Franz Szuzina

Franz Szuzina
Data
Birth Name	Franz Szuzina
Weight class	medium weight
nationality	German
birthday	December 29, 1930
place of birth	Bremen
style	Left-hand boom
Combat Statistics
Struggles	83
Victories	46
Knockout victories	24
Defeats	23
draw	14th

Franz Szüzina (born December 29, 1930 in Bremen ) is a former German boxer .

Career

After a short amateur period, Franz Szüzina became a professional boxer at the age of 19. Its manager was Peter Boga. On March 18, 1950, he played his first fight in Berlin and won the welterweight division over Herbert Obermeier on points. On December 9, 1950, he boxed in Berlin against Werner Handke , the later German welterweight champion, in a draw and defeated the former multiple German amateur lightweight champion Herbert Nürnberg by technical knockout in the 4th round in his next fight . Herbert Nürnberg then became Franz Szüzina's trainer for several years.

On August 11, 1951, Franz Szüzina got the chance to box against Peter Müller for the German middleweight championship in Cologne . He delivered a great fight to the favored Cologne rider and was only just defeated on points after 12 rounds. On January 18, 1952, he succeeded in Berlin a remarkable point victory over the German ex-light heavyweight champion Heinz Sachs . On September 9, 1952 Franz Szüzina fought against the new German middleweight champion Hans Stretz again for the German championship. The technician Hans Stretz proved to be superior to the fighter Franz Szüzina in this fight and won on points after 12 rounds.

In the following years of his long career, Franz Szüzina fought against a large part of the European elite and against many world-class athletes. In addition to many victories, he also suffered a lot of defeats. But he managed to stay among the ten best boxers in the European ranking of middleweight boxers for many years. From 1956 to 1961 he fought mainly in the United States , almost without exception against boxers who were ranked among the top ten middleweights in the world. The fact that he repeatedly received well-paid fights there shows how much he was valued in the USA for his fighter heart. With a few exceptions (Carl "Bobo" Olsson and Sugar Ray Robinson) there was hardly an American middleweight in the world rankings against whom Franz Szüzina was not in the ring.

Of the fights he fought from 1953 to 1961, the following were the most notable:

on August 28, 1953 in Berlin knockout loss in the 10th round against Bubi Scholz ,
on September 22, 1954 in Hamburg point defeat against Willi Hoepner ,
on October 23, 1955 in Lille , France , point defeat against European Champion Charles Humez , France,
on June 18, 1956 in New York , draw against Charlie Cotton , USA,
on July 26, 1956 in Milwaukee , point defeat against world number one Joey Giardello , USA,
on September 8, 1956 in Fort Lauderdale , victory over Al Andrews , USA,
on July 8, 1957 in St. Louis , victory over Virgil Akins , USA,
on September 13, 1957 in Syracuse , victory over Randy Sandy , USA,
on February 12, 1958 in Philadelphia , point defeat against Joey Giardello, USA,
on July 30, 1958 in New York, knockout loss 7th round against Spider Webb , USA,
on May 6, 1960 in Hamburg, victory over Germinal Ballarin , France,
on July 15, 1960 in Hamburg, draw against Alex Buxton , Great Britain,
on September 21, 1961 in Toledo / Ohio , point defeat against Rory Calhoun (boxer) , USA

After the loss to Rory Calhoun, Franz Szüzina ended his professional career.

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personal data
SURNAME	Szuzina, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 29, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bremen