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Kallie Knoetze (born as Nikolaas Jacobus Knoetze on 24 April 1953) is a retired South African heavyweight boxer and actor.

As an amateur Knoetze fought future professional world champion and fellow South African Gerrie Coetzee six times, each winning three bouts.^[1]

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.

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.^[2]

21 Wins (20 knockouts, 1 decisions), 6 Losses (4 knockouts, 2 decision), 0 Draws [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Rounds	Date	Location	Notes
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

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• Kallie Knoetze at IMDb