On December 1, 1984, Gerrie Coetzee (29-3-1, 18 KOs), the heavyweight WBA champion, defends his title against American challenger, Greg Page (23-3, 18 KOs).
Gerrie Coetzee is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round KO victory over Michael Dokes, 1 year, 2 months, and 8 days ago. Greg Page is on a 2-fight losing streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to David Bey, 3 months and 1 day ago.
The winning odds are at 75.4-24.6 in favor of Greg Page. It is going to be a competitive fight and Gerrie Coetzee will put up a very good fight, but Page will prevail.
Greg Page stopped the champion via KO in the 8th round of the 15-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA heavyweight champion. Page improves his record to 24-3 (19 KOs), while Coetzee adds a loss to his record at 29-4-1.