Chuck Spieser

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Spieser, Chuck boxer
Data
Birth Name Spieser, Charles William "Chuck"
Weight class Semi-difficult
nationality Americans
birthday August 2, 1929
place of birth South Lyon , Detroit , Michigan
Date of death December 21, 1996
style Left-hand boom
size 1.78 meters
Combat Statistics
Struggles 28
Victories 21st
Knockout victories 15th
Defeats 6th
draw 1

Chuck Spieser (born August 2, 1929 in South Lyon , Detroit , Michigan , † December 21, 1996 ) was an American boxer .

Career

Amateur career

Charles William "Chuck" Spieser attended Michigan State University in East Lansing and started boxing there. He was a member of the Annunciaton Athletic Club Lansing. About student sport he qualified in 1948 for the Olympic elimination of the American amateur boxer in the light heavyweight division, which he also won with a points victory in the final over Grant Butcher. He then represented the United States at the 1948 Olympic Games in London . In the light heavyweight division, he won there in his first fight over the Dane Erik Jensen on points. In the last sixteen he lost to George Hunter from South Africa on points and was eliminated. He finished 9th with all the other losers in the round of 16.

1951 and 1952 Chuck Spieser was American student champion (NCAA champion) in the light heavyweight division. He also won again in the US Olympic Trials in the light heavyweight division. In the final he defeated Charles Butten by knocking out in the first round. At the Olympic Games in Helsinki , contrary to the practice of the US Olympic Committee, it was not he who was used, but Norvel Lee , who also became Olympic champion. Chuck Spieser was only a substitute.

Profile career

After this disappointment, Chuck Spieser became a professional boxer in 1952. His domicile was Lansing, Michigan. He played his first professional fight on September 17, 1952 in Chicago and beat Rufus Berry on points. Then he won his next six fights, but surprisingly lost on January 13, 1953 in Grand Rapids against Frank Favaro, by KO in the 7th round and on February 26, 1953 in Detroit against Art Wright by Techn. KO in the 4th round. Both boxers were by no means part of the first guard of American light heavyweight boxers. On April 23, 1953 Chuck Spieser succeeded in Revenche in Detroit a technical knockout victory in the 3rd round over Frank Favaro.

1954 Chuck Spieser was inactive. In 1955 he lost on July 27, 1955 in Chicago against Willie Pastrano on points. But after that he got two important victories. He beat Willie Troy in Washington on September 30, 1955 by Tech. KO in the 5th round and on November 16, 1955 in Chicago Paddy Young by Tech. KO in the 2nd round. Both boxers belonged to the elite of middle and light heavyweight professionals. On January 27, 1956, Chuck Spieser also managed a draw against Willie Pastrano. He was one of the candidates for a title fight against the reigning world champion Archie Moore . In the US boxing journal The Ring , he was ranked fourth in the February 1956 ranking behind world champions Archie Moore, Floyd Patterson , Yolande Pompey from Trinidad and Gerhard Hecht from Germany. Willie Pastrano was in 6th place in the heavyweight ranking (see Box Sport No. 6/1956, page 8).

Chuck Spieser could not meet these expectations in his further fights. On May 30, 1956, he lost in New Orleans to Willie Pastrano on points. Then he defeated Willi Hoepner from Germany on November 28, 1956 in Milwaukee by knockout in the 2nd round. In the decisive qualifying battle for a title fight he was defeated on April 5, 1957 in Detroit against Tony Anthony by knockout in the 3rd round. The hopes for a title fight were thus broken.

On November 8, 1958, he fought in Dortmund against European champion Erich Schöppner and was defeated by technical knockout in the 6th round.

Chuck Spieser then resigned. In 1962 he tried a comeback. But he only played one fight in which he knocked out Carl Boarman in Lexington in the 2nd round.

literature

  • Box Sport magazine

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personal data
SURNAME Spieser, Chuck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American boxer
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH South Lyon , Detroit , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1996