Torsten May
German boxer
![]() Torsten May, 2019 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's Boxing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 1992 Barcelona | Light Heavyweight |
World Amateur Championships | ||
![]() | 1991 Sydney | Light Heavyweight |
Torsten May (born September 10, 1969, in Glauchau, Saxony) is a former German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He challenged once for the IBF cruiserweight championship in 2006.
Amateur career
- 1991 German National Light Heavyweight champion
- 1991 Won World Championship as a Light Heavyweight in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
- Defeated Patrice Aouissi (France) points
- Defeated Orestes Solano (Cuba) points
- Defeated Mehmet Gurgen (Turkey) points
- Defeated Andrey Kurnyavka (Russia) points
- Olympic Gold Medalist in Barcelona 1992 as a Light Heavyweight. Results were:
- Defeated Gil-Nam Kim (North Korea) points
- Defeated Dale Brown (boxer) (Canada) points
- Defeated Montell Griffin (United States) when controversially he was credited some of Griffin's points
- Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (Poland) points
- Defeated Rostislav Zaulitchny (Unified Team/ C.I.S) points
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 | ![]() | TKO | 8 | 21/04/2001 | ![]() | WBA Intercontinental/IBF Intercontinental/EBU Cruiserweight Titles. |
Win | 5-0 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 25/11/2000 | ![]() | |
Win | 8-0-1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 03/06/2000 | ![]() | IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. |
Win | 24-2 | ![]() | MD | 12 | 27/11/1999 | ![]() | EBU Cruiserweight Title. |
Win | 27-6-2 | ![]() | TD | 9 | 05/06/1999 | ![]() | IBF Intercontinental cruiserweight title |
Win | 18-2 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 10/10/1998 | ![]() | |
Loss | 17-4-1 | ![]() | TKO | 9 | 13/12/1997 | ![]() | IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. |
Win | 23-9 | ![]() | TKO | 5 | 18/10/1997 | ![]() | |
Win | 13-8 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 15/02/1997 | ![]() | |
Loss | 25-3-2 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 31/08/1996 | ![]() | For vacant IBF cruiserweight title |
Win | 24-8 | ![]() | KO | 10 | 20/04/1996 | ![]() | |
Win | 37-3-3 | ![]() | TKO | 6 | 23/03/1996 | ![]() | |
Win | 6-13 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 29/01/1996 | ![]() | |
Win | 32-8 | ![]() | KO | 5 | 09/09/1995 | ![]() | |
Win | 16-13 | ![]() | KO | 2 | 17/06/1995 | ![]() | Johnson knocked out at 2:09 of the second round. |
Win | 8-5-2 | ![]() | KO | 3 | 27/05/1995 | ![]() | |
Win | 24-4 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 25/03/1995 | ![]() | |
Win | 20-5-2 | ![]() | TKO | 6 | 26/11/1994 | ![]() | |
Win | 20-8-3 | ![]() | TKO | 5 | 18/06/1994 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the fifth round. |
Win | 32-7-7 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 07/05/1994 | ![]() | BDB German Cruiserweight Title. |
Win | 15-19-6 | ![]() | UD | 6 | 26/03/1994 | ![]() | |
Win | 26-6-1 | ![]() | SD | 8 | 26/02/1994 | ![]() | |
Win | -- | Ludmil Popov | KO | 1 | 11/12/1993 | ![]() | |
Win | 9-25-1 | ![]() | TKO | 4 | 16/10/1993 | ![]() | |
Win | 4-17-1 | ![]() | KO | 1 | 18/09/1993 | ![]() | Cole knocked out at 2:35 of the first round. |
References
- ^ "Torsten May - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
External links
- Boxing record for Torsten May from BoxRec (registration required)
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Eddie Eagan (USA)
- 1924:
Harry Mitchell (GBR)
- 1928:
Víctor Avendaño (ARG)
- 1932:
David Carstens (RSA)
- 1936:
Roger Michelot (FRA)
- 1948:
George Hunter (RSA)
- 1952:
Norvel Lee (USA)
- 1956:
Jim Boyd (USA)
- 1960:
Cassius Clay (USA)
- 1964:
Cosimo Pinto (ITA)
- 1968:
Danas Pozniakas (URS)
- 1972:
Mate Parlov (YUG)
- 1976:
Leon Spinks (USA)
- 1980:
Slobodan Kačar (YUG)
- 1984:
Anton Josipović (YUG)
- 1988:
Andrew Maynard (USA)
- 1992:
Torsten May (GER)
- 1996:
Vassiliy Jirov (KAZ)
- 2000:
Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS)
- 2004:
Andre Ward (USA)
- 2008:
Zhang Xiaoping (CHN)
- 2012:
Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)
- 2016:
Julio César La Cruz (CUB)
- 2020:
Arlen López (CUB)