Torsten May (born September 10, 1969, in Glauchau, Saxony) is a former German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He challenged once for the IBF cruiserweight championship in 2006.
![]() Torsten May, 2019 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Men's Boxing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 1992 Barcelona | Light Heavyweight |
World Amateur Championships | ||
![]() | 1991 Sydney | Light Heavyweight |
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 Andrey Kurnyavka (Russia) points
- Olympic Gold Medalist in Barcelona 1992 as a Light Heavyweight. Results were:
- Defeated Gil-Nam Kim (North Korea) points
- Defeated Dale Brown (boxer) (Canada) points
- Defeated Montell Griffin (United States) when controversially he was credited some of Griffin's points
- Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (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 Adolpho Washington. 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
References
External links
- Boxing record for Torsten May from BoxRec (registration required)
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