Torsten May (born September 10, 1969 in

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, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the

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. He challenged once for the

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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

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(Russia) points *Olympic Gold Medalist in Barcelona 1992 as a Light Heavyweight. Results were: **Defeated Gil-Nam Kim (North Korea) points **Defeated

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(Canada) points **Defeated

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(United States) when controversially he was credited some of Griffin's points **Defeated

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(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

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. 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

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References

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