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Rüdiger May
Ruediger May (born 26 November 1974 in Meerane, Saxony) is a prolific German cruiserweight boxer known for his stinging jab. He challenged once for the WBO world cruiserweight title in 2004. Professional As an amateur May boxed in 76 fights, managing to win 55, before turning professional on 26 February 1994 at the age of 19. He boxed his first professional fight in San Jose, California, winning the bout against Fred Simmons, by unanimous decision. He went on to win his first 24 pro fights before winning the German BDB cruiserweight title on 4 September 1999 with a points victory over Silvio Meinel. This was however followed by his first professional defeat at the hands of Turkish boxer Turan Bagci in Spain. After 2 successful title defenses against Michael Klötzsch and Firat Arslan, May was given a shot at the EBU (European) cruiserweight title in a bout against Ukraine's Alexander Gurov in 2001. Gurov had won the European cruiserweight championship belt from no other than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiserweight (boxing)
Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class (boxing), weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. Professional boxing The current weight limit for the division is . When originally established, the weight limit was . The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division. While many great heavyweight champions (such as Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis) weighed around 190 pounds during their careers, during the 1970s it became fairly standard that fit heavyweight boxers weighed at least . Many boxing authorities felt that asking men weighing between and to fight these larger men was unfair. The North American Boxing Federation (NABF) was the first sanctioning body to recogniz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). Many historically high-profile bouts have been sanctioned by the organization with various notable fighters having been recognised as WBC world champions. All four organizations recognise the legitimacy of each other and each have interwoven histories dating back several decades. History The WBC was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Tunisia, the Philippines, Panama, USSR, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil. Representatives met in Mexico City on 14 February 1963, upon invitation of Adolfo López Mateos, then President of Mexico, to form an international organization to unify all commissions of the world to control the expansion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grugahalle
The Grugahalle is a multi-purpose indoor arena located at the edge of the Botanischer Garten Grugapark in Essen, Germany. Opened on 25 October 1958, its seating capacity is about 7,700 people and about 10,000 for unseated events. The building was heritage-listed in 2000. The Grugahalle is the venue for concerts, sport events, political rallies, annual general meetings of large companies, and live screenings of significant sport events. Notable past events include the concert of Bill Haley and accompanying riots three days after the hall's opening."Dave Brubeck Quartet" by Karsten Muetzelfeldt, review of concert recording of the Jazztage, jazzline-leopard.de The Essener Jazztage (Essen Jazz Days) from 1959 to 1961 brought international performers lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neukölln
Neukölln (), officially abbreviated Neuk, is one of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is located south-east of Berlin's center and stretches from the inner city southward to the border with Brandenburg, encompassing the eponymous quarter of Neukölln (locality), Neukölln in the north, and the southern quarters of Britz, Gropiusstadt, Buckow (Berlin), Buckow and Rudow. The borough belonged to the American occupation zone in Germany, American sector during the Allied-occupied Germany, Allied occupation of the city. It is characterised by one of the highest shares of Immigration to Germany, immigrant residents in Berlin. An influx of students and artists since the mid-2000s has led to gentrification. History The Berlin district of Neukölln has a long and varied history that reflects the city's changing political and cultural landscape. Located in the south of the city, Neukölln was originally a small village on the outskirts of Berlin. Neukölln's independence ended on 1 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Bugaj
