Torsten May
Torsten May (born October 9, 1969 in Glauchau, Saxony) was a German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  | ||
| Men's Boxing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | Light Heavyweight |
| World Amateur Championships | ||
| 1991 Sydney | Light Heavyweight |
Torsten May, 2019
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
| 22 Wins (12 knockouts, 10 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision) [1] | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 29-3-1 |  |
TKO | 8 | 21/04/2001 |  |
WBA Intercontinental/IBF Intercontinental/EBU Cruiserweight Titles. |
| Win | 5-0 |  |
PTS | 8 | 25/11/2000 |  |
|
| Win | 8-0-1 |  |
TKO | 3 | 03/06/2000 | |
IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 24-2 | |
MD | 12 | 27/11/1999 |  |
EBU Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 27-6-2 |  |
TD | 9 | 05/06/1999 |  |
IBF Intercontinental cruiserweight title |
| Win | 18-2 |  |
PTS | 10 | 10/10/1998 |  |
|
| Loss | 17-4-1 |  |
TKO | 9 | 13/12/1997 | |
IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 23-9 | |
TKO | 5 | 18/10/1997 | |
|
| Win | 13-8 | |
PTS | 10 | 15/02/1997 | |
|
| Loss | 25-3-2 | |
UD | 12 | 31/08/1996 |  |
For vacant IBF cruiserweight title |
| Win | 24-8 | |
KO | 10 | 20/04/1996 | |
|
| Win | 37-3-3 | |
TKO | 6 | 23/03/1996 |  |
|
| Win | 6-13 |  |
PTS | 8 | 29/01/1996 | |
|
| Win | 32-8 | |
KO | 5 | 09/09/1995 | |
|
| Win | 16-13 | |
KO | 2 | 17/06/1995 |  |
Johnson knocked out at 2:09 of the second round. |
| Win | 8-5-2 | |
KO | 3 | 27/05/1995 | |
|
| Win | 24-4 |  |
UD | 10 | 25/03/1995 | |
|
| Win | 20-5-2 | |
TKO | 6 | 26/11/1994 | |
|
| Win | 20-8-3 | |
TKO | 5 | 18/06/1994 |  |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the fifth round. |
| Win | 32-7-7 | |
PTS | 10 | 07/05/1994 |  |
BDB German Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 15-19-6 | |
UD | 6 | 26/03/1994 | |
|
| Win | 26-6-1 | |
SD | 8 | 26/02/1994 |  |
|
| Win | -- | Ludmil Popov | KO | 1 | 11/12/1993 | |
|
| Win | 9-25-1 | |
TKO | 4 | 16/10/1993 | |
|
| Win | 4-17-1 | |
KO | 1 | 18/09/1993 | |
Cole knocked out at 2:35 of the first round. |
External links
1920–1936: 160–175 lb (72.6–79.4 kg), 1948: 73–80 kg 1952–2012: 75–81 kg | |
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