Piet Crous
Piet Crous 
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| Data | |
| Birth Name | Petrus Arnoldus Crous |
| Weight class | Cruiser weight |
| nationality | South African |
| birthday | 2nd July 1955 |
| place of birth | Johannesburg |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 30th |
| Victories | 27 |
| Knockout victories | 21st |
| Defeats | 2 |
| draw | 1 |
Petrus Arnoldus Crous (born July 2, 1955 in Johannesburg ) is a former South African boxer and was 1984/85 world cruiserweight champion of the WBA.
Professional career
Crous made his debut as a professional boxer on November 14, 1977 at the age of 22. In Johannesburg he knocked out his compatriot Barend Steyn in the first of four scheduled rounds. In the following period he got several knockout victories, but mostly against boxers who had only fought one or two fights. On November 2, 1981, Crous was South African light heavyweight champion after defeating Doug Lumley in Cape Town . He was able to defend this title several times.
On December 1, 1984 it came in Sun City to the world championship fight in cruiserweight against Ossie Ocasio from Puerto Rico , who was able to defend the WBA title three times. Crous won the fight and became world champion. On March 30, 1985 Piet Crous defended his title against the American Randy Stephens by technical knockout in the third round. In July of the same year, Crous faced the former light heavyweight world champion Dwight Qawi from the United States. Piet Crous went down twice in the eleventh round and then lost prematurely due to a technical knockout. This defeat was followed by three more wins. After his loss to Freddie Rafferty (South Africa) on May 16, 1987 , Crous ended his professional career as a boxer after ten years.
It is noteworthy that Crous fought all of his fights in his home country South Africa, which is probably also due to the fact that he had only fought almost against compatriots. Piet Crous played all of his world championship fights in the Sun City Super Bowl .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Ossie Ocasio | Cruiserweight Boxing Champion ( WBA ) December 1, 1984 - July 27, 1985 |
Dwight Qawi |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Crous, Piet |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crous, Petrus Arnoldus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd July 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg |