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SA boxer Willie Toweel dies at 83

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South African boxing great Willie Toweel has died at his home in Randburg, north of Johannesburg. He was 83.

Toweel won a bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1952 Olympics.

He also had a sterling professional career and retired at the age of 26. Toweel passed away on Christmas night surrounded by friends and family.

 

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