Heinz Sachs

Heinz Sachs
Data
Birth Name	Heinrich Sachs
Weight class	Light heavyweight
nationality	German
birthday	1925
place of birth	Dresden
style	Left-hand boom
Combat Statistics
Struggles	59
Victories	29
Knockout victories	15th
Defeats	19th
draw	11
Profile in the BoxRec database

Heinz Sachs (* 1925 in Dresden ) is a former German boxer . He was German champion among the amateurs and among the professionals in the light heavyweight division.

Career

Amateur career

Heinz Sachs, who grew up in Dresden and began boxing there as a teenager , moved to Krefeld after 1945 . As a multiple Lower Rhine champion, he took part in the first German boxing championships for amateurs after the Second World War in 1948 , which took place in Cologne . He defeated the Stuttgart Höß on points in the semifinals and defeated the favorite Willi Hoepner from Kiel by knockout in the second round.

Profile career

At the beginning of 1949, Heinz Sachs signed a contract as a professional boxer with the manager Christian Schaath. He competed in his first professional fight on April 1, 1949 in Cologne , defeating a certain small farmer on points in the light heavyweight division. Heinz Sachs won the next twelve fights, mostly fighting in western Germany. The only well-known opponents were Hans Strelecki and Willi Fanzlau, both from Dortmund, among them. On May 19, 1950, Heinz Sachs received his first defeat from Rudi Pepper , an aspirant in a fight for the German championship. He lost over 8 rounds on points and had to admit defeat on points to the Americans Ken Stribling and Lloyd Marshall on July 2, 1950 and October 8, 1950 in Berlin .

But Heinz Sachs made such a good impression in his battles against the Americans that he on 9 December 1950 in Essen against Richard Vogt (Boxer) was allowed to compete for the German championship in the light heavyweight division. He seized the opportunity and won by knockout in the 4th round. In the revenge on March 23, 1951, which was again about the German championship in the light heavyweight division, Heinz Sachs defended his title in Krefeld with a draw against Richard Vogt. On May 13, 1951, he managed to defend his title. He fought against Hans Strelecki in a draw in Essen and therefore kept the title.

On July 7, 1951, Heinz Sachs was knocked out in Hamburg in the DM title fight by Willi Hoepner in the third round, who thus became the new German light heavyweight champion. Heinz Sachs received the opportunity from Willi Hoepner on August 23, 1952 in Hamburg and on May 21, 1954 in Kiel, to regain the DM title. But he lost both fights. In Hamburg over 12 rounds on points and in Kiel by knockout in the 2nd round.

In his professional career, which lasted until June 1, 1956, Heinz Sachs made several attempts to fight his way forward against good European boxers. But it remained an attempt, because he lost these fights. Opponents were u. a. Renato Tontini from Italy (April 14, 1951), Giovanni Alfonsetti from Italy (August 2, 1953), Wim Snoek from Holland (July 11, 1954), Charles Colin , France (May 21, 1955) and Willy Schagen from Holland (1 June 1956). He therefore did not get to a fight for the European Championship and resigned after his last defeat against Willy Schagen.

literature

• Box Sport magazine from 1950 to 1956.

Web links

• Heinz Sachs in the BoxRec database
• Heinz Sachs in the BoxRec Encyclopaedia
• Website of the German Boxing Museum