Torsten May (born September 10, 1969 in Glauchau, Saxony) is a former German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He challenged once for the IBF cruiserweight championship in 2006.
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Torsten May, 2019 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Representing Germany | ||
Men's Boxing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1992 Barcelona | Light Heavyweight | |
World Amateur Championships | ||
1991 Sydney | Light Heavyweight |
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.
22 Wins (12 knockouts, 10 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision) [1] | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
Loss | 29-3-1 | Alexander Gurov | TKO | 8 | 21/04/2001 | Erfurt, Germany | WBA Intercontinental/IBF Intercontinental/EBU Cruiserweight Titles. |
Win | 5-0 | Yan Kulkov | PTS | 8 | 25/11/2000 | Hannover, Germany | |
Win | 8-0-1 | Valeri Semiskur | TKO | 3 | 03/06/2000 | Karlsruhe, Germany | IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. |
Win | 24-2 | Alexey Ilyin | MD | 12 | 27/11/1999 | Düsseldorf, Germany | EBU Cruiserweight Title. |
Win | 27-6-2 | Adolpho Washington | TD | 9 | 05/06/1999 | Frankfurt, Germany | IBF Intercontinental cruiserweight title |
Win | 18-2 | Pascal Warusfel | PTS | 10 | 10/10/1998 | Vienna, Austria | |
Loss | 17-4-1 | Stefan Angehrn | TKO | 9 | 13/12/1997 | Düsseldorf, Germany | IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. |
Win | 23-9 | Matthew Charleston | TKO | 5 | 18/10/1997 | Vienna, Austria | |
Win | 13-8 | Jason Nicholson | PTS | 10 | 15/02/1997 | Vienna, Austria | |
Loss | 25-3-2 | Adolpho Washington | UD | 12 | 31/08/1996 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | For vacant IBF cruiserweight title |
Win | 24-8 | Andrew Maynard | KO | 10 | 20/04/1996 | Düsseldorf, Germany | |
Win | 37-3-3 | Gary "Tiger" Steiger | TKO | 6 | 23/03/1996 | New York City, U.S. | |
Win | 6-13 | Bobbie Joe Edwards | PTS | 8 | 29/01/1996 | Piccadilly, London, England | |
Win | 32-8 | Art Jimmerson | KO | 5 | 09/09/1995 | Bielefeld, Germany | |
Win | 16-13 | Tim "Scrap Iron" Johnson | KO | 2 | 17/06/1995 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Johnson knocked out at 2:09 of the second round. |
Win | 8-5-2 | Fred "Kip" Adams | KO | 3 | 27/05/1995 | Dortmund, Germany | |
Win | 24-4 | Saul Montana | UD | 10 | 25/03/1995 | Düsseldorf, Germany | |
Win | 20-5-2 | Jason Waller | TKO | 6 | 26/11/1994 | Wuppertal, Germany | |
Win | 20-8-3 | Dale "Lunch Pail" Jackson | TKO | 5 | 18/06/1994 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the fifth round. |
Win | 32-7-7 | Ralf Rocchigiani | PTS | 10 | 07/05/1994 | Koblenz, Germany | BDB German Cruiserweight Title. |
Win | 15-19-6 | Tony "Phone" Booth | UD | 6 | 26/03/1994 | Dortmund, Germany | |
Win | 26-6-1 | Vincent Boulware | SD | 8 | 26/02/1994 | San Jose, California, U.S. | |
Win | -- | Ludmil Popov | KO | 1 | 11/12/1993 | Düsseldorf, Germany | |
Win | 9-25-1 | Bruce "The Truce" Johnson | TKO | 4 | 16/10/1993 | Koblenz, Germany | |
Win | 4-17-1 | Eric "Ice" Cole | KO | 1 | 18/09/1993 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Cole knocked out at 2:35 of the first round. |
Olympic boxing champions – men's light heavyweight | |
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1920–1936: 160–175 lb (72.6–79.4 kg) · 1948: 73–80 kg · 1952–2012: 75–81 kg · 2016–: 76-81 kg | |
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World amateur boxing champions – men's light heavyweight | |
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