Gerhard Hecht (boxer)

Gerhard Hecht
Gerhard Hecht (left) against Willy Schagen (right) in Kiel's Ostseehalle ; 1957
Data
Birth Name	Gerhard Hecht
Weight class	Light heavyweight
nationality	German
birthday	March 16, 1923
place of birth	Berlin
Date of death	February 22, 2005
Place of death	Berlin
style	Left delivery
Combat Statistics
Struggles	74
Victories	53
Knockout victories	23
Defeats	13
draw	6th
No value	2

Gerhard Hecht (born March 16, 1923 in Berlin ; † February 22, 2005 there ) was a German professional boxer .

Career

Gerhard Hecht was one of the formative boxers of the first post-war years in Germany. He began his professional career in 1947. His manager was Bruno Müller and the promoters who organized most of his fights were Joachim Göttert and Walter Englert. On April 2, 1950 he boxed against Hans Stretz , against whom he had already lost in an earlier meeting in 1948 by knockout, for the German middleweight championship in a draw, Stretz defended his title. Only 1.5 months later, on May 14, 1950, it was against Herbert Kleinwächter for the German championship in the light heavyweight division, but this fight also ended in a draw.

On June 24, 1951, Hecht competed against Sugar Ray Robinson at the Waldbühne Berlin . Robinson was initially disqualified after an irregular hit in the second round, which would have been only his second defeat in 131 fights. However, the fight was later turned into a no-scoring fight.

In November 1952, Hecht became German light heavyweight champion after winning points over Willi Hoepner . In 1954 he won the European title by winning points over the French defending champion Jacques Hairabedian . Even before that, on February 10, 1953, in Berlin, he had achieved a remarkable draw against the ex-European heavyweight champion, Belgian Karel Sys .

He lost both titles to Hoepner on March 11, 1955, but was able to recapture them three months later. In addition, he won the German heavyweight championship against Heinz Neuhaus in Dortmund's Westfalenhalle, which he lost to Neuhaus a year later.

In 1957 he managed to win a points against the Dutchman Willy Schagen , but then lost his German championship title to Hoepner, and the European championship title to the Italian Artenio Calzavara . In 1958 he finally ended his career.

Title fights from Gerhard Hecht

date	place	for the title of	Weight class	Result
1.4.1950	Berlin	Germany	medium	Draw against Hans Stretz , Erlangen
May 14, 1950	Berlin	Germany	Semi-difficult	Draw against Herbert Kleinwächter
November 2, 1951	Hamburg	Germany	Semi-difficult	Point defeat after 12 rounds against Willi Hoepner , Hamburg
11/21/1952	Berlin	Germany	Semi-difficult	Points victory after 12 laps over Willi Hoepner
May 16, 1953	Berlin	Germany	Semi-difficult	KO victory in the 10th round over Hans Stretz
9.4.1954	Hamburg	Europe (EBU)	Semi-difficult	Points victory after 15 laps over Jacques Hairabedian , France
23.9.1954	Hamburg	Europe (EBU)	Semi-difficult	Points victory after 15 laps over Wim Snoek , Netherlands
3/11/1955	Hamburg	Europe (EBU) + Germany	Semi-difficult	Technical knockout loss in the 3rd round against Willi Hoepner
June 12, 1955	Dortmund	Europe (EBU) + Germany	Semi-difficult	KO victory in the 13th round over Willi Hoepner
11/6/1955	Dortmund	Germany	Heavy	Points victory after 12 laps over Heinz Neuhaus , Dortmund
February 26, 1956	St. Nazaire	Europe (EBU)	Semi-difficult	Points victory over Charles Colin , France
11/17/1956	Dortmund	Germany	Heavy	Point defeat after 12 rounds against Heinz Neuhaus
July 12, 1957	Milan	Europe (EBU)	Semi-difficult	Point defeat after 15 rounds against Artenio Calzavara , Italy
20.9.1057	Hamburg	Germany	Semi-difficult	Point defeat after 12 rounds against Willi Hoepner
11/21/1958	Hamburg	Germany	Heavy	Technical knockout loss in the 6th round against Albert Westphal, Hamburg

literature

• Box Sport magazine

Web links

• Gerhard Hecht in the BoxRec database
• Brief portrait and fight record