Hubert Offermanns

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Hubert Offermanns boxer
Data
Birth Name
Weight class Bantam
nationality German
birthday January 17, 1906
place of birth Neuss
Date of death July 10, 1985
Place of death Neuss
size approx. 1.59
Combat Statistics
Struggles 63
Victories 19th
Knockout victories 14th
Defeats 34
draw 10

Hubert Offermanns (born January 17, 1906 in Neuss ; † July 10, 1985 there ) was a German boxer .

Hubert Offermanns was one of eleven children and trained as a plumber and plumber. He saw a boxing match for the first time when he was 19 and began to practice secretly as his parents opposed it. In his first year as a boxer, he fought for the Neuss city flyweight championship. He lost that fight, broke his nose, and was hospitalized for a week. Offermanns, who was very small and petite, boxed successfully as an amateur until 1932.

In 1932 Offermanns, who had meanwhile become unemployed, decided to become a professional . In May 1932 he completed his first professional fight in Cologne's Rhineland Hall against local hero Bernhard Schindler and lost. One reason for this was the training conditions at his club DJK Rheinkraft Neuss : As a professional, he was not allowed to train his amateur club colleagues together and also not spar with them . After a few lost fights, the press gave up on him until the Düsseldorf manager Peter Kronenberger took him under his wing. In the years to come, he became a crowd favorite, also because of his aggressive fighting style. When he 1934 in the Düsseldorf planetarium against Willi Metzner punched, many boxing fans had to stay outside because of overcrowding in the hall.

In 1935 Hubert Offermanns became German champion for the first time in a fight against Hubertäböck in Munich's Cirkus Krone . He boxed a total of 13 times for the championship and won the title three times. In 1937 he boxed in Liverpool against the English world champion Peter Kane . In the tenth round, the Briton went down, but Offermanns had to give up due to the fracture of a metacarpal bone, but was celebrated by the audience.

The Second World War ended Offermann's career. A comeback attempt after the release from captivity failed.

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personal data
SURNAME Offermanns, Hubert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxer
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuss
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1985
Place of death Neuss