Erich Campe

Erich Campe medal table
Boxing
German Empire
Olympic games
silver	1932 Los Angeles	Welterweight

Erich Campe (born February 1, 1912 in Berlin-Heinersdorf ; † May 5, 1977 ) was a German boxer .

Career

Erich Campe started boxing at the Teutonia Berlin club when he was 13.

In 1932 Campe was the first German welterweight champion in Munich . With this success he qualified for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles that year . Here the only 20-year-old Campe surprisingly fought his way into the final after victories over the Japanese Aikoku Hirabayashi, the Dane Carl Jensen and the Finn Bruno Ahlberg . In this he was the American Edward Flynn to whom he was defeated on points. After this fight, he received unusual praise from then IOC President Henri de Baillet-Latour . This said Campe corresponded most clearly to the term of the knightly Olympic fighter.

In 1934 Campe was again German champion with a victory over Michael Murach and also started at the European Championships in Budapest , where he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the later bronze medalist Ole Roisland.

In 1936 Campe was able to win the German championship against Murach. At an international tournament in Berlin in 1937, Campe, now starting in the middleweight division (up to 75 kg), beat the French Jean Despeaux before losing to Adolf Baumgarten in the semi-finals . He was also defeated by Baumgarten in the final of the German Championships in 1938.

professional

Like many of his companions, Campe fought again as a professional after the Second World War . He played 17 fights from 1946 to 1949, of which he won only five and lost seven. Five fights ended in a draw. He succumbed u. a. Gustav Eder and Dieter Hucks in battles for the German championship title in light heavyweight (up to 81 kg), as well as Conny Rux and Hans Stretz each on points.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article about Campe in the trade journal "Boxring" from 1956 ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Erich Campe in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

swell

• amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
• boxrec.com