Henryk Kukier

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Henryk Kukier (born January 1, 1930 in Lublin ) is a former Polish boxer . He was European champion of the amateurs in 1953 in flyweight .

Career

Henryk Kukier started boxing in Lublin in 1948 . Small and light, he boxed all his career at flyweight, at that time up to 51 kg body weight. He fought for the clubs WKS Lublin, Gwardia Warsaw , CWKS Warsaw and at the end of his career for Avii Świdnik .

In 1951 he had already achieved such a level of performance that he was used in two international matches in the Polish national relay. Although he lost both fights against the Czech Zdenek Petrina and the Finn Risto Luukkonen on points, he already showed that he has a lot of talent for boxing. In 1952 he became Polish runner-up in the flyweight division. However, it was used at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki . Here he met Edgar Basel from the Federal Republic of Germany in his first fight and was clearly defeated by 3-0 judges' votes.

In 1953 Henryk Kukier was the first Polish champion. At the subsequent European Championship for Amateurs in Warsaw, Henryk Kukier was prepared by coach Feliks Stamm. He won against the silver medalist at the 1952 Olympic Games Edgar Basel on points, then won over the Soviet champion Anatoly Nikolajewitsch Bulakow and cleared the Czech Frantisek Majdloch on points in the final battle , making him European champion .

Two years later, at the European Championship in 1955 in Berlin (West), Henryk Kukier won over Paul Schnugg from Austria and Derek Lloyd from England . In the semifinals, however, he was defeated by Edgar Basel with 3-0 judges' votes and thus took 3rd place.

Henryk Kukier then started at the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , but was eliminated here in the preliminary round after losing points to the Australian Warner Batchelor. It was similar for him at the 1957 European Championships in Prague . Here, too, he lost his first fight against Peter Davies from Wales and was eliminated. At the European Championships in 1959 in Lucerne , Henryk Kukier won his first fight against Mike Cushow from England, but was then eliminated by a point defeat against Mircea Dubrescu from Romania and was again without a medal.

At the end of his career, he also started at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome . Here he also lost his first fight against the German European champion of 1957 and 1959 Manfred Homberg and was eliminated.

During his career, Henryk Kukier played a total of 35 international matches. He won 25 fights. In total, he played 256 fights in his career, winning 234 fights, boxing once and losing only 21 fights. After finishing his career, he was a coach for many years at his last boxing club, Avii Swidnik.

International success

Polish championships

Henryk Kukier was Polish runner-up in 1952 and Polish flyweight champion in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1960.

International battles

  • 1951 in Svit / ČSR , ČSR against Poland , point defeat against Zdenek Petrina,
  • 1951 in Helsinki , Finland against Poland, point defeat against Risto Luukkonen ,
  • 1952 in Poznań , Poland against Hungary , points winner over Jozsef Karpati,
  • 1952 in Moscow , USSR against Poland, point defeat against Anatoli Nikolajewitsch Bulakow ,
  • 1952 in Moscow, Poland against Romania , points winner over Ilie Toma,
  • 1952 in Moscow, Poland against Hungary, points winner over Jozsef Karpati,
  • 1952 in Moscow, Poland against Bulgaria , points winner over Wasil Borisow,
  • 1953 in Helsinki, Finland against Poland, point defeat against Risto Luukkonen,
  • 1954 in Budapest , Hungary against Poland, point defeat against Jozsef Karpati,
  • 1954 in Warsaw , Poland against Belgium , points winner over R. Deckers,
  • 1954 in Wrocław , Poland against GDR , points winner over Herbert Brien,
  • 1954 in Sofia , Bulgaria against Poland, points winner over Mehmet Jascharow,
  • 1954 in Sofia, Poland against the USSR, winner without a fight over Vladimir Stolnikow ,
  • 1954 in Sofia, Poland against GDR, points winner over Kurt Milleck,
  • 1954 in Sofia, Poland against Bulgaria, points winner over Domonkos Szabo,
  • 1954 in Paris , France against Poland, point defeat against Rene Libeer ,
  • 1954 in Antwerp , Belgium against Poland, points winner over R. Deckers,
  • 1954 in Katowice , Poland against Finland, points winner over Jorma Limmonen,
  • 1955 in Helsinki, Finland against Poland, point defeat against Risto Luukkonen,
  • 1956 in Nowa Huta , Poland against Hungary, points winner over József Nagy ,
  • 1956 in Warsaw, Poland against FRG, points winner over Edgar Basel ,
  • 1956 in Warsaw, Poland against England , point winner over Terry Spinks (Olympic champion from 1956 in Melbourne ),
  • 1957 in Dortmund , Germany against Poland, point defeat against Manfred Homberg ,
  • 1957 in Warsaw, Poland against Finland, points winner over Risto Luukkonen,
  • 1957 in London , England against Poland, points winner over Eugene O'Callaghan,
  • 1957 in Manchester , England against Poland, points winner over Eugene O'Callaghan,
  • 1958 in Warsaw, Poland against France, points winner over Albert Younsi,
  • 1958 in Rostock , GDR against Poland, points winner over Otto Babiasch ,
  • 1958 in Wrocław, Poland against Hungary, point winner over Gyula Török (Olympic champion from 1960 in Rome),
  • 1959 in Essen , FRG against Poland, point defeat against Manfred Homberg,
  • 1959 in Ljubljana , Yugoslavia against Poland, points winner over Stevan Ljubomirovicz,
  • 1959 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia against Poland, points winner over Stevan Ljubomirovicz,
  • 1959 in Glasgow , Scotland against Poland, point defeat against Danny Lee,
  • 1960 in Lodz , Poland against Germany, points winner over Waldemar Stephani

swell

  • Box Sport magazine from 1952 to 1960,
  • Box Almanach 1920–1980 , publisher of the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980,
  • Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa-pl"
personal data
SURNAME Kukier, Henryk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish boxer
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Lublin