very active in the Shout anti-crime campaign.
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