Mario Veit (born 22 December 1973) is a German former

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. He is a former

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champion and multiple time world title challenger.

Professional career

Veit went undefeated in his first 30 fights, until losing to

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via first-round stoppage in 2001, in a bid for the

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super middleweight title. A fifteen-fight win streak followed, during which Veit won the European super middleweight title in 2003. Veit was granted a second chance at Calzaghe and his title in 2005, but was again stopped in six rounds. In 2006, Veit became the first to defeat

Jürgen Brähmer Jürgen Brähmer (born 5 October 1978) is a German professional boxer. He is a two-time former light-heavyweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 2009 to 2011, and the WBA (Regular) title from 2013 to 2016. Additionally, he has he ...

. However, in the same year, a third loss for Veit came against

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, who stopped him in seven rounds. Veit's final professional fight was a rematch against Brähmer in 2007, which ended in a fourth-round knockout victory for Bräehmer.

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* * http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:16148 1973 births Living people People from Lauchhammer People from Bezirk Cottbus German male boxers Sportspeople from Brandenburg Super-middleweight boxers {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub