Michael Richard Schutte (9 December 1950 – 14 July 2008) was a South African

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

, actor, comedian and singer.

Professional career

In May 1973 he contested the vacant Transvaal heavyweight title against Johnny Britz but was disqualified in the second round. Two months later he fought a rematch against Johnny Britz winning the Transvaal heavyweight title on points. During April 1974, he fought Jimmy Richards for the South African heavyweight title losing in a technical knockout. He would fight Jimmy Richards for the title two more times obtaining the South African heavyweight title in September 1975 on points. He would retain the title for less than a year when Gerrie Coetzee fought him in August 1976 and lost when he was disqualified in the sixth round. Shutte attempted to regain the title from Gerrie Coetzee in April 1977 but lost on points. He fought his last fight against Neil Malpass in June 1979 and announced his retirement. He was trained by Alan Toweel.

Filmography

Schutte starred in a number of South African films, playing himself in some of them: * '' Io sto con gli ippopotami'' (1979) * ''Funny People II'' (1983) * ''Target Scorpion'' (1983) * ''Wolhaarstories'' (1983) * ''You Must Be Joking!'' (1986) * ''Hiding Out'' (1987) * ''You Must Be Joking Too!'' (1987) * ''Oh Schuks ... I'm Gatvol!'' (2004)

Death

Mike Schutte died on 14 July 2008 at the Emfuleni Medi-Clinic in Vanderbijlpark of liver failure, thrombosis and an enlarged heart after being admitted two days earlier.

Professional boxing record

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, PTS , 12 , 16 April 1977 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 34–6 , align=left,

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, PTS , 10 , 19 February 1977 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 33–6 , align=left, Rodney Bobick , UD , 10 , 5 October 1976 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , 32-6 , align=left,

, DQ , 6 (12) , 16 August 1976 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 32-5 , align=left,

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, PTS , 10 , 9 July 1976 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 31-5 , align=left,

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, KO , 3 (10) , 22 May 1976 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 30-5 , align=left, Terry Hinke , KO , 3 (10) , 4 May 1976 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 29-5 , align=left, Tommy Kost , KO , 2 (10) , 13 April 1976 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 28-5 , align=left, Pat Duncan , KO , 4 (10) , 15 March 1976 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 27-5 , align=left, Obie English , RTD , 6 (10) , 14 February 1976 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 26–5 , align=left, Jose Roman , TKO , 7 (10) , 1 January 1976 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 25-5 , align=left, Bill Carson , RTD , 3 (10) , 12 December 1975 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 24–5 , align=left, Jose Roman , PTS , 10 , 29 November 1975 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 23–5 , align=left, Roy Wallace , RTD , 3 (10) , 27 October 1975 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 22–5 , align=left,

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, PTS , 12 , 13 September 1975 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 21–5 , align=left, Alfredo Mongol Ortiz , RTD , 7 (8) , 30 June 1975 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 20–5 , align=left,

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, TKO , 1 (10) , 17 May 1975 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 19-5 , align=left, Larry Beilfuss , RTD , 4 (10) , 7 April 1975 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , 18–5 , align=left,

, PTS , 12 , 8 February 1975 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , 18–4 , align=left,

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, PTS , 10 , 30 November 1974 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 18–3 , align=left,

Dawie du Preez Dawie is a masculine given name and nickname which may refer to: * Dawid Dawie Ackermann (1930–1970), South African international rugby union and rugby league footballer * Dawid Dawie Snyman (born 1949), South African former rugby union player an ...

, TKO , 3 (10) , 24 July 1974 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , 17–3 , align=left,

, TKO , 12 , 20 April 1974 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 17–2 , align=left, Paul Simonetti , RTD , 2 (10) , 2 March 1974 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , 16–2 , align=left,

, KO , 1 (10) , 28 January 1974 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 16–1 , align=left, Miguel Angel Paez , RTD , 5 (10) , 20 November 1973 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 15–1 , align=left,

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, TKO , 1 (10) , 13 October 1973 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 14–1 , align=left,

, PTS , 10 , 14 July 1973 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , 13–1 , align=left,

, DQ , 2 (10) , 12 May 1973 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , style="background:#abcdef;", Draw , 13–0 , align=left,

, PTS , 8 , 7 February 1973 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 13–0 , align=left,

, PTS , 10 , 4 November 1972 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 12–0 , align=left,

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, TKO , 1 (10) , 27 October 1972 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 11–0 , align=left,

, PTS , 10 , 30 September 1972 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 10–0 , align=left,

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, TKO , 1 (10) , 2 September 1972 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 9–0 , align=left,

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, KO , 3 (8) , 15 July 1972 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 8–0 , align=left,

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, KO , 1 (8) , 26 June 1972 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 7–0 , align=left, Mariano Echevarria , PTS , 8 , 3 June 1972 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 6–0 , align=left,

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, TKO , 1 (8) , 20 March 1972 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 5–0 , align=left, Romano Peviani , KO , 2 (8) , 19 February 1972 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 4–0 , align=left,

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, TKO , 2 (6) , 17 January 1972 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 3–0 , align=left, Jan Delport , TKO , 2 (8) , 7 August 1971 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 2–0 , align=left,

, KO , 1 (6) , 15 May 1971 , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , 1–0 , align=left, Doug de Wet , KO , 1 (6) , 8 May 1971 , align=left, , align=left,

References

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