Carl Thompson

Carl Thompson
Data
Birth Name	Carl Adrian Thompson
Fight name	Cat
Weight class	Cruiser weight
nationality	British
birthday	May 26, 1964
place of birth	Manchester
style	Left-hand boom
size	1.83 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	40
Victories	34
Knockout victories	25th
Defeats	6th

Carl Adrian Thompson (born May 26, 1964 in Manchester ) is a former British professional boxer, European champion ( EBU ) and WBO world cruiserweight champion. He achieved significant victories against Ralf Rocchigiani , Chris Eubank and David Haye , among others .

Career

Before the pit he denied until the late 1980s, a seven-year career as a Thai boxer and trained in the Master Sken Academy . He took part in the World Championships in Amsterdam in 1987 and in Düsseldorf in 1989 , where he was eliminated by Branko Cikatić . Without preparation for amateur boxing, he switched to the professional boxing camp.

He suffered his first defeat in his ninth fight against Crawford Ashley, two-time European champion and world championship challenger to Michael Nunn and Virgil Hill . In September 1991 he defeated Nicky Piper prematurely. He also won his following eight fights by knockout, where he was British champion and European champion. He won the European Championship in Italy in 1994 against ex-WBC world champion Massimiliano Duran and defended it in France against the three-time World Cup challenger Akim Tafer.

In June 1995 he boxed for the first time for the WBO World Cup against Ralf Rocchigiani , but went down three times against the German and gave up the fight in the eleventh round due to injury. Rocchigiani, who also suffered a knockdown, had also suffered a cut injury to his left eye. After three construction wins, there was a rematch in Germany in October 1997, this time Thompson won on points. He was able to defend the WBO title twice against Chris Eubank in 1998 . In March 1999 he lost the belt to Johnny Nelson .

By knocking out Terry Dunstan, European champion and IBF world championship challenger, he became British champion again in December 1999. In May 2000 the European Championship belt followed again by knocking out Frenchman Alain Simon with a title defense by knockout in the second round against Russian Alexei Ilyin, 1998 World Cup challenger to Juan Gómez . In February 2001 he managed another knockout win against former IBF world champion Uriah Grant .

Against Ezra Sellers, he was surprisingly three times on the ground in November 2001 before losing in the fourth round by knockout. His opponent also suffered two knockdowns. In February 2004 he won prematurely against the South African Sebastiaan Rothmann, who was able to defeat Crawford Ashley and Jorge Castro , among others .

In September 2004 he managed a surprising victory in the fifth round against David Haye after his corner of the ring threw in the towel after her protégé had knocked down twice. He won his last fight in November 2005 against Frédéric Serrat.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ralf Rocchigiani	Cruiserweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) October 4, 1997 - March 27, 1999	Johnny Nelson

Web links

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