Jürgen Lutz (martial artist)

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Jürgen Lutz (* 1952 ; † June 13, 2019 in Karlsruhe ) was a German martial artist , boxing manager, sports studio owner and an important promoter of women's boxing.

Life

Jürgen Lutz was German master in karate and 1982 founder of the Bulldog-Gym in Karlsruhe. His students included:

His most famous protégés were Regina Halmich and Vincent Feigenbutz , both of whom he built up into successful professional athletes. It was through him that Halmich's boxing career was made possible and he was Halmich's first trainer, mentor and manager. His great commitment led to the development of women's boxing. In 2005 he looked after 87 female boxers and had turned 20 women into boxing professionals.

In 1993 he created the Shooting League of the European Newcomer Womenboxing Organization (ENWO) based in Manchester . This association should enable women to practice boxing in the semi-professional field and to fight within a league. Due to considerable pressure from the other camps and associations, this was dissolved again in 1999.

He was the co-founder and vice president of the Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) . Through the connection of the WIBF to the Global Boxing Union , he was also president there. Within the WIBF, he founded and headed the Young Challenger team as a youth league from 2003 .

He was also editor of Lady Box magazine and host of the international event Boxing LIVE - The Next Generation from 1998 until his final appointment in 2001 .

On June 13, 2019, he died of heart disease.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Artrevolver: Sport is everything to me. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Inga-Mareike Frick: From the red light to the limelight: Women's boxing in Germany: An analysis of social acceptance and advancement opportunities for women boxers . Diplomica Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8428-8011-5 , p. 14 ( google.de [accessed on June 16, 2019]).
  3. ^ A b Heidi Hartmann: Women's boxing in Germany: career opportunities in a new sport . Tectum Wissenschaftsverlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8288-5870-1 , p. 86 ( google.de [accessed on June 16, 2019]).
  4. ↑ a b Björn Jensen: Halmich's discoverer: "There will never be another like Regina". September 10, 2005, accessed on June 16, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Emma . EMMA-Frauenverlags GmbH, 2000, p. 20 ( google.de [accessed on June 16, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Inga-Mareike Frick: From the red light to the limelight: Women's boxing in Germany: An analysis of social acceptance and advancement opportunities for women boxers . Diplomica Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8428-8011-5 , p. 12 ( google.de [accessed on June 16, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Heidi Hartmann: Women's Boxing in Germany: Career Opportunities in a New Sport . Tectum Wissenschaftsverlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8288-5870-1 , p. 89 ( google.de [accessed on June 16, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Heidi Hartmann: Women's Boxing in Germany: Career Opportunities in a New Sport . Tectum Wissenschaftsverlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8288-5870-1 , p. 87 ( google.de [accessed on June 16, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Lutz, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German martial artist, boxing manager, sports studio owner and promoter of women's boxing
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 2019
Place of death Karlsruhe