Josef Schleinkofer (boxer)

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Josef Schleinkofer (born March 19, 1910 in Munich ; † 1984 ) was a German boxer . He won a silver medal in featherweight at the 1932 Olympics . In 1935 he became a professional boxer.

Career

Josef Schleinkofer learned to be a carpenter as a teenager in his hometown of Munich. At the same time he started at SC Armin Munich , a club belonging to DASV v. 1891 belonged to boxing. He was a lean technician, almost too tall for his weight class. He achieved his first great success in 1929 when he became German champion in DASV v. 1891 was. After this success he moved to TSV 1860 Munich , which at that time had its own boxing department. This was a member of the DRfAB, another German boxing association. In 1931 and 1932 he became German featherweight champions in this association and qualified in 1932 for participation in the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. After the silver medal, which he won there, he was still active as an amateur boxer until the end of 1934, but no longer competed in German or international championships. In many international comparative fights (e.g. country fights) he was at the start from 1929 to 1934, of which he won most.

In 1935 he became a professional boxer. He fought the last six fights in this profession in South America, where he continued to live after his last fight in February 1937. He is said to have returned to Munich later, but nothing is known about this period of life.

Career as an amateur boxer

Josef Schleinkofer began his boxer career as a teenager at SC Armin Munich, a club belonging to the DASV v. 1891, the umbrella organization of German heavy athletes (wrestling, weightlifting, lawn power sports, but also Jiu Jitsu, judo, power sports, boxing and athletics). In Germany until 1933 there were several associations in many sports that competed against each other. In boxing it was the DRfAB. In 1929 Josef Schleinkofer was just eighteen years old German champion in DASV v. 1891. He defeated it in the featherweight Leitner from VfK Germania Stuttgart on points.

Then he moved to TSV 1860 Munich. In those years this association had many departments, including a. also a successful boxing department. The boxing department of this club was a member of the DRfAB, the largest national boxing association at the time. In this association he was in 1931 with a Disq. Victory in the third round in the final over Rustemeyer from Cologne and in 1932 with a point victory in the final over Otto Kästner from Erfurt German champion, each in the featherweight division.

Josef Schleinkofer fulfilled the criteria of the NOK at an international boxing tournament in April 1932, which only a very small German team could send to the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles for reasons of cost. He finished 1st in this tournament with wins over Gaspare Alessandri, Italy and Dezso Frigyes, Hungary.

In Los Angeles he defeated Johnny Keller, Canada and Gaspare Alessandri on points and lost in the final against Carmelo Robledo from Argentina on points. He won the Olympic silver medal with it . At the same time, he was allowed to carry the title of European amateur boxer champion in 1932, which before 1945 was also awarded to the best-placed European boxer in each weight class.

International success as an amateur boxer

year space competition Weight class Results
1932 1. International four-nation tournament in Berlin feather after winning points over Gaspare Alessandri, Italy and Deszo Frigyes, Hungary
1932 silver OS in Los Angeles feather after winning points over Johnny Keller, Canada and Gaspare Alessandri and a point defeat against Carmelo Ambrosio Robledo, Argentina

German championships as an amateur boxer

year space Association Weight class Results
1929 1. DASV feather Points victory in the final over Leitner, VFK Germania Stuttgart
1931 1. DRfAB feather Disq. Victory in the 3rd round in the final over Rustemeyer, Essen
1932 1. DRfAB feather Points victory in the final over Otto Kästner, Erfurt

Country and a. Selection fights as an amateur boxer

year place encounter Weight class Results
1929 Munich Germany versus Italy Light Points victory over Amilcare de Horatiis
1930 Munich Germany versus Spain feather Points victory over Libre
1930 Munich Bavaria versus Austria feather Points victory over Novotny
1931 Berlin Germany versus USA feather Disq. Victory in the 1st round over Joe Pacino
1932 Dortmund Germany versus Denmark feather Point victory over Anker Poulsen
1932 Milan Lombardy versus Bavaria feather Point defeat against Paderni
1932 Prague Czechoslovakia versus Bavaria feather Draw against Dvorak
1932 Munich Bayern against German selection Light Points victory over Karl Schmedes, Dortmund
1932 Chicago USA versus Germany feather Points victory over Leo Rodak
1933 Munich Bavaria against Central Germany Light Points victory over Meseberg, Magdeburg
1933 Munich Bavaria versus Italy Light Points victory over Ferrari
1934 Munich Bavaria versus Italy Light Points victory over Miserini
1934 Frankfurt (Main) Southwest German against Bavaria Light Points victory over Schermuly, Frankfurt
1934 Saarlouis Saarland versus Bavaria Light Challenge victory over Schleich, Fraulautern
1934 Munich Bavaria versus Hungary Light Draw against Imre Harangi (Olympic champion 1936)

Profile career

Josef Schleinkofer joined the professional boxer at the beginning of 1935. He fought his first fight on February 1, 1935 in Berlin. He came in the lightweight to a point victory over Rudi Kretzschmar, Dresden. On May 10, 1935, in Munich, he defeated Franz Dübbers from Cologne, a boxer who was very well-known at the time, who had become European champion of amateur boxers in the featherweight division in 1927 and who was also the German champion of professional lightweight boxers in 1931. At the time of the fight against Josef Schleinkofer, however, he had already given up this title. On June 14, 1935, Josef Schleinkofer defeated Richard Stegemann from Berlin, who had become German lightweight professional boxer champion in 1934 in a non-title fight, on points in Munich.

In Germany, Josef Schleinkofer only competed in these three fights as a professional boxer. He then went to South America and completed six more fights in Brazil and Argentina from 1935 to 1937 against opponents largely unknown today, of which he won three fights and lost three fights. After his knockout defeat in the 1st round on February 27, 1937 in Buenos Aires against Francisco Suarez, he did not contest a fight.

In total, he played only nine fights as a professional boxer, of which he won four and lost three. He boxed twice in a draw.

Explanations
  • OS = Olympic Games
  • Feather weight, weight class up to 57 kg, lightweight, up to 60 kg body weight
  • DASV from 1891 = German Amateur Heavy Athletics Association from 1891
  • DRfAB = German Reich Association for Amateur Boxing

literature

  • Box-Sport magazine
  • Athletics magazine
  • BOX-ALMANACH 1920 - 1980, publisher of the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980

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personal data
SURNAME Schleinkofer, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxer
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH 1984