Torsten May

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Torsten May

Torsten May, 2019
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Light Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sydney Light Heavyweight

Torsten May (born September 10, 1969, in

Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He challenged once for the IBF
cruiserweight championship in 2006.

Amateur career

Professional career

May began his professional career the following year and won his first 15 bouts in the cruiserweight division, setting up a fight for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title against Adolpho Washington. Washington won by a narrow unanimous decision, a loss which May avenged in 1999 via a 9th round technical decision after Washington lost his title. May never again fought for a title, and lost via TKO in the 8th round to Alexander Gurov in 2001 in a match that ended May's career.

Professional boxing record

22 Wins (12 knockouts, 10 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision) [1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 29-3-1 Ukraine Alexander Gurov TKO 8 21/04/2001 Germany Erfurt, Germany WBA Intercontinental/IBF Intercontinental/EBU Cruiserweight Titles.
Win 5-0 Russia Yan Kulkov PTS 8 25/11/2000
Hannover
, Germany
Win 8-0-1 Estonia Valeri Semiskur TKO 3 03/06/2000 Germany Karlsruhe, Germany IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
Win 24-2 Russia Alexey Ilyin MD 12 27/11/1999 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany EBU Cruiserweight Title.
Win 27-6-2 United States Adolpho Washington TD 9 05/06/1999 Germany Frankfurt, Germany
IBF
Intercontinental cruiserweight title
Win 18-2 France Pascal Warusfel PTS 10 10/10/1998 Austria Vienna, Austria
Loss 17-4-1 Switzerland Stefan Angehrn TKO 9 13/12/1997 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany
IBF
Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title
.
Win 23-9 United States Matthew Charleston TKO 5 18/10/1997 Austria Vienna, Austria
Win 13-8 United States Jason Nicholson PTS 10 15/02/1997 Austria Vienna, Austria
Loss 25-3-2 United States Adolpho Washington UD 12 31/08/1996 Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain For vacant
IBF
cruiserweight title
Win 24-8 United States Andrew Maynard KO 10 20/04/1996 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany
Win 37-3-3 United States Gary "Tiger" Steiger TKO 6 23/03/1996 United States New York City, U.S.
Win 6-13 United Kingdom Bobbie Joe Edwards PTS 8 29/01/1996 United Kingdom Piccadilly, London, England
Win 32-8 United States Art Jimmerson KO 5 09/09/1995 Germany Bielefeld, Germany
Win 16-13 United States Tim "Scrap Iron" Johnson KO 2 17/06/1995
Las Vegas, Nevada
, U.S.
Johnson knocked out at 2:09 of the second round.
Win 8-5-2 United States Fred "Kip" Adams KO 3 27/05/1995 Germany Dortmund, Germany
Win 24-4
Saul Montana
UD 10 25/03/1995 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany
Win 20-5-2 United States Jason Waller TKO 6 26/11/1994 Germany Wuppertal, Germany
Win 20-8-3 United States Dale "Lunch Pail" Jackson TKO 5 18/06/1994
Chicago, Illinois
, U.S.
Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the fifth round.
Win 32-7-7 Germany Ralf Rocchigiani PTS 10 07/05/1994 Germany Koblenz, Germany BDB German Cruiserweight Title.
Win 15-19-6 United Kingdom Tony "Phone" Booth UD 6 26/03/1994 Germany Dortmund, Germany
Win 26-6-1 United States Vincent Boulware SD 8 26/02/1994 United States San Jose, California, U.S.
Win -- Ludmil Popov KO 1 11/12/1993 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany
Win 9-25-1 United States Bruce "The Truce" Johnson TKO 4 16/10/1993 Germany Koblenz, Germany
Win 4-17-1 United States Eric "Ice" Cole KO 1 18/09/1993 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany Cole knocked out at 2:35 of the first round.

References

  1. ^ "Torsten May - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-15.

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