Pierre Fourie

Boxer (1943–1980)

Born

26 June 1943

Died

21 June 1980, Johannesburg

Citizenship

South Africa

Sport

boxing

Discipline

light heavyweight

Occupation

boxer

Pierre Jacy Fourie was a South African boxer. He was the undefeated middle and light heavyweight South African champion and held both titles at the same time. He retired from the ring in 1977. He died on 21 June 1980, at age 36 in a motor vehicle accident at Cecil Payne Park in Roodepoort South Africa.

He was the first white boxer in Apartheid South Africa to fight against a non-white opponent, American Bob Foster on 21 August 1973 in South Africa.

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q7192214 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.