Günter Sladky

Günter Sladky
Data
Birth Name	Günter Sladky
Weight class	Light heavyweight
nationality	German
birthday	July 17, 1929
place of birth	Dorsten
Date of death	December 20, 1981
Place of death	Dinslaken
style	Left-hand boom
size	1.86 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	18th
Victories	10
Knockout victories	8th
Defeats	4th
draw	4th

Günter Sladky (born July 17, 1929 , † December 20, 1981 in Dinslaken ) was a German boxer . He was vice European champion of amateur boxers in 1951 in the middleweight division.

Career

Amateur career

Günter Sladky grew up in Dorsten / Westphalia and began boxing with the pugilists (FK) Dorsten in 1947 . Although he had a strenuous job as a worker in a coconut carpet factory, he made good progress and in 1950 was the first Westphalian middleweight champion. With a height of 1.86 m, he was extremely large for this weight class. But mostly had the advantage of a longer range. In 1950 Günter Sladky was also the first German middleweight champion by defeating Neckarsulmer Ihlein. He was able to repeat this success in 1951.

Günter Sladky was then used at the European Amateur Championships in 1951 in Milan . These were the first international championships after the Second World War that German boxers were allowed to participate in again. Günter Sladky defeated Poland Koloczynski on points in the quarter-finals and also won on points in the semi-finals against Lalounis, France . In the final he faced the Swede Stig Sjölin , one of the best amateur boxers of the time. He fought an excellent fight against this excellent technician, which was even for a long time. Only in the final phase did Sjölin gain some advantages that prompted the judges to award him the point win. However, winning the Vice European Championship was a great success for Günter Sladky.

At the beginning of 1952 Günter Sladky suffered a protracted injury that prevented his start in the German championship and the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. After this disappointment, he decided to become a professional boxer in the summer of 1952.

As an amateur, he had also contested the following international matches:

• February 16, 1951 in Dublin , Ireland against FRG, point defeat against McKean,
• August 27, 1951 in Wiesbaden , FRG against USA , point defeat against Nelson,
• September 14, 1951 in Vienna , Austria against FRG, points winner over Moser,
• September 23, 1951 in Essen , FRG against Ireland, points winner over Killeen,
• October 26, 1951 in Tehran , Iran against FRG, KO winner 2nd round over Tusi,
• October 28, 1951 in Tehran, Iran against FRG, points winner over Sakinian,
• November 9, 1951 in Stockholm , Sweden against FRG, point defeat against Stig Sjölin

Profile career

Günter Sladky signed a professional contract with manager Josef Steinacker in 1952. The well-known former European champion Jupp Besselmann acted as his trainer at times . He fought his first professional fight on August 10, 1952 in Recklinghausen . He celebrated a knockout victory in the 4th round over Hubert Kohli on this debut in the light heavyweight division. He also won the next four fights against opponents who were developing. The first heavier opponent against whom he should prove himself was the Frenchman Joseph Roude on January 16, 1953 in Berlin . Günter Sladky did not pass this test, because he lost this fight without singing and sounding on points.

This game was basically repeated three more times. Günter Sladky won against weak opponents, but lost against boxers of the European middle or top class. He suffered defeats on May 15, 1953 in Munich from the Italian Gianbattista Alfonsetti , who knocked him out in the 3rd round, from Willy Schagen from Holland on November 15, 1953 in Dortmund , against whom he lost on points and on 12. November 1954 in Berlin by the young German boxer Horst Niche, to whom he lost by knockout in the 3rd round.

After losing to Horst Niche, Günter Sladky ended his professional career. Why he, who was an absolute German and European top class amateur, couldn't cope as a professional boxer remained his secret.

Günter Sladky then worked for a few years as a trainer at the Dorstfeld boxing club .

literature

• Box Sport trade journal from 1950 to 1956,
• BOX-ALMANACH 1920 - 1980 , published by the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980,
• M. Frenzel, Wolf Stegemann: Pictures of Life . Portraits from six centuries of Dorsten city history. Self-published, Dorsten, 1997.

Web links

• Günter Sladky's record