Thomas Ulrich (born 11 July 1975, in

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) is a German former

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who competed from 1997 to 2012. He challenged twice for a

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world title: the WBC title in 2005, and the

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/ lineal titles in 2006. He also held the European light-heavyweight title three times from 2002 to 2008. As an

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, he won a bronze medal at the

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in the light-heavyweight division.

Amateur career

Ulrich was the German Light Heavyweight Champion 1994. Ulrich won the light heavyweight bronze medal at the

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, just like he did a year before at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in

Amateur Highlights

*1992 2nd place as a Middleweight at the Junior World Championships in Montreal, Canada. Results were: **Defeated Jae-Yeul Uk (South Korea) RSC-3 **Defeated Willard Lewis (Canada) RSCI-2 **Lost to Islam Arsangaliev (Russia) RSC-1 *1995 3rd place as a Light Heavyweight at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Results were: **Defeated Yevgeny Makarenko (Russia) PTS **Defeated Mohammed Benguesmia (Algeria) PTS **Defeated

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(Uzbekistan) WO **Lost to Diosvani Vega (Cuba) PTS *1995 2nd place at the Military World Championships in Rome, Italy. Results were: **Defeated Um (South Korea) RSC-1 **Defeated Sergey Krupenich (Belarus) PTS (10-6) **Lost to Pietro Aurino (Italy) PTS (6-10) *1996 competed at the European Championships in Vejle, Denmark. Results were: **Defeated

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(Hungary) RSC-1 **Lost to Yusuf Öztürk (Turkey) PTS (10-15) *1996 Representing Germany, Ulrich won the Bronze Medal as a Light Heavyweight at the Atlanta

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. Results were: **Defeated Rick Timperi (Australia) PTS (21-7) **Defeated Ismael Kone (Sweden) PTS (24-9) **Defeated Daniel Bispo (Brazil) PTS (14-7) **Lost to Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea) PTS (8-12)

Pro career

Ulrich turned pro 1997 and began his career 20-0 before getting stopped in the 6th round by future titlist

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. He then won his next eight bouts, setting up a shot at WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder Tomasz Adamek in 2005. Adamek won via 6th-round KO. In 2006, Ulrich got a shot at WBO Light Heavyweight Title holder

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and lost a decision.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulrich, Thomas 1975 births Living people Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Germany Boxers from Berlin Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in boxing German male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Light-heavyweight boxers