Erik Pfeifer (born 22 January 1987) is a German

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who has held the WBO European heavyweight title since 2019. As an amateur he won bronze medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships and competed in the

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and

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

Amateur career

He won his first medal in 2005, as he won the bronze medal at the Junior European Championship, in 2009 he won the Europe Championship which is not to be confused with the

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. In 2011, he won another bronze medal, but this time at the

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. He lost the semi-final to Anthony Joshua as he suffered a broken nose in the first round and as a result, the fight was stopped. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost to eventual bronze medalist, Ivan Dychko, in the first round. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, he was defeated in the first round of the

class by Clayton Laurent Jr. of the

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Professional boxing record

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfeifer, Erik 1987 births Living people People from Vechta (district) Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Germany German male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Heavyweight boxers Super-heavyweight boxers Sportspeople from Lower Saxony