Updated On: 24 September, 2012 08:59 AM IST | | AFP
South Africa's former world heavyweight champion Corrie Sanders died of wounds sustained in a shooting at a Pretoria restaurant where he was celebrating his nephew's 21st birthday, police reported yesterday
Three men burst into the restaurant on Saturday evening and fired randomly where the family were dining, shooting Sanders in the stomach and hand as he dived in front of his daughter to protect her. The 46-year-old died from his injuries yesterday morning.

Corrie Sanders punches Wladimir Klitschko duringu00a0their WBO heavyweight fight in 2003. Pic/Getty Images