Happy Pieterse


Jan Happy Pieterse was a South African boxer. His professional record includes 22 fights: 17 wins, and 5 losses.
He died on 26 May 2013, two days before his 71st birthday.

Career

In 1963, Pieterse won the light-middleweight title at the South African amateur championships, before turning professional in July 1965 and stopping Boet de Bruyn in the fourth round.
His last fight was in February 1970 against Sarel Aucamp, to whom he lost the national title.