Gustav Baumgardt

Gustav Baumgardt (born August 13, 1935 - † April 28, 2018 ) was an AIBA referee and former boxing referee in the amateur field. He acted as a referee at many international tournaments, including European and World Championships as well as the Olympic Games. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , he was referee of the super heavyweight final between Lennox Lewis (CAN) and Riddick Bowe (USA). After Bowe was counted twice while standing in the second round, Baumgardt ended the fight and Lewis became Olympic champion. Baumgardt was friends with the trainer Fritz Sdunek , Michael Timm and a member of the SCT Schwerin since his amateur days . He maintained contact with the athletes, Jochen Bachfeld, Richard Nowakowski, Reinhold Meißner, Henry Maske, Torsten May, Axel Schulz, SCT-Boxer: Tews, Berg, Timm, etc., with whom he traveled around the world, until his last appearance.

Gustav Baumarkt was an opponent of head protection in boxing.

He always turned down offers from the professional to earn a lot of money and to work there.

As the third man in the ring, Baumgardt was one of the best in the world, for many the best.

Baumgardt last lived in Schwerin . He was married to Ingeborg, his wife, since September 1, 1957, father of a daughter, his Evelyn and grandfather of two grandchildren, Antje and Grit, and three great-grandchildren, Mia, Vincent, Jan.

Gustav Baumgardt has compiled, written and bound a journal of German and Schwerin boxing history. This journal contains the German post-war boxing history from 1945 to the present day.

Web links

Ralf Herbst: "One of me never fell over". Schweriner Volkszeitung, August 13, 2010.

Individual evidence

↑ Obituary notice. In: Schweriner People's Newspaper. May 5, 2018, accessed May 14, 2018 .
↑ Gustav Baumgardt turns 80: A life for boxing , Schweriner Volkszeitung, August 13, 2015
↑ Skip Myslenski: Carbajal, Ellis Score Us Boxing Triumphs , Chicago Tribune, September 25, 1988
↑ Earl Gustkey: The Seoul Games / Day 16: Boxing Ends Where It Began: in Controversy: US Fighter Loses Bout He 'Won' Amid Charges of Bribery, Cheating. Los Angeles Times, October 2, 1988 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Baumgardt, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German boxing referee
DATE OF BIRTH	August 13, 1935
DATE OF DEATH	April 28, 2018

[1] Obituary notice. In: Schweriner People's Newspaper. May 5, 2018, accessed May 14, 2018 .

[2] Gustav Baumgardt turns 80: A life for boxing , Schweriner Volkszeitung, August 13, 2015

[3] Skip Myslenski: Carbajal, Ellis Score Us Boxing Triumphs , Chicago Tribune, September 25, 1988

[4] Earl Gustkey: The Seoul Games / Day 16: Boxing Ends Where It Began: in Controversy: US Fighter Loses Bout He 'Won' Amid Charges of Bribery, Cheating. Los Angeles Times, October 2, 1988 (English).