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Fossie Schmidt vs Gerrie Coetzee — record, stats and common opponents compared

Fossie Schmidt

🇿🇦HEAVYWEIGHT

Gerrie Coetzee

Fossie Schmidt (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) and Gerrie Coetzee (33-6-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Schmidt

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Coetzee

33

Wins21 KO · 64%

6

Losses

1

Draw40 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Coetzee leads 1–0

Fossie Schmidt and Gerrie Coetzee have met 1 time; Coetzee leads 1–0.

Fossie Schmidt and Gerrie Coetzee have met 1 time; Coetzee leads 1–0.
Met1982Feb 13Series
Fossie SchmidtFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gerrie CoetzeeFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR41Meeting

The Numbers

Schmidt 2 · Coetzee 5 of 7 measurable rows
SchmidtCoetzee
Record†
1-333-6-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
83.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
1
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—63.64%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
64%
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 1.8
1.1
1.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
4
40

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Fossie Schmidt: No height on file
Gerrie Coetzee: 6′4″
Agenot held
Fossie Schmidt: No date of birth
Gerrie Coetzee: Died aged 67
Stance
Fossie Schmidt: Not recorded
Gerrie Coetzee: Orthodox

Fossie Schmidt left, Gerrie Coetzee right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Fossie Schmidt1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Fossie Schmidt: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Gerrie Coetzee33 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Gerrie Coetzee: 33 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (64%), 11 on the cards (33%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 64%11 on the cards 33%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Fossie Schmidt 4, Gerrie Coetzee 40 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Fossie Schmidt last boxed on Feb 13, 1982 — 16,319 days ago. Schmidt had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Gerrie Coetzee.LLWL

Mundine Jul 1978Carr Apr 1980Esa Aug 1981Coetzee Feb 19821.1 tracked bouts per year

Gerrie Coetzee had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Iran Barkley. Coetzee last boxed on Jun 8, 1997.LWWWL

Bruno Mar 1986Fiddler Aug 1993Turner Oct 1993Kosmicki Jan 1997Barkley Jun 19971.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Fossie Schmidt and Gerrie Coetzee ever fought each other?
Yes. Fossie Schmidt and Gerrie Coetzee met once on February 13, 1982, and Gerrie Coetzee won by RTD in round 4.
The meeting

LFeb 13, 1982 · Coetzee · RTD R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Schmidt or Coetzee?
Fossie Schmidt is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gerrie Coetzee is 33-6-1. Gerrie Coetzee has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Schmidt1–325%

Coetzee33–6–183.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Schmidt or Coetzee?
Fossie Schmidt has 1 knockout win and Gerrie Coetzee has 21. Gerrie Coetzee has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Schmidt1

Coetzee2163.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Schmidt and Coetzee have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Fossie Schmidt and Gerrie Coetzee have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Schmidt and Coetzee?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Fossie Schmidt and 40 bouts tracked for Gerrie Coetzee. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Schmidt4bouts

Coetzee40bouts

How They Win ↓

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