Eckhard Dagge

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Eckhard Dagge boxer
Data
Birth Name Eckhard Dagge
Weight class Light middleweight
nationality German
birthday February 27, 1948
place of birth Probsteierhagen
Date of death April 4, 2006
Place of death Hamburg
style Left delivery
size 1.82 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 32
Victories 26th
Knockout victories 16
Defeats 5
draw 1

Eckhard Dagge (* 27. February 1948 in Probsteierhagen ; † 4. April 2006 in Hamburg ) was a German pro - Boxer in the light middleweight and boxing trainer. In 1976/77 he was the second German professional world champion after Max Schmeling .

Boxing career

It was only at the age of 20 that Dagge began boxing at BC Travemünde. In his amateur career, he played 80 fights, of which he won 66 fights, more than 50 fights by knockout. As an amateur, he narrowly missed qualifying for the 1972 Olympic Games. Instead, the later Olympic champion Dieter Kottysch (Hamburg) was nominated. Dagge then switched to the professional camp out of annoyance. He was looked after as manager by Fritz Gretzschel , and later by Willy Zeller .

Dagge's professional debut took place on March 2, 1973 in Berlin's Deutschlandhalle with a knockout victory in the first round against Hans Heukeshoven. Four fights later, Dagge got his chance at the German middleweight championship. On June 3, 1973, in front of 6,000 spectators at the Berlin Waldbühne , he won the German middleweight championship against defending champion Klaus-Peter Tombers in the fifth round by knocking out.

In the period after winning the German middleweight championship to the European championship fight in September 1974 Dagge completed 7 fights, all of which he won (three times by knockout and four times on points). Among them was the fight on February 20, 1974 against the American Denny Moyer, a former super welterweight world champion, whom he beat on points in a ten-round match.

On September 3, 1974 he was still subject to the European light middleweight champion, José Manuel Durán , by technical knockout in the eleventh round. The Spaniard was able to take advantage of a technical weakness from Dagge. As in all previous fights, Dagge had neglected cover and kept dropping his left hand below the belt. To improve his technical skills, he temporarily went to the United States , where he worked with trainer Eddie Futch, who also looked after Joe Frazier and Ken Norton . Also thanks to the progress achieved there, Dagge won the European junior middleweight championship on June 24, 1975 in the rematch against Duran in the Berlin Deutschlandhalle by giving up in the ninth round. Against the Austrian Franz Csandl , he successfully defended the European Championship title with a technical knockout in the seventh round.

His international career was initially interrupted when Dagge lost his European title in Berlin against the Italian challenger Vito Antuofermo in 15 rounds on points.

On June 17, 1976, Dagge proved that he could still keep up on an international level. In front of 5,500 spectators in the Deutschlandhalle, he defeated Elisha Obed (Bahamas). Title holder Obed surprisingly gave up in the tenth round. Obed had started the fight strong, later he could no longer see properly, he explained his task. With this victory Dagge became WBC super welterweight champion. With that, Germany had a professional world champion again 46 years after Schmeling's disqualification win against Jack Sharkey . “I didn't become a professional boxer with the aim of becoming world champion. That would probably have seemed too presumptuous to me, ”said Dagge later.

Dagge, trained by Berlin's Gerhard Bubi Dieter , was able to successfully defend this world title twice. On September 18, 1976 in Berlin by a 15 round points win against Emile Griffith (USA) and on March 15, 1977 in Berlin by a 15 round draw against Maurice Hope (England). On August 6, 1977 Dagge, who received a fee of 200,000 DM for the fight, lost his super welterweight title in front of almost 10,000 spectators in the Berlin Deutschlandhalle in the fifth round by knocking out Rocky Mattioli (Italy) WBC version. Mattioli had exploited the German's weak cover and prevented him from being able to put his stamp on the fast-paced fight.

Although Eckhard Dagge had earned around one million marks on stock exchanges, financial difficulties drove him back into the ring in 1981. On February 13, 1981, after a break of around three and a half years, in front of 2800 spectators in the Ostseehalle Kiel, he defeated the Austrian Esperno Postl, who was obliged as an opponent. The comeback lasted only four fights, in which he won three times, but each time left the ring covered in blood. “I've never been a beautiful boy, but that's enough for me now. I don't want to look like Frankenstein one day, ”said Dagge after his technical knockout defeat in the second round against Englishman Brian Anderson. After this fight Dagge ended his career on November 6, 1981. Of 32 professional fights he won 26 fights, five fights were lost and he boxed once. His World Cup and European Championship belts are still hanging in the Hamburg neighborhood pub Zur Ritze today . Later he worked as a restaurateur and ran a long-established business with a partner in Timmendorfer Strand .

Alcohol problems

During his athletic career, excessive alcoholism became known again and again. Dagge commented on his alcohol problems by saying:

"Many world champions have become alcoholics, but I am the first alcoholic to become world champions."

Coaching career

In 1991, Dagge was the first professional trainer in the stable of the Hamburg promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl . He trained among others Knut Blin , Michael Löwe and Dariusz Michalczewski . He led the Berlin Mario Schießer to the German heavyweight championship. He could no longer accompany Michalczewski's ascent to champion as a trainer, since Dagge was fired in 1994 because of alcohol problems. He then worked as a trainer in the boxing cellar of the Hamburger Ritze , a pub on the Reeperbahn .

biography

  • 1948: Birth of Eckhard Dagge
  • 1968: Beginning of the boxer career
  • 1972: End of the amateur career
  • 1973: Start of professional career
  • 1973: German middleweight champion
  • 1975-1976: European junior middleweight title
  • 1976–1977: WBC world super welterweight title
  • 1981: End of professional career
  • 1982: restaurateur
  • 1991–1994: Head coach of Dariusz Tiger Michalczewski

Despite his attractive fighting style and the world championship title, Eckhard Dagge never achieved the popularity of Max Schmeling or Bubi Scholz . Eckhard Dagge had been in the Leuchtfeuer hospice in Hamburg-St. Pauli and died there on April 4, 2006 from cancer. Eckhard Dagge was buried in the forest cemetery in Scharbeutz near Lübeck .

Trivia

In episode 16 ( Didi in gangster circles ) of the television series Nonstop Nonsens , Dagge played a small guest role in 1979 - a boxer.

literature

  • Wolfgang Weggen (Ed.): Eckhard Dagge. Many world champions have become alcoholics ... Bombus, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-936261-64-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Krauss and Knud Kohr: Kampftage: The history of the German professional boxing. In: indenseilen.de. Verlag Die Werkstatt GmbH, 2000, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Heinz Beyer: Only Schmeling managed that. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. June 19, 1976. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Eckhard Dagge in the crack. Retrieved on October 21, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Hermann Rüping: Dagge hit the bull's eye. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. August 8, 1977. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
  5. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1981/pdf/19810214.pdf/ASV_HAB_19810214_HA_008.pdf
  6. ↑ World champion and enfant terrible - Eckhard Dagge dies . FAZ of April 4, 2006, accessed on April 18, 2020.

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predecessor Office successor
Elisha Obed World Light Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC )
June 17, 1976 - August 6, 1977 		Rocky Mattioli
personal data
SURNAME Dagge, Eckhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German welterweight boxer and boxing trainer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Probsteierhagen
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 2006
Place of death Hamburg