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.

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 Andrey 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) when controversially he was credited some of Griffin's 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 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

22 Wins (12 knockouts, 10 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision)
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes
Loss29-3-1Ukraine Alexander GurovTKO821/04/2001Germany Erfurt, GermanyWBA Intercontinental/IBF Intercontinental/EBU Cruiserweight Titles.
Win5-0Russia Yan KulkovPTS825/11/2000Germany Hannover, Germany
Win8-0-1Estonia Valeri SemiskurTKO303/06/2000Germany Karlsruhe, GermanyIBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
Win24-2Russia Alexey IlyinMD1227/11/1999Germany Düsseldorf, GermanyEBU Cruiserweight Title.
Win27-6-2United States Adolpho WashingtonTD905/06/1999Germany Frankfurt, GermanyIBF Intercontinental cruiserweight title
Win18-2France Pascal WarusfelPTS1010/10/1998Austria Vienna, Austria
Loss17-4-1Switzerland Stefan AngehrnTKO913/12/1997Germany Düsseldorf, GermanyIBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
Win23-9United States Matthew CharlestonTKO518/10/1997Austria Vienna, Austria
Win13-8United States Jason NicholsonPTS1015/02/1997Austria Vienna, Austria
Loss25-3-2United States Adolpho WashingtonUD1231/08/1996Spain Palma de Mallorca, SpainFor vacant IBF cruiserweight title
Win24-8United States Andrew MaynardKO1020/04/1996Germany Düsseldorf, Germany
Win37-3-3United States Gary "Tiger" SteigerTKO623/03/1996United States New York City, U.S.
Win6-13United Kingdom Bobbie Joe EdwardsPTS829/01/1996United Kingdom Piccadilly, London, England
Win32-8United States Art JimmersonKO509/09/1995Germany Bielefeld, Germany
Win16-13United States Tim "Scrap Iron" JohnsonKO217/06/1995United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Johnson knocked out at 2:09 of the second round.
Win8-5-2United States Fred "Kip" AdamsKO327/05/1995Germany Dortmund, Germany
Win24-4Mexico Saul MontanaUD1025/03/1995Germany Düsseldorf, Germany
Win20-5-2United States Jason WallerTKO626/11/1994Germany Wuppertal, Germany
Win20-8-3United States Dale "Lunch Pail" JacksonTKO518/06/1994United States Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the fifth round.
Win32-7-7Germany Ralf RocchigianiPTS1007/05/1994Germany Koblenz, GermanyBDB German Cruiserweight Title.
Win15-19-6United Kingdom Tony BoothUD626/03/1994Germany Dortmund, Germany
Win26-6-1United States Vincent BoulwareSD826/02/1994United States San Jose, California, U.S.
Win--Ludmil PopovKO111/12/1993Germany Düsseldorf, Germany
Win9-25-1United States Bruce "The Truce" JohnsonTKO416/10/1993Germany Koblenz, Germany
Win4-17-1United States Eric "Ice" ColeKO118/09/1993Germany Düsseldorf, GermanyCole knocked out at 2:35 of the first round.

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