Steffen Kretschmann (born 8 June 1980 in
Köthen) is a German boxer best known for winning the bronze medal 1999 and 2003 at the amateur world championships in the 201 lbs/91 kg division.
Amateur
The
southpaw won bronze 1999 in Houston when he had to quit with an injury in his fight against eventual winner
Michael Bennett
In Bangkok 2003 he lost to
Aleksandr Alekseyev and won bronze again.
Amateur highlights
* Record: 144 fights - 122 wins
* 1999, 2001, 2002 German heavyweight champion
*1996 won the European European Cadet (under-17) championships in Aosta, Italy, as a light heavyweight.
*1997 2nd place at Junior European Championship in Birmingham (England), lost the final to
Vyacheslav Uzelkov Vyacheslav, also transliterated Viacheslav or Viatcheslav (russian: Вячеслав, Vjačeslav ; uk, В'ячеслав, V"jačeslav ), is a Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is the equivalent of Belarusian Вячаслаў/Вацл ...
(Ukraine)
*1998 competed at the Junior World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as a heavyweight. Results were:
**Defeated
Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle (born 22 March 1980) is an Italian amateur boxing, amateur boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 2007 (Chicago) and 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championshi ...
(Italy) PTS (12–4)
**Lost to
Odlanier Solis (Cuba) PTS (1–8)
*1999 3rd place at the World Championship in Houston, lost in the semifinal to
Michael Bennett (USA) by AB-2
*2003 3rd place at the World Championship in Bangkok, Thailand. Results were:
**Defeated
Sergey Mihaylov
Sergey Mihaylov (born March 5, 1976) is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek boxing, boxer, who competed in the light heavyweight (81 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.
Career
He won the Asian light heavy title in 1998.
Ol ...
(Uzbekistan) PTS (35–30)
**Lost to
Aleksandr Alekseyev (Russia) RSCO-3
*2004 2nd place at Military World Championship in Fort Huachuca (USA) as a superheavyweight, lost the final to
Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle (born 22 March 1980) is an Italian amateur boxing, amateur boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 2007 (Chicago) and 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championshi ...
(Italy) by walkover
Pro
He turned pro for Arena and beat his first 13 opponents, among them
Corey Sanders
Corey Sanders (born March 7, 1975) is an American boxing trainer and former professional boxer. Known as "T-Rex", Sanders' most notable victory came in an upset knockout against future WBC world champion Oleg Maskaev in 2002, which temporarily ...
. Then he was surprised by Denis Bakhtov (KO by 1).
External links
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2003 results
1980 births
Living people
People from Köthen (Anhalt)
German male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Heavyweight boxers
Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt
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