Re: Duane Bobick vs. Kallie Knoetze ~ "White Heavyweight Championship of the World"
Saturday ~ February 4, 1978
~ Duane Bobick Smashed Out In 3 In South Africa ~
~ Duane Bobick Upset In South Africa By Unknown ~
~ Unknown South African Surprises Bobick With KO ~
American Duane Bobick was laid out @ 1:51 of the 3rd-round by 13-Bout South African -
Kallie Knoetze.
Bobick, the #5 WBA Heavyweight, entered the Ring as the solid favorite over Knoetze,
a Pretoria Policemen.
Bobick {Age 27 1/2} who had height, reach and experience over the 24 1/2 year-old Knoetze,
was expected to have a competitive bout early with the hard-swinging slugger, but was
figured to take the South African out later in the bout.
But from the Opening Bell, Bobick was out-punched and rocked by vicious combinations to
the head, and rattled several times by the Big Cop's heavy-fists.
Bobick was taken out if his game early, as he had no answer in stopping the South African's
relentless attack.
In Round 3, Bobick was stunned several times, and was hurt by a right-uppercut while
along the Ropes. Moments later, Knoetze caught Bobick leaning in with a vicious overhand
right to the left-side the American's face.
Bobick crashed face first into the canvas, where he at first tried to get up, but fell down.
Bobick did stumble up at the '8-Count' but was badly dazed and did not react to the Referee's
command as he was looking out over the Ropes near his corner.
The Referee - Stanly Christodoulou waved the bout over at 1:51, when Bobick did not
respond to his commands.
The 40,000 South African fans in attendance roared when Knoetze dropped Bobick just past
the mid-way point in Round 3, and the noise was deafening.
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Duane Bobick >
"When I got up, I couldn't hear the count because of the noise from the Stadium. I was up before
the count, and standing fine. I felt fantastic. I was not hurt that badly. The Referee shouldn't have
stopped the fight."
Stanley Christodoulou {Referee} >
"Duane was hurt and was not responding to my command. He fought back hard, but he took
a lot of punches in there. He was too badly dazed for me to let him go on."
Kallie Knoetze >
"I am a Champion. Maybe the White Champion, but still a Champion. Now I want Muhammad Ali.
My promoter {Matt Lotter} will make him an offer right away."
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Re: Duane Bobick vs. Kallie Knoetze ~ "White Heavyweight Championship of the World"
Friday ~ February 10, 1978
~ Duane Bobick ~ 'Disheartened But Not Discouraged In South Africa' ~
Duane Bobick discussing his shocking upset loss {L TKO 3} to unknown South African
Kallie Knoetze.
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I know what the Boxing Press will be saying back in the United States. Duane Bobick has no chin and
got KO'd by some 'no-name' guy in South Africa.
I'm sure they're also writing in the papers, that I can't fight and have no heart. And that I had to go to
the southern tip of Africa to get bouts, so nobody in America would be forced to watch me fight.
But South Africa has a '3' very good Heavyweights > {Kallie Knoetze, Gerrie Coetzee and Mike Schutte}.
These guys know to fight. They're all rough like a 'Wild African Cape Buffalo', and they can all punch
extremely hard.
Look, Muhammad Ali didn't want to come here to fight. And Ken Norton, Ron Lyle, Earnie Shavers and
Stan Ward wouldn't come over here either. They knew it would be a 'high' risk to get into the Ring with
one of these guys.
Re: Duane Bobick vs. Kallie Knoetze ~ "White Heavyweight Championship of the World"
Springbok
Duane Bobick signed a contract with Joe Frazier {Smokin' Joe Enterprises} back in
February 1975.
Joe Frazier was to be the Manager, and Bruce Wright was the Attorney who negotiated
the financing.
The contract stipulated, that Duane was to get a Monthly Salary, as well as 47% of the
Gross Receipts for each bout.
Smokin' Joe Enterprises would provide a Training Facilty, a Trainer {Eddie Futch} and
all expenses while Duane was under contract.
Duane, who was from Bowlus, Minnesota did re-locate to Philadelphia to train before
each bout.
I believe that Joe Frazier and Bruce Wright negotiated a '3-Fight Deal' for Duane to go to
South Africa and take on the '3' top South African Heavyweights.
Joe Frazier and Bruce Wright negotiated the deal in December 1977, and with the original
bout date scheduled for Saturday, January 28, 1978.
Duane, Eddie Futch, Murphy Griffith and 'Publicist' Dave Wolf went to Johannesburg in
mid-January to have 2-weeks to prepare for the bout.
The bout was pushed back 1-week, and re-scheduled for February 4th.
Besides '3' lucrative Fight Purse's, they also locked up a nice Endorsement Deal for Duane.
Re: Duane Bobick vs. Kallie Knoetze ~ "White Heavyweight Championship of the World"
February 18, 1978
Duane Bobick To Continue In South Africa, To Fight Mike Schutte Next ~
Re: Duane Bobick vs. Kallie Knoetze ~ "White Heavyweight Championship of the World"
Quote:
Originally Posted by
brocktonblockbust
Why did Knoetze throw AND MISS! so many looping overhand rights?
Good Notice,
Duane was able to dip down slightly, just as the looping overhand right was coming in.
Interesting bout, as Kallie threw so many punches here, yet never got arm-weary.
Kallie was 'relentless' from start-to-finish.
Duane proved that he did indeed have a 'decent chin'. He took many hard-bombs flush,
before going down just past the mid-way point in Round 3.
Re: Duane Bobick vs. Kallie Knoetze ~ "White Heavyweight Championship of the World"
Quote:
Originally Posted by
brocktonblockbust
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Bill Paxtom
Quote:
Originally Posted by
brocktonblockbust
Why did Knoetze throw AND MISS! so many looping overhand rights?
Good Notice,
Duane was able to dip down slightly, just as the looping overhand right was coming in.
Interesting bout, as Kallie threw so many punches here, yet never got arm-weary.
Kallie was 'relentless' from start-to-finish.
Duane proved that he did indeed have a 'decent chin'. He took many hard-bombs flush,
before going down just past the mid-way point in Round 3.
Ken norton also nailed the dwan Bobick with dozens of overhead rights right on the button yet Bobik did not go down right away
Correct Sir,
Duane took many punches flush from Ken, before going down while badly dazed.
And he still got up and beat the count.
