- Markus Beyer
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Medal record
Markus BeyerMen’s Boxing Competitor for Germany
Height 176 cm
World Amateur Championships Bronze 1995 Berlin Light Middleweight European Amateur Championships Silver 1996 Vejle Light Middleweight Markus Beyer (born April 28, 1971 in Erlabrunn) is a German boxer at super middleweight and the former WBC Champion, who resides in Lilienthal, Germany. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the light middleweight division. He also competed in the Barcelona Games of 1992, and won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin.
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Amateur Highlights
- Record: 274 Fights - 235 Wins
- 1988 East German Featherweight Champion, won the Junior European Flyweight Championship in Gdansk, Poland beating Zoltan Lunka (Romania) in the final.
- 1989 2nd place at the Junior World Championship in Bayamon, Puerto Rico as a Featherweight
- 1992 competed at the Barcelona Olympics as a Light Middleweight. Results were:
- Defeated Sililo Figota (New Zealand) PTS (16-2)
- Lost to Juan Carlos Lemus (Cuba) RSCH-1
- 1993 German Light Middleweight Champion, competed at the World Championships in Tampere, Finland
- 1994 2nd place at German Championship, losing the final to Mario Veit
- 1995 German Light Middleweight Champion, 3rd place at World Championship in Berlin, Germany
- 1996 2nd Place at European Championship in Vejle (Denmark) losing the final to Francisc Vastag (Romania), competed at the Atlanta Olympics. Results were:
- Defeated Francisc Vastag (Romania) PTS (17-12)
- Defeated Gyorgy Mizsei (Hungary) PTS (14-3)
- Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) PTS (9-19)
Pro career
On October 23, 1999, Beyer won his first world title against WBC super middleweight champion Richie Woodhall. He successfully defended the title against Leif Keiski before losing it to Glenn Catley.
On April 5, 2003, Beyer challenged Canadian WBC super middleweight champion Eric Lucas and was awarded a highly controversial split decision in Germany.[1] Beyer defended the title against Danny Green and Andre Thysse before being upset by Cristian Sanavia. Beyer defeated Sanavia by knockout in a rematch then went on to retain the title five times by scoring wins over Yoshinori Nishizawa, Danny Green, Omar Sheika, Alberto Colajanni, and a draw against Sakio Bika.
On October 14, 2006, Beyer lost his title via third-round knockout to WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in a unification fight.
Titles held
- German super middleweight;
- IBF Intercontinental super middleweight;
- 3 times WBC super middleweight 23 October 1999 to 6 May 2000; 5 April 2003 to 5 June 2004; 9 October 2004 to 14 October 2006
- WBC International super middleweight; 21 April 2001 to 24 August 2002
Preceded by
Richie WoodhallWBC Super Middleweight Champion
23 Oct 1999– 6 May 2000Succeeded by
Glenn CatleyPreceded by
Eric LucasWBC Super Middleweight Champion
5 Apr 2003– 5 Jun 2004Succeeded by
Cristian SanaviaPreceded by
Cristian SanaviaWBC Super Middleweight Champion
9 Oct 2004– 14 Oct 2006Succeeded by
Mikkel KesslerSee also
- List of WBC world champions
- Reigning boxing champions
External links
- Professional boxing record for Markus Beyer from BoxRec
- Homepage von Markus Beyer
- Die Rückkehr des letzten Champions Markus Wessel / sport.ARD.de
- Vor dem Fight gegen Danny Green
Categories:- 1971 births
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- German boxers
- Living people
- Olympic boxers of Germany
- Southpaw boxers
- Super-middleweights boxers
- World boxing champions
- German boxing biography stubs
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