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Jo Weidin
Josef "Joschi" Weidinger (25 April 1923 – 26 June 2002), better known as Jo Weidin, was an Austrian boxer who won the European Boxing Union heavyweight title in 1950. Career Born in Vienna, Weidin made his professional debut in December 1945 with a third-round knockout of Stefan Schmidt.Barrabas, Ingo (2007)Josef Weidinger, Austrian Boxing Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2019 In 1947 he beat Jan Declercq, Enrico Bertola, Stephane Olek, and Robert Eugene to win a European heavyweight tournament (with no title at stake). In 1948 he travelled to the United States, where he was described as "Jack Dempsey's protege" and "the post-war Jewish hope for heavyweight honors" (despite not actually being Jewish), and recorded four wins and four losses, two of his defeats at the hands of Freddie Beshore and Lee Oma. Back in Austria he won his next three fights, including a second-round stoppage of Heinz Lazek in September 1949. He lost on points to Olek in Paris in January 1950, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavyweight (boxing)
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, and the World Boxing Organization. In 2020, the World Boxing Council increased their heavyweight classification to 224 pounds (102 kg; 16 st) to allow for their creation of the bridgerweight division. Historical development Because this division had no weight limit, it has been historically vaguely defined. In the 19th century, for example, many heavyweight champions weighed or less (although others weighed 200 pounds). In 1920, the light heavyweight division was formed, with a maximum weight of . Any fighter weighing more than 175 pounds was a heavyweight. The cruiserweight division (first for boxers in the 175–190 pound range) was established in 1979 and recognized by the various boxing organiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Gardner (boxer)
Jack Leonard Gardner (6 November 1926 – 11 November 1978) was a British heavyweight boxer. He was the Heavyweight Champion of Great Britain, the British Empire, and Europe. Gardner was a top ten contender for the Heavyweight Championship of the World and retired with a record of 28 wins, 23 by knockout, and 6 losses, a total of 34 fights. Early life Jack Gardner was born on 6 November 1926 at Market Harborough, England. He served in the Grenadier Guards in the British Army from 1945 to 1951. He earned the rank of Colour Sergeant by the age of 24, becoming one if the youngest Colour Sergeants in the Grenadier Guards to serve Queen Elizabeth II. It was during his time as a guardsman, Gardner began his amateur boxing career. He won the ABA Heavyweight title, as well as the Army and Imperial Services Heavyweight Titles in 1948, representing Great Britain in the Olympic Games. Gardner stood 6' 1", had a reach of 78 inches, and weighed anywhere from 200 to 220 pounds during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Male Boxers
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1923 Births
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SK Rapid Wien
Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, as well as a German championship in 1941 during Nazi rule. Rapid twice reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1985 and 1996, losing on both occasions. The club is often known as ''Die Grün-Weißen'' (The Green-Whites) for its team colours or as ''Hütteldorfer'', in reference to the location of the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, which is in Hütteldorf, part of the city's 14th district in Penzing. History The club was founded in 1897 as Erster Wiener Arbeiter-Fußball-Club (First Viennese Workers' Football Club). The team's original colours were red and blue, which are still often used in away matches. On 8 January 1899, the club was (thanks to Wilhelm Goldschmidt ), taking on its present name of Sportklub Rapid Wien, follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Farr
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Hein Ten Hoff
Hein ten Hoff (19 November 1919 – 13 June 2003) was a German boxer and ''Präsident des Bundes Deutscher Berufsboxer'' (BDB). He was the son of a Dutch peasant, who left The Netherlands for Germany (Oldenburg Land) in the end of the 1930s, and became a German citizen. Amateur career As an amateur boxer, Hein ten Hoff had 185 wins, 78 by KO, for a total of 194 fights. He was thrice a German champion in the Heavyweight class (1940, 1941 and 1944 – he beat Herbert Runge), and won the gold medal at the 1942 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Breslau. Professional career After World War II, he was a professional boxer, from September 1945 until August 1955 (won 32 (KO 28), lost 7 (KO 3), drawn 4, for a total of 43 fights). The international boxing world referred to him as the "Gentleman of the Ring", "''Künstler''", or "''Ästhet im Ring''". He won the German BDB heavyweight title in 1946, then lost a ten-round decision to Jersey Joe Walcott, the upcoming World champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Sys
Karel Sys (14 February 1914 – 19 June 1990) was a Belgian boxer who having started his professional career at welterweight went on to become heavyweight champion of Europe on two occasions, winning the title in both 1943 and 1952. Career Sys made his professional debut on 1 August 1932 with a points win over Emile Ballister. In January 1933 he beat Ward Meulebrouck to win the East & West Flanders welterweight title. In his first 32 fights he was beaten only twice, by Len Baetens in March 1933 and by Adrien Anneet in March 1935. In April 1935 he challenged Gustave Roth for the Belgian middleweight title, losing the fight on points. Up in weight He moved up in weight again, and in February 1936 beat Jean Berlemont on a majority decision to become the Belgian light heavyweight champion. He successfully defended the title in May 1936 against Auguste Devos, and in May 1937 against Berlemont. Between the two defences he also recorded wins over Adolf Heuser, Adolf Witt, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Williams (boxer)
Johnny Williams (25 December 1926 – 28 January 2007) was a British former professional boxer in the 1940s and 1950s and was at one time both the British and Empire heavyweight champion. Life and career Born in Barmouth, Wales, Williams grew up in Rugby, England, his family having moved there when he was a toddler. He started to box from the age of 10. He turned professional in 1946 and was known for his scientific approach in the ring, with one of his greatest fights being a bout with Jack Gardner on 17 July 1950 in Leicester. It was a Commonwealth title eliminator fight and he lost on points, and according to the BBC it was rated as one of the most grueling bouts ever staged in Britain and left both boxers requiring a night in hospital. Two years later on 11 March 1952, Williams had his finest hour, when in a rematch with Gardner, he won the 15 round fight, claiming both the British and Empire Heavyweight titles. However the following year he lost these titles to Don Coc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Arthur (boxer)
John Duncan Arthur (29 August 1929 – 19 May 2005) was a South African boxer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Springs, South Africa. Amateur career Won the Heavyweight bronze medal for South Africa at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Below are John Arthur's results from that tournament: First round (round of 32): bye; Round of 16: defeated James Galli of France; referee stopped contest in first round; Quarterfinal: defeated Jay Lambert Elbert Jay Lambert (November 21, 1925 – February 6, 2012) was an American amateur and professional boxer, medical doctor and general surgeon in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the 1948 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion and represented the United S ... of the United States on points; Semifinal: lost to Rafael Iglesias of Argentina on points; Bronze medal match: defeated Hans Müller of Switzerland by walkover External links profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website since 19 December 1995, and is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with ''Libération'', and '' Le Figaro''. It should not be confused with the monthly publication ''Le Monde diplomatique'', of which ''Le Monde'' has 51% ownership, but which is editorially independent. A Reuters Institute poll in 2021 in France found that "''Le Monde'' is the most trusted national newspaper". ''Le Monde'' was founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of Charles de Gaulle (as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic) on 19 December 1944, shortly after the Liberation of Paris, and published continuously since its first editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
