{"id":174100,"date":"2026-01-16T13:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/el-wbc-lamenta-el-fallecimiento-de-la-leyenda-sudafricana-kosie-ko-smith\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:43:08","slug":"the-wbc-mourns-the-passing-of-south-african-legend-kosie-ko-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/the-wbc-mourns-the-passing-of-south-african-legend-kosie-ko-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"The WBC mourns the passing of South African legend Kosie &#8220;KO&#8221; Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-path-to-node=\"2\"><strong>The WBC mourns the passing of South African legend Kosie &#8220;KO&#8221; Smith<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The World Boxing Council and its President, Mauricio Sulaim\u00e1n, express their deepest condolences following the passing of one of South African boxing\u2019s most iconic and powerful figures: Johannes Jacobus Adriaan Smith, better known worldwide as Kosie \u201cKO\u201d Smith.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Kosie Smith, who passed away on January 15, leaves an irreparable void in the South African boxing community, but also a legacy of unwavering courage and a level of skill that made him a true phenomenon of the light heavyweight division.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">A three-time South African national light heavyweight champion, Smith defended his crown with a ferocity and pride that made him an idol in his home country.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The WBC offers its prayers for the eternal rest of a pioneer of South African boxing, a warrior, and a great father.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Rest in Peace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WBC mourns the passing of South African legend Kosie &#8220;KO&#8221; Smith The World Boxing Council and its President, Mauricio Sulaim\u00e1n, express their deepest condolences following<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":174097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}