Edgar Basel

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Edgar Basel boxer
Data
Birth Name Edgar Basel
Weight class Flyweight
nationality GermanyGermany German
birthday November 1, 1930
place of birth Mannheim
Date of death 7th September 1977
Combat Statistics
Struggles 41
Victories 22nd
Knockout victories 3
Defeats 15th
draw 4th

Edgar Basel (born November 1, 1930 in Mannheim ; † September 7, 1977 ) was a German flyweight boxer.

amateur

Basel was five-time German flyweight champion (1951, 1952, 1954-1956). At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 he won the silver medal in this weight class, where he was defeated in the final by the American Nathan Brooks . In 1955 he won the European Championships in Berlin . Basel was also nominated for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne , but failed there in the first fight against the representative of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Stolnikov .

On August 2, 1952, he received the silver bay leaf.

professional

In 1957 he became a professional. As a technician, his fights were often decided on points. In May 1958 he fought for the vacant title of German bantamweight champion against Alfred Schweer from Bochum . In the fight for the featherweight title he failed in 1961 to Willy Quatuor from Dortmund by technical knockout. Almost exactly a year later, Basel again challenged Quatour. And this time he was defeated by a technical knockout. His last fight on November 24, 1961 should bring him the renewed title of German bantamweight champion, but his opponent Klaus Jager ( Frankfurt am Main ) won by technical knockout in the seventh round. He then ended his career in the professional rings after only four years.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Briefing of the Bundestag by the Federal Government of September 29, 1973 - Printed matter 7/1040 - Annex 3 (containing all awards of the SB up to 1973), page 54
personal data
SURNAME Basel, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxer
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH 7th September 1977