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.

Torsten May

Torsten May, 2019
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Light Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sydney Light Heavyweight

Amateur career

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Professional career

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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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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 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Torsten May - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
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