Dan Schommer, alias "Dangerous Dan," is an American former

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who competed from 1986 to 1994, challenging for the

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super middleweight title in 1994.

Amateur career

Schommer compiled an amateur boxing record of 95-9, and was a six-time winner of the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves.

Professional career

Schommer made his professional debut in 1986, at age 26, defeating Cleo Johns by TKO. In an eight-year professional career Schommer won nationally televised fights against Alberto Gonzalez, Ricky Stackhouse, and Nicky Walker. The pinnacle of his career occurred in October 1994 when he fought world champion

Chris Eubank Christopher Livingstone Eubank (also Christopher Livingstone Eubank Sr. born 8 August 1966) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight and super-middlewei ...

with Eubank's WBO super middleweight belt on the line. Eubank won an unpopular

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, after which Schommer retired with a career record of 30-1-1. Schommer was inducted into the

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in October 2013.

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