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Andreas Zülow (born 23 October 1965) is a retired
Zülow had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a Record of 273 wins in 322 fights.
His highlights include:
*East German Featherweight Champion 1984–1986, East German Lightweight Champion 1987–1989, German Light Welterweight Champion 1992
*1985 competed as a Featherweight at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary
**Defeated Raymond Gavia (France) PTS (5–0)
**Lost to Tomasz Nowak (Poland) PTS (0–5)
*1986 3rd place as a Featherweight at the World Championships in Reno, United States.
**Defeated Klaus Niketta (West Germany) PTS (5–0)
**Defeated Kunle La Costa (Nigeria) RSCH-1
**Defeated Bobby McCarthy (Ireland) PTS (5–0)
**Lost to
amateur boxer
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from East Germany
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who won a Lightweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. He also won the silver medal at the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow
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, and the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships
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in Reno
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Amateur career
Zülow had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a Record of 273 wins in 322 fights.
His highlights include:
*East German Featherweight Champion 1984–1986, East German Lightweight Champion 1987–1989, German Light Welterweight Champion 1992
*1985 competed as a Featherweight at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary
**Defeated Raymond Gavia (France) PTS (5–0)
**Lost to Tomasz Nowak (Poland) PTS (0–5)
*1986 3rd place as a Featherweight at the World Championships in Reno, United States.
**Defeated Klaus Niketta (West Germany) PTS (5–0)
**Defeated Kunle La Costa (Nigeria) RSCH-1
**Defeated Bobby McCarthy (Ireland) PTS (5–0)
**Lost to Kelcie Banks
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(USA) PTS (1–4)
*1987 competed as a Featherweight at the European Championships in Turin, Italy
**Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan (Soviet Union) PTS (1–4)
*1988 Lightweight Gold Medalist at the Seoul Olympics representing East Germany
**Round of 64: Defeated Patrick Waweru (Kenya) PTS (5–0)
**Round of 32: Defeated Giorgio Campanella (Italy) PTS (5–0)
**Round of 16: Defeated Konstantin Tszyu (Soviet Union) PTS (3–2)
**Quarterfinal: Defeated Mohamed Regazy (Egypt) PTS (5–0)
**Semifinal: Defeated Romallis Ellis (USA) PTS (5–0)
**Final: Defeated George Cramne (Sweden) PTS (5–0)
*1989 2nd place as a Lightweight at the World Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union
**Defeated Darrell Hiles (Australia) PTS (24–4)
**Defeated Fared Cheklat (France) AB-3
**Defeated Konstantin Tszyu (Soviet Union) PTS (17–14)
**Lost to Julio Gonzalez (Cuba) PTS (+15-15)
*1990 competed as a Lightweight at the Goodwill Games in Seattle, United States
**Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan (Soviet Union) PTS (0–5)
*1991 competed as a Light Welterweight at the World Championships in Sydney, Australia
**Defeated Søren Søndergaard (Denmark) PTS (13–8)
**Lost to Peter Richardson (Great Britain) PTS (12–22)
*1991 2nd place as a Light Welterweight at the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
**Lost the final to Konstantin Tszyu from the Soviet Union
*1992 competed as a Light Welterweight at the Barcelona Olympics representing Germany. Results were:
**Defeated Jae-Kyung Kim (South Korea) PTS (12–0)
**Lost to Hector Vinent
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(Cuba) PTS (2–14)
*1994 competed as a Light Welterweight at the Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg, Russia
**Lost to Hans Janssen (Netherlands) PTS (3–5)
References
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