Granger Korff

GRANGER KORFF. 1960-Cassius Clay won Olympic gold in Rome; the Beatles made their debut in Germany; apartheid was 'booming' in South Africa; and Granger Korff was born on the East Rand near Johannesburg. "The apartheid system was sewn tight as a Zulu drum and the country moved to a slow beat," he says of the times. He grew up in the mining town of Benoni, a quiet child initially, before 'enjoying' a colorful school career as a musician and quick-fisted rebel, attending a string of different...See more

GRANGER KORFF. 1960-Cassius Clay won Olympic gold in Rome; the Beatles made their debut in Germany; apartheid was 'booming' in South Africa; and Granger Korff was born on the East Rand near Johannesburg. "The apartheid system was sewn tight as a Zulu drum and the country moved to a slow beat," he says of the times. He grew up in the mining town of Benoni, a quiet child initially, before 'enjoying' a colorful school career as a musician and quick-fisted rebel, attending a string of different schools for a string of different reasons. He graduated in 1979-alone from the public library. After an action-packed two years fighting in the African bush, Granger took a newfound anger with him to the professional boxing ring where he quickly gained a reputation as one of the most exciting young middle-weight fighters in the country. In 1985, plagued by his demons from the bush war, he travelled to the USA on a four-month boxing/vacation walkabout where he haunted the mean streets of Los Angeles, scrapping and boxing to survive. Ike Turner and Mickey Rourke were his drinking buddies and he almost became Jake LaMotta's ('The Raging Bull') son-in-law. Twenty-four years later, Granger still lives in LA, where he runs a small plumbing business. See less