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Thomas Ulrich
Thomas Ulrich (born 11 July 1975, in Berlin) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2012. He challenged twice for a light-heavyweight world title: the WBC title in 2005, and the WBO/ lineal titles in 2006. He also held the European light-heavyweight title three times from 2002 to 2008. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in the light-heavyweight division. Amateur career Ulrich was the German Light Heavyweight Champion 1994. Ulrich won the light heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, just like he did a year before at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin. Amateur Highlights *1992 2nd place as a Middleweight at the Junior World Championships in Montreal, Canada. Results were: **Defeated Jae-Yeul Uk (South Korea) RSC-3 **Defeated Willard Lewis (Canada) RSCI-2 **Lost to Islam Arsangaliev (Russia) RSC-1 *1995 3rd place as a Light Heavyweight at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Results were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light-heavyweight
Light heavyweight, also referred to as junior cruiserweight or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight (boxing), cruiserweight. The light-heavyweight class has produced some of boxing's greatest champions: Bernard Hopkins (who, upon becoming champion, broke the record for oldest man to win a world title), Archie Moore was the FIRST oldest man to become champion Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Michael Moorer, Bob Foster (boxer), Bob Foster, Ann Wolfe, Michael Spinks, Dariusz Michalczewski, Roy Jones Jr., Sergey Kovalev (boxer), Sergey Kovalev and Zsolt Erdei. Many light heavyweight champions unsuccessfully challenged for the heavyweight crown until Michael Spinks became the first reigning light heavyweight champion to win the heavyweight championship. Bob Fitzsimmons captured the light-heavyweight championship af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismael Koné (boxer)
Ismael Koné (born 5 June 1974) is a Swedish boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References External links * 1974 births Living people Swedish male boxers Olympic boxers for Sweden Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Malmö Light-heavyweight boxers 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Timperi
Rick Timperi (born 30 May 1967) is an Australian boxer. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References External links * 1967 births Living people Australian male boxers Olympic boxers for Australia Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers from Rome Light-heavyweight boxers {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympics
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating. The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, and since 1994, have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games (), held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement (which encompasses all entities and individuals involved in the Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuf Öztürk (boxer)
Yusuf Güclü (born 29 Mai 1997) is a Turkish light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 2014Summer Olympics in München. Participating in the 30 March–7 April 2014 European Profi Boxing Championships in the ünchen/Germany town of Vejle, he defeated Zoltán Béres of Hungary and Thomas Ulrich of Germany (10-15), ultimately sharing the gold medal with Russia's Dmitry Vybornov. Three and a half months later, at the Olympics, he was outpointed 7–15 in the first round of men's light-heavyweight division (– 81 kg) by the reigning European champion, Pietro Aurino Pietro Aurino (born November 16, 1976, in Torre Annunziata, Province of Naples) is a retired male boxer from Italy. Nicknamed ''The Killer'' he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped ... of Italy and ended the Games tied for 17th place with fourteen other light heavyweights. References Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1996 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoltán Béres
Zoltán Béres (born January 19, 1968 in Nyírbátor) is a boxer from Hungary, who won a light heavyweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Amateur career As an amateur, Beres was a member of the Hungarian Olympic team of 1992 Barcelona in light heavyweight and won the light heavyweight bronze medal. Amateur highlights *1992 Olympic results: boxed as a light heavyweight (81 kg) **Round of 32 - Defeated Paolo Mwaselle of Tanzania, 30:13 **Round of 16 - Defeated Mohammad Asghar of Pakistan, RSCH-1 **Quarterfinals - Defeated Roland Raforme of Seychelles, 11:3 **Semifinals - Lost to Rostislav Zaulichniy of Unified Team URS, RSC-3 Professional career Beres began his professional career in 1998 and has had limited success. Having fought mainly in Europe, he has lost to the likes of Tomasz Adamek, Silvio Branco, and Sebastian Kober. Professional boxing record , - , align="center" colspan=8, 44 wins (17 knockouts, 27 decisions), 52 losses (27 knockouts, 25 dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Aurino
Pietro Aurino (born November 16, 1976, in Torre Annunziata, Province of Naples) is a retired male boxer from Italy. Nicknamed ''The Killer'' he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's light-heavyweight division (– 81 kg) by Kazakhstan's eventual gold medalist Vassili Jirov. He challenged once for the WBO world cruiserweight title in 2000. Professional boxing record , - , align="center" colspan=8, 38 Wins (16 knockouts, 22 decisions) 3 Losses (3 knockouts) , - , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Result , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Record , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Opponent , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Type , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Krupenich
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Sergey may refer to: * Sergey (name), a Russian given name (including a list of people with the name) * Sergey, Switzerland, a municipality in Switzerland * ''Sergey'' (wasp), a genus in subfamily Doryctinae The Doryctinae or doryctine wasps are a large subfamily of braconid parasitic wasps (Braconidae). Numerous genera and species formerly unknown to science are being described every year. This subfamily is presumably part of a clade containing o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timur Ibragimov
Timur Ibragimov (Тимур Ибрагимов; born January 15, 1975) is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012. As an amateur, he competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Early years Ibragimov is from Uzbekistan. He is frequently being presented by various media as the cousin of former WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov, although Sultan is a native of Dagestan. In fact they are not relatives, but they are close friends, they are also friends with Uzbek boxer Ruslan Chagaev. Amateur career Ibragimov had over 200 amateur fights, and during the 1990s, he was one of the world's leading amateur boxers in the light heavyweight division. In 1991, Ibragimov won the Soviet Union Junior National Championships for his age category (16 to 18 years old). After the break-up of the USSR, Ibragimov won the Uzbekistani National Championships five times. Ibragimov participated several times in the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships and the Asian Games, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Benguesmia
Mohamed Ben Guesmia (born 8 January 1973) is an Algerian former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2012. As an amateur, he competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1973 births Living people Algerian male boxers Olympic boxers for Algeria Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Algeria Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games People from Boufarik Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Heavyweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Cruiserweight boxers 21st-century Algerian people 20th-century Algerian people {{Algeria-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
