Kurt Lüdecke (boxer)

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Kurt Lüdecke boxer
Data
Birth Name Kurt Lüdecke
Weight class Heavyweight
nationality German
birthday September 22, 1942
place of birth Bad Bevensen
Date of death 20th June  2014
Place of death Buenos Aires
Combat Statistics
Struggles 23
Victories 12
Knockout victories 4th
Defeats 11
draw 0

Kurt Lüdecke (born September 22,  1942 in Bad Bevensen , † June 20,  2014 in Buenos Aires ) was a German boxer . He was German heavyweight professional boxer champion.

Life

 Lüdecke, who came from near Lüneburg , began boxing in 1959 and was initially a member of the KS Lüneburg association. In his amateur days, most of which he played in Hamburg  , Lüdecke was at times part of the German national team. From 1962, the trained export merchant stayed in Kenya for around two and a half years for professional reasons and also boxed there. In Kenya there was the (but ultimately not implemented) plan to naturalize Lüdecke in order to include him in the boxing relay of the East African country for the 1964 Summer Olympics . In Argentina , where Lüdecke also spent a year from 1967 because of his job, he met his future wife Noemi, with whom he had two sons. Lüdecke was considered an amateur as a talented boxer with great speed, but weaknesses in the cover. In  April 1967, the Hamburger Abendblatt (Hamburger Abendblatt) attested him to be “challenging recklessness” with regard to his risky boxing style.

In July 1968 he made his debut as a professional boxer at an event in San Rafael, Argentina,  and lost the fight as well as his second, which was also fought in the South American country. Lüdecke, who had a strong left batting hand, initially boxed until 1972. In May 1972, the boxer supervised by trainer Harry Kneipp announced his resignation in order to devote himself to his studies in business administration and professional tasks. A year-long break from boxing followed, and Lüdecke later took up a degree in mechanical engineering in Bremen . At the end of December 1975 he made his return to professional boxing, which from then on partially financed his studies. In October 1976 he defeated the former German heavyweight champion Hartmut Sasse , the duel held in a tent on the Hamburg Heiligengeistfeld was scheduled as an elimination match for the German championship.

In January 1977 Lüdecke, who broke his middle hand eight times in the course of his boxing career, won the German heavyweight championship in Kiel at the age of 34. He surprised title holder Bernd August , who had gone into the fight as a high favorite, but was already counted in the second round. Lüdeckes victory was classified as a sensation, he received a reward of 4,000 D-Marks for the fight.

In a rematch against August in September 1978 Lüdecke lost by breaking off in the second round, he had broken his hand in the fight. Lüdecke, who received a fee of 10,000 D-Marks for the fight, then ended his career as a professional boxer. He moved to Argentina with his family, where he worked in the export industry.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGxdhGlpYL8
  2. ↑ a b c d e When KSL boxing legend Lüdecke suddenly became German champion. In: 40 years of Lünepost. September 2, 2015, accessed May 6, 2020 .
  3. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1966/pdf/19660917.pdf/ASV_HAB_19660917_HA_023.pdf
  4. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1967/pdf/19670415.pdf/ASV_HAB_19670415_HA_017.pdf
  5. ↑ a b https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/23958
  6. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1970/pdf/19701102.pdf/ASV_HAB_19701102_HA_018.pdf
  7. ↑ Blins rights explosive like never before. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. May 6, 1972, accessed May 12, 2020 .
  8. ↑ https://www.polizeisv.de/Sportangebote/Boxen-p184
  9. ↑ a b https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CErda0z3zRQ
  10. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1976/pdf/19761004.pdf/ASV_HAB_19761004_HA_015.pdf
  11. ↑ a b https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1978/pdf/19780904.pdf/ASV_HAB_19780904_HA_014.pdf
  12. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1977/pdf/19770117.pdf/ASV_HAB_19770117_HA_014.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Lüdecke, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxer
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Bevensen
DATE OF DEATH 20th June 2014
Place of death Buenos Aires