Roman Bugaj (born 9 August 1973) is a Polish heavyweight boxer. Before turning to boxing he was an amateur kickboxer – winning a European title. Career He turned professional in 1999. More than a third of his professional fights have been in the USA. Among his more illustrious opponents have been Sinan Şamil Sam, Scott Gammer, Ruediger May and WBO cruiserweight title holder and British number 2 cruiserweight Enzo Maccarinelli. Titles/Accomplishments Amateur Kickboxing *1996 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro -86 kg (Full-Contact) *1996 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro -89 kg (Light-Contact) Professional boxing record , - , align="center" colspan=8, 16 Wins (9 knockouts, 7 decisions) 8 Losses (5 knockouts, 3 decisions), 1 Draw'', - , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Result , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Bydgoszcz has made it an inland port and a vital centre for trade and transportation. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021, Bydgoszcz is the eighth-largest city in Poland. Today, it is the seat of Bydgoszcz County and one of the two capitals of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship as a seat of its centrally appointed governor, a voivode. Bydgoszcz metropolitan area comprising the city and several adjacent communities is inhabited by half a million people, and forms a part of an extended polycentric Bydgoszcz-Toruń metropolitan area with a population of approximately 0.8 million inhabitants. Since the Middle Ages, Bydgoszcz served as a Royal city in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, royal city of the Crown of the Kingdom of Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlottenburg
Charlottenburg () is a Boroughs and localities of Berlin, locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Established as a German town law, town in 1705 and named after Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort of Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia, it is best known for Charlottenburg Palace - the largest surviving such royal palace in Berlin - and the adjacent museums. Charlottenburg was an independent city to the west of Berlin until 1920 when it was incorporated into "Greater Berlin Act, Groß-Berlin" (Greater Berlin) and transformed into a borough. In the course of Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was merged with the former borough of Wilmersdorf becoming a part of a new borough called Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Later, in 2004, the new borough's districts were rearranged, dividing the former borough of Charlottenburg into the localities of Charlottenburg proper, Westend (Berlin), Westend and Charlottenburg-Nord. Geography Charlottenburg is located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own. It ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The metropolitan area has around 3 million inhabitants, and the broader Munich Metropolitan Region is home to about 6.2 million people. It is the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, third largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Munich is located on the river Isar north of the Alps. It is the seat of the Upper Bavaria, Upper Bavarian administrative region. With 4,500 people per km2, Munich is Germany's most densely populated municipality. It is also the second-largest city in the Bavarian language, Bavarian dialect area after Vienna. The first record of Munich dates to 1158. The city ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympiahalle
The Olympiahalle ''(English: Olympic Hall)'' is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Munich, Germany. It is part of Olympiapark and is used for concerts, sporting events, exhibitions and trade fairs. The official seating capacity varies from some 12,500 to 15,500 depending on the event. History Olympiahalle opened in 1972 and was the venue for gymnastics and handball events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In the past, it served as a part-time home for the defunct ice hockey team EC Hedos München. The current seating capacity of 15,500 was set after a massive overhaul was completed in 2009. A new VIP area, a restaurant and an underground second arena ("Kleine Olympiahalle") with a capacity of up to 4,000 was integrated in the new complex. The stage area was also rebuilt, which contributed to the increased seating capacity and at the same time allowed faster access for stage crews. By February 2020, the air conditioning, other technology and lighting were modernised, and the orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn Region, Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine (Lower Rhine), about southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Cologne Cathedral () was the History of the world's tallest buildings#Churches and cathedrals: Tallest buildings between the 13th and 20th century, world's talles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wladimir Klitschko Vs
Wladimir is a masculine given name. It is an alternative spelling of the name Vladimir. Notable people with the name include: * Wladimir Aïtoff (1879–1963), French rugby player * Wladimir Balentien (born 1984), Dutch outfielder for the Seattle Mariners * Wladimir Belli (born 1970), Italian cyclist * Wladimir Brunet de Presle (1809–1875), French historian * Wladimir Burliuk (1886–1919), Ukrainian artist * Wladimir d'Ormesson (1888–1973), French essayist and writer * Wladimir Guedroitz (1873–1941), Russian chamberlain * Wladimir Herrera (born 1981), Chilean football defender * Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967), Russian writer * Wladimir Klitschko (born 1976), Ukrainian boxer * Wladimir Jan Kochanski (1935–2015), American pianist * Wladimir Köppen, creator of the Köppen climate classification * Wladimir von Pawlowski (1891–1961), Austrian lawyer * Wladimir Resnitschenko (born 1965), Russian fencer * Wladimir Ribeiro (born 1967), Brazilian swimmer * Wladimir Rodrig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
