Torsten May (born September 10, 1969 in
Glauchau
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,
Saxony
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) is a former
German
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boxer, who won the
Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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. He challenged once for the
IBF
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cruiserweight championship in 2006.
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
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(Cuba) points
**Defeated
Mehmet Gurgen
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(Turkey) points
**Defeated
Andrey Kurnyavka (Russia) points
*Olympic Gold Medalist in Barcelona 1992 as a Light Heavyweight. Results were:
**Defeated
Gil-Nam Kim
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The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 19 ...
(North Korea) points
**Defeated
Dale Brown (boxer) (Canada) points
**Defeated
Montell Griffin
Montell Julian Griffin (born June 6, 1970) is an American former professional boxer. He held the WBC light heavyweight title in 1997, and challenged twice for a world title.
Early life
Montell Griffin was born June 6, 1970 in Chicago. By age 22, ...
(United States) when controversially he was credited some of Griffin's points
**Defeated
Wojciech Bartnik (Poland) points
**Defeated
Rostislav Zaulitchny
Rostyslav Zaulychnyi ( uk, Ростислав Зауличний; born September 6, 1968 in Lviv) is a retired Ukrainian amateur boxer, who represented the Unified Team (former Soviet Union) and won the Light Heavyweight Silver me ...
(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
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Alexander Gurov Alexander Gurov may refer to:
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* Alexander Gurov (boxer)
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, TKO
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Erfurt
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, Germany
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Yan Kulkov
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Hannover
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Valeri Semiskur
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, 03/06/2000
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Karlsruhe
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Adolpho Washington
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, 05/06/1999
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Frankfurt
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Pascal Warusfel
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Stefan Angehrn
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, TKO
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, 13/12/1997
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Matthew Charleston
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, TKO
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, 18/10/1997
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Adolpho Washington
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Palma de Mallorca
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, Spain
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Andrew Maynard
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, 20/04/1996
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Gary "Tiger" Steiger
, TKO
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, 23/03/1996
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New York City
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, U.S.
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Bobbie Joe Edwards
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, 29/01/1996
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Piccadilly
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,
London
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, England
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Art Jimmerson
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, 09/09/1995
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Bielefeld
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, Germany
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Tim "Scrap Iron" Johnson
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, 17/06/1995
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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, U.S.
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Fred "Kip" Adams
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, 27/05/1995
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Saul Montana
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Jason Waller
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, TKO
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, 26/11/1994
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Wuppertal
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Dale "Lunch Pail" Jackson
, TKO
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, 18/06/1994
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Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Ralf Rocchigiani
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, 07/05/1994
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Tony "Phone" Booth
, UD
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, 26/03/1994
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Dortmund
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Vincent Boulware
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, 26/02/1994
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San Jose, California
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Ludmil Popov
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, 11/12/1993
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Bruce "The Truce" Johnson
, TKO
, 4
, 16/10/1993
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Koblenz
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, Germany
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Eric "Ice" Cole
, KO
, 1
, 18/09/1993
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Düsseldorf
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References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:May, Torsten
1969 births
Living people
People from Glauchau
Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Cruiserweight boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
German male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Saxony