Marco Rudolph (born 22 May 1970 in

Zittau Zittau (; ; ; ; ; Lusatian dialects, Upper Lusatian dialect: ''Sitte''; ) is the southeasternmost city in the Germany, German state of Saxony, and belongs to the Görlitz (district), district of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost Districts of Germ ...

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) is a retired German boxer, who won the Lightweight Silver medal at the

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Professional career

Rudolph began his professional career in 1995 and had limited success. He fought

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in 1998 for the WBO Lightweight Title, but was TKO'd in the 6th. Rudolph retired after the fight with a record of 13-1-0.

Amateur career

Record: 207-28-1 *1987 German National Featherweight Champion *1988 European Junior Featherweight Champion *1989 German National Featherweight Champion *1989 2nd place at Featherweight at the 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships, losing to

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of Bulgaria in final. *1991 3rd place at 1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships, losing to

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of Romania by 1st-round TKO. *1991 German National Lightweight Champion *1991 World Amateur Lightweight Champion in Sydney, Australia. **

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(United States) won on points ** Julien Lorcy (France) won on points **

(Romania) won on points **

( Unified Team) won on points *1992 German National Lightweight Champion *Silver medalist at Lightweight the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. **

(Romania) won on points ** Dariusz Snarski (Poland) won on points ** Julien Lorcy (France) won on points ** Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan (Mongolia) won on points **

(United States) lost on points * 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland, competed at Lightweight. Lost in 2nd round Damian Austin of Cuba. *1993 2nd place in German Amateur Championships as a Lightweight, losing to Heiko Hinz in the final. *1994 Lightweight Gold Medalist at World Cup competition in Bangkok, Thailand. ** Mekhak Kazarian (Armenia) won on points ** Godwin Osagie (Nigeria) won on points ** Nurlan Kalibaev (Kazakhstan) won on points ** Bruno Wartelle (France) won on points ** Julio Gonzalez (Cuba) won on points *1994 German Amateur Lightweight champion, defeating Heiko Hinz in the final. *1995 3rd place at Lightweight in

1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany from May 4 to May 15. The eighth edition of this competition, held a year before the Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics in Atl ...

held in Berlin, Germany. **

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(United States) won on points ** Alex Trujillo (Puerto Rico) won on points ** Paata Gvasalia (Russia) won on points ** Leonard Doroftei (Romania) won on points

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