Bernd Friedrich

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Bernd Friedrich
Data
Birth Name	Bernd Friedrich
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	German
birthday	November 12, 1963
place of birth	Neuwied
style	Legal display
Combat Statistics
Struggles	26th
Victories	19th
Knockout victories	15th
Defeats	7th

Bernd Friedrich (born November 12, 1963 in Neuwied ) is a former German professional boxer and German heavyweight champion.

career

The former strength athlete Friedrich only started boxing at the age of 26. As an amateur, he boxed for the seasons of Rot-Weiß Koblenz and CSC Frankfurt . After two years he switched to the professionals. In his debut fight he met Mario Schießer and lost to the Berliner over four rounds on points.

With five consecutive premature victories in the next fights, he recommended himself for the fight against Axel Schulz on September 19, 1992 for the vacant German championship. Despite an attractive performance, Friedrich had to admit defeat on points to Schulz, who was much faster and more experienced in boxing. Nevertheless, the promoter Wilfried Sauerland noticed him and signed him in 1993.

After victories against opponents who were developing, he was allowed to box again in October 1993 against Christian Honhold for the now vacant national championship title. Already in the first round of the dispute, Honhold opened a deep laceration after an unintentional collision of the heads, which led to the early termination of the fight. Friedrich was declared the winner by technical knockout and the new German champion.

The next setback, however, came in the next fight when he lost to the British Roger McKenzie through a technical knockout in the second round. In May 1994 there was a rematch with Honhold in Koblenz , Friedrich lost over ten rounds on points and had to give up the German championship title.

On March 25, 1995, there was a duel with the now almost 42-year-old, former WBA world champion James "Bonecrusher" Smith , which Friedrich only narrowly and controversially lost on points. Friedrich felt himself betrayed by his promoter and a little later separated from the Sauerland stable. In 1996 he finally boxed for the fourth time for the German championship. Defending champion was his debut opponent Mario Schießer and in the second encounter he was also defeated on points. In the dogged fight, both received so many heavy hits that the BDB then put both of them under a protective ban for several months .

In May 1997 there was the third meeting with Schießer, this time in the fight for the International German Championship. But also this time Friedrich could not prevail, in the last round he even went KO. After three more fights against opponents against whom he was no longer able to convince, Friedrich finally ended his career in 1998.

Web links

• Bernd Friedrich in the BoxRec database