Wilfried Sauerland (born 29 February 1940 in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and to ...

) is a German boxing promoter and manager. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2015

Career

Boxing camps associated with Sauerland, have had various locations:

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with

Manfred Wolke Manfred Wolke (born 14 January 1943 in Babelsberg, Brandenburg) is a German former welterweight boxer. He was a member of the ''Armeesportsklub Vorwärts Frankfurt an der Oder''. Wolke, representing East Germany, was the Welterweight ...

and

Rudi Fink Rudi Fink (born 6 June 1958) is a retired boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division (−57 kg) for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Biography Fink took up boxing at the age of nine. He won the national title in ...

(2003),

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

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Ulli Wegner Ulli Wegner (born 26 April 1942, in Stettin) is a German Boxing Coach and a former Amateur boxer. Biography Ulli Wegner grew up in former East Germany, where he first learned to box. He had a total of 176 amateur fights: between 1961 and 1963 ...

(1996–2004), and in

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with

, since 2004.His sons now run the boxing promotional business.

Current boxers

Previous boxers * Arthur Abraham * Ahmad Kaddour *

Alejandro Berrio Alejandro Berrio Hernández (born August 7, 1976) is a Colombian professional boxer. Professional career Known as "Ñaco", Berrio turned pro in 1997 and won the Vacant IBF Super Middleweight Title with a TKO win over Robert Stieglitz in earl ...

* Alexander Frenkel *

Alexander Povetkin Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the WBA (Regular) heavyw ...

* Axel Schulz *

Cecilia Brækhus Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September 1981) is a Norwegian professional boxer and former kickboxer. In boxing she reigned as the undisputed female welterweight champion from 2014 to 2020, and is the first woman in any weight class to h ...

Chisanda Mutti Chisanda "Kent Green" Mutti (14 February 1957 — late 1990s) was a Zambian professional boxer of the 1970s and 1980s who won the Zambia middleweight title, Zambia light heavyweight title, and Commonwealth cruiserweight title, and was a challenge ...

* David Graf * David Haye * Dustin Dirks *

Edmund Gerber Edmund Gerber (born 2 August 1988) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2018. At regional level, he challenged once for the European heavyweight title in 2013. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2006 EU Junio ...

Eduard Gutknecht Eduard Gutknecht (born 19 March 1982) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2016. He won the European light-heavyweight title in 2011, making three successful defences before losing it to Jürgen Brähmer in 2013. Gutk ...

Enad Licina ENAD (Enosis Neon Agiou Dometiou, Union of Youth of Agios Dometios), (Greek: Ε.Ν.Α.Δ. Ένωσις Νέων Αγίου Δομετίου) is a first division basketball team based in the Agios Dometios district of Nicosia, Cyprus. It was found ...

Francesco Pianeta Francesco Pianeta (born 8 October 1984) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2018. He challenged for the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and '' The Ring'' heavyweight championship in 2013, the WBA (Regular) title in 20 ...

* Henry Akinwande *

Henry Maske Henry Maske (, ; born 6 January 1964) is a German former professional boxer and one of Germany's most popular sports figures. He held the IBF light heavyweight title from 1993 until 1996. Amateur career Maske was born in Treuenb ...

Jack Culcay Jack Robert Culcay-Keth (born 26 September 1985) is an Ecuadorian-born German professional boxer. As an amateur he represented Germany, fighting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and winning a silver medal at the 2008 E ...

John Mugabi John Mugabi (born March 4, 1960) is a Ugandan former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1991, and 1996 to 1999. He held the WBC super-welterweight title from 1989 to 1990, and challenged twice for world titles at middleweight, includi ...

Karo Murat Karapet Muradyan ( hy, Կարապետ Մուրադյան; born 2 September 1983), best known as Karo Murat ( hy, Կարո Մուրատ), is a German Armenian professional boxer who held the IBO light-heavyweight title in 2018. At regional leve ...

Marco Huck Muamer Hukić (born 11 November 1984), best known as Marco Huck, is a German professional boxer.. Retrieved 2015-12-01. He held the WBO cruiserweight title from 2009 to 2015, and is the joint-longest reigning cruiserweight world champion of al ...

Markus Beyer Markus Beyer (28 April 1971 – 3 December 2018) was a German professional boxer who won the WBC super middleweight title. As an amateur he represented Germany at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics in the light middleweight division. He also won a ...

* Mikkel Kessler * Nikolai Valuev *

Oktay Urkal Oktay Urkal (born 15 January 1970) is a Turkish-German former professional boxer. He is a former European super lightweight and welterweight champion, and a multiple time world title challenger. Amateur career As an amateur, Urkal won the silver ...

* Oleh Platov *

Robert Helenius Robert Gabriel Helenius (born 2 January 1984) is a Finnish professional boxer. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the European title twice between 2011 and 2016. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at th ...

* Ruediger May * Sebastian Sylvester * Steve Cunningham * Sven Ottke * Timo Hoffmann * Torsten May *

Tyron Zeuge Tyron Zeuge (born 12 May 1992) is a German professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title from 2016 to 2018. Professional career Zeuge vs. Beroshvili On January 25, 2014, Zeuge defeated George Beroshvili by tenth-rou ...

Yoan Pablo Hernandez Yoan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Yoan Capote (born 1977), Cuban sculptor * Yoan Garneau (born 1995), Quebec singer, winner of season 2 of '' La Voix'' in 2014 * Yoan Gouffran (born 1986), French footballer of Guadeloupe ...

Željko Mavrović Željko Mavrović (; ; born 17 February 1969) is a Croatian former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 1998. In 1998, as an undefeated challenger, he faced Lennox Lewis for the WBC heavyweight title, but lost in what would be his fin ...

* George Groves *

Enrico Kölling Enrico Kölling (born 27 February 1990), occasionally spelled Koelling or Kolling, is a German professional boxer who challenged for the IBF light-heavyweight title in 2017. Amateur career Youth Enrico Kölling started boxing at the age of 8. ...

* Artur Mann * Kubrat Pulev * Patrick Nielsen *

Anthony Ogogo Anthony Osejua Ojo Ogogo (born 24 November 1988) is an English professional wrestler and former professional boxer signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). As a boxer, he competed from 2013 to 2016 as a professional, and won a bronze medal in the ...

* Noel Gevor * Mikaela Laurén *

Otto Wallin Einar Otto Wallin (born 21 November 1990) is a Swedish professional boxer. He held the WBA Continental heavyweight title in 2017 and won the European Union heavyweight title in 2018. As of October 2022, Wallin is ranked as the world's sixth-best ...

Michael Wallisch Michael Wallisch (born 1 November 1985) is a German professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization, WBO European Heavyweight (boxing), heavyweight title from 2015 to 2016. Professional career On 11 July 2015 Wallisch won the vacant WB ...

* Oscar Ahlin *

Stefan Härtel Stefan Härtel (born 6 February 1988) is a German professional boxer who held the European super-middleweight title in 2019. As an amateur, Härtel represented Germany at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals of the middleweight bra ...

* Tomi Honka * Oliver Flodin * Mikkel Nielsen * Abdul Khattab * Dennis Ceylan * Tim-Robin Lihaug * Burak Sahin * Araik Marutjan *

Micki Nielsen Micki Nielsen (born 26 February 1993) is a Danish professional boxer. He challenged for the European cruiserweight title in 2019 and held the WBC Youth and WBC International cruiserweight titles between 2014 and 2016. He is the younger brother ...

Anthony Yigit Anthony Yigit (born 1 September 1991) is a Swedish professional boxer who challenged for the IBF light welterweight title in 2018. As an amateur, following his success in 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, Yigit qualified for the 2012 S ...

* Nieky Holzken *

Klara Svensson Klara Svensson (born 15 October 1987) is a Swedish professional boxer. She held the WBC interim light-welterweight title from 2014 to 2015, the WBC interim welterweight title from September 2016 to February 2017, and challenged for the undisput ...

* Hadi Srour * Albon Pervizaj * Mikael Lawal * Frederik Hede Jensen *

Zach Parker Zach Parker (born 2 June 1994) is a British professional boxer who held the British super-middleweight title from 2018 to 2019. Professional career Parker made his professional debut on 11 July 2015 against Lewis van Poetsch at the Chase L ...

Dina Thorslund Dina Thorslund (born 14 October 1993) is a Danish professional boxer. She is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO female super-bantamweight title since 2018 and the WBO female bantamweight title since June 2021. At regiona ...

* Kem Ljungquist

References

External links

Biography in German
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