Junior Maximus

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Junior Maximus (born August 5, 1983 as Kalonga Tshibuabua in Kananga , Democratic Republic of the Congo ) is a heavyweight boxer licensed by the Association of German Professional Boxers .

At the age of ten he moved to Germany with his family. After winning the title of West German amateur champion in the heavyweight division in 1999, the title of international German champion of boxing amateurs followed in 2000. As an amateur he completed 20 fights, of which he was knocked out in 18.

In 2006 he switched to the professional camp and initially trained with Graciano "Rocky" Rocchigiani . Today Maximus lives in Düsseldorf . There he was trained by the former No. 3 in the WBC world rankings, Loui Pergau.

On January 17, 2009 he won against Jonathan Pasi and on May 9, 2009 against Denis De La Cruz. These were the fifth and sixth bouts as a professional. He won the six professional fights three times by knockout and on points. On October 4th, 2008 he won the fight against Richi Kwateng by knockout after only seven seconds of fighting time.

In 2010 he was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Düsseldorf Regional Court for extortionate kidnapping after he had locked up, beaten and threatened a debtor as a debt collector, so that he jumped out of the window of the third floor of a building on Berliner Allee and found himself difficult injured. He had to serve almost the entire sentence. Then he started boxing again at a French boxing stable.

At the African championship on Cape Verde on December 9, 2017, he won the heavyweight championship of the African Boxing Union by defeating the Moroccan defending champion Faïsal Arrami in ten rounds on points.

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  1. ↑ The 24-year-old jumped into the depths from fear on February 17, 2010 ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 22, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.express.de
  2. ↑ My fights  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 22, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.junior-maximus.de  
  3. ↑ Katharina Rüth: Five years imprisonment for absent boxers ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Article from July 27, 2017 in the portal nrz.de , accessed on December 18, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nrz.de
  4. ↑ Günther Classen: Düsseldorf ex-Knacki wins the title: Junior Maximus is now Africa champion in boxing . Article from December 14, 2017 in the portal Fokus.de , accessed on December 17, 2017
  5. ↑ Boxer of the Democratic Republic of Congo Junior Maximus is the new champion of Africa in heavyweights . Article dated December 11, 2017 in the inforpress.publ.cv portal , accessed on December 17, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Maximus, junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kalonga Tshibuabua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Congolese boxer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Kananga