Andreas Marks

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Andreas Marks boxer
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Birth Name {{{realname}}}
Weight class
nationality German
birthday 20th August 1970
place of birth Berlin , Germany
Combat Statistics
Struggles 27
Victories 14th
Knockout victories 6th
Defeats 11
draw 0

Andreas Marks (born August 20, 1970 in Berlin ) is a former German boxer . As a professional boxer, he was German champion in super welterweight (light middleweight) and super middleweight.

Life

 Marks, who comes from Berlin-Kreuzberg , was in the ring for the first time as a professional boxer in mid-November 1988 when he defeated Mehmet Zolic. In September 1990, Marks won the vacant German championship title in super welterweight (light middleweight) by knocking out Thomas Mateoi in the sports hall in Charlottenburg. In December of the same year he also secured the international German championship title in this weight class. In late May 1991 Marks fought against Niyazi Aytekin for the international German middleweight championship, went down twice in the course of the fight and lost on points. Minutes after the fight, he announced his retirement as a boxer, but ultimately continued his career.

In July 1991, a Berlin lay judge sentenced him to a six-month suspended sentence for dangerous bodily harm. Marks defended the German super middleweight championship in April 1992, he defeated Andreas Schweiger  by knockout. In November 1995 Marks entered Frankfurt am Main against Gerhard Schoberth in the fight for the vacant German championship title in light heavyweight, but lost on points. In his penultimate fight as a professional boxer, in which the German super middleweight title was at stake, the Berliner  lost to Norbert Nieroba in Dortmund in June 1996 . After a long break, Marks was in the ring again in February 1999, it was also his last fight. The Berliner lost this in France  against Orlando Wiet from the Netherlands .

Footnotes

  1. a b https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVFJo-z9FDA
  2. a b c BoxRec: Andreas Marks. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
  3. German professional boxers in court. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .