Adolf Heuser

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Adolf Heuser boxer
Data
Birth Name Adolf Heuser
Weight class Light heavyweight
nationality German
birthday October 3, 1907
place of birth Buschdorf
Date of death November 19, 1988
Place of death Bonn
Combat Statistics
Struggles 127
Victories 88
Knockout victories 43
Defeats 21st
draw 17th
No value 1

Adolf Heuser (born October 3, 1907 , in Buschdorf ; † November 19, 1988 in Bonn ) was a German boxer. He was European and International Boxing Union world light heavyweight champion.

Career

In 1926 Heuser started boxing in the Bonn Boxing Club. In 1927 he took part in the international match against Denmark as a substitute. He came into action and got the amateur European champion Thyge Petersen as an opponent , whom he was able to send on the boards in the fifth round. After 30 amateur fights, he became a professional boxer in 1929 and had his first fight on August 2, 1929 against Fernand Delarge . He won on points in six rounds.

In 1931 Heuser traveled to the United States and fought 14 fights in 15 months, of which he won 13. In between he boxed in Valencia against the European champion Martinez de Alfara and got the title by knockout .

In 1932 he fought against George Manley and defeated him by KO. Then the world champion Maxie Rosenbloom agreed to a title fight that was held in March 1933. Heuser lost on points but received $ 70,000 in prize money. In 1937 Heuser became German champion. On March 25, 1938, he defeated Gustave Roth and became European and world light heavyweight champions . In 1939 he won against Heinz Lazek and became European heavyweight champion .

On July 2, 1939, Heuser lost to Max Schmeling by knocking out in the 71st second. On February 1, 1942, he defeated Walter Neusel and became German champion again.

Life

Heuser was the son of a bricklayer and one of 17 children. He earned his living as a farmhand on surrounding farms, such as the Burghof in Buschdorf . After the defeat by Schmeling, the first signs of depression became noticeable. During the Second World War , his house in Cologne-Weiß was destroyed by aerial bombs and a piece of land in Berlin was unusable in the Soviet occupation zone . Due to the currency reform , his savings lost value. Heuser fought for 200 DM for a living, but remained largely penniless. Psychological problems led to his divorce from his wife and in 1949 to his admission to the psychiatric department of the Bonn State Hospital. He died there on November 19, 1988.

In 1996 the Adolf-Heuser-Weg was named after him in Bonn-Buschdorf .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/sport/regio-sport/Erinnerung-an-die-Bulldogge-vom-Rhein-article143713.html
  2. ^ Rhein-Sieg-Rundschau v. February 1, 2017, p. 38, Hartmut Eickenberg: With the elemental force of a wrecking ball
  3. ^ Adolf-Heuser-Weg in the Bonn street cadastre
personal data
SURNAME Heuser, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxer
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Buschdorf
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1988
Place of death Bonn