Torsten May

Torsten May

Torsten May (born October 9, 1969 in Glauchau, Saxony) was a German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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 (Cuba) points
**Defeated Mehmet Gurgen (Turkey) points
**Defeated Andrei Kurnyavka (Russia) points
*Olympic Gold Medalist in Barcelona 1992 as a Light Heavyweight. Results were:
**Defeated Gil-Nam Kim (North Korea) points
**Defeated Dale Brown (boxer) (Canada) points
**Defeated Montell Griffin (United States) points
**Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (Poland) points
**Defeated Rostislav Zaulitchny (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 TKO 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.

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