Kalle Sauerland

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Kalle Sauerland (left) with brother Nisse Sauerland (right), 2012

Karl-Robin "Kalle" Sauerland (born April 14, 1977 in Wuppertal ) is a German boxing promoter .

Life

Sauerland was born the son of boxing promoter Wilfried Sauerland and a Swede . He also has a brother named Nisse who is also a sports promoter. In 1979 Sauerland's mother moved with the children to London. After three years in London, the family went to Gstaad , Switzerland , where he attended an American school. When Sauerland was ten years old, they moved back to London. According to the father, the brothers Kalle and Nisse came into contact with boxing as children, as athletes from his boxing stable often took care of his sons. Kalle Sauerland studied business administration and marketing in London and initially worked for the sports rights agency International Management Group . Initially, he worked in the field of soccer and was responsible for the Brazilian national soccer team , among other things . From 2008 Sauerland was the head of the Hamburg- based German branch of the Kentaro marketing company.

Sauerland also pursued boxing himself and later joined his father's company, Sauerland Event , a Berlin-based boxing stable and as of 2014 the largest German boxing organizer, as a junior boss. He rebuilt the company, made it more international and media-oriented. As a co-promoter of David Haye , he played a decisive role in bringing about the world championship match between Haye and Wladimir Klitschko in July 2011 after the two-year negotiations between the two camps failed to lead to the conclusion of a contract.

In 2009 Sauerland launched the Super Six boxing series with the best super middleweights in the world thanks to suggestions from his wife . For this competition format he won the US television station Showtime . Later on, Super Six tournaments were also held in other weight classes. Sauerland became head of the boxing business at the Switzerland- based company Comosa AG, which organizes the tournaments. In 2014 he landed a new television partner for the Sauerland boxing stable with the broadcaster Sat.1 , after the ARD no longer extended the contract with Sauerland. In April 2016, he and the Modern Times Group launched their own boxing channel, Viaplay Fighting, in Scandinavia .

In September 2008 Sauerland married Nathalie Aschpurwis, who came from a shipowner's family in Hamburg . The couple has two sons and lives in Hamburg and London. Sauerland is a supporter of the Tottenham Hotspur soccer team .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tom Okke: Boksebossen: Jeg er ingen gangster. May 3, 2011, accessed September 28, 2019 (Danish).
  2. ^ Boxing Wilfried Sauerland about his sons. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b FOCUS Online: Promoter son with his own visions. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Future Boxing in Germany Comment Kalle Sauerland. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  5. ↑ An interview with promoter Kalle Sauerland. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Sports rights dealer Kalle Sauerland organizes the Super Six tournament. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Kalle Sauerland reviews season two of the World Boxing Super Series, looks forward to the future. In: The Ring. July 11, 2019, accessed September 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Björn Jensen: Hamburg promoter wants to revolutionize professional boxing. March 9, 2017, accessed on September 27, 2019 (German).
  9. ↑ Schulz new boxing expert: "Sat.1" deal with Sauerland perfect . Spox.com , October 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ Sauerland starts its own internet broadcaster. Retrieved September 1, 2016 .
  11. ↑ City Talk: Wedding - Kalle Sauerland marries Nathalie Aschpurwis. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Björn Jensen: Kalle Sauerland: "Boxing is the most exciting sport in the world". April 27, 2013, accessed on September 28, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Sauerland, Kalle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sauerland, Karl-Robin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxing promoter
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal