# Who is the best South African boxer of all time?

> A Benoni bantamweight who held every belt in his division meets the Boksburg puncher who took a heavyweight crown to Africa.

*By YPB Team · Published November 1, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-south-african-boxer-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Vic Toweel**
   Benoni bantamweight who became South Africa's first world champion and only undisputed one in 1950.
2. **Gerrie Coetzee**
   Boksburg puncher who won the WBA heavyweight title in 1983, the first African to hold a heavyweight crown.

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