Louis Pergaud (boxer)

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Louis Pergaud boxer
Data
Birth Name Louis Pergaud
Weight class Light heavyweight , heavyweight
nationality Cameroonian
birthday August 14, 1950
place of birth Bangangté , Cameroon
Combat Statistics
Struggles 48
Victories 29
Knockout victories 14th
Defeats 17th
draw 2

Louis Pergaud Ngatchou (born August 14, 1950 in Bangangté ) is a former Cameroonian boxer in the light and heavyweight division .

Life

Pergaud, who grew up in Yaoundé and partly with his uncle in the Central African Republic , became a Cameroonian amateur boxing champion and won the pre-Olympic boxing tournament in Munich in September 1971 , defeating the German boxer Gunnar Münchow in the final of the weight class up to 71 kilograms . Pergaud did not take part in the Olympic Games in the following year, but was part of the contingent for the 1976 Olympic Games , which the Cameroonian team left after a few days in protest against New Zealand's participation .

Pergaud, who lived in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1972 , boxed in the Bundesliga and at the same time studied electrical engineering in Wuppertal , switched to professional life and made his debut in Bremen at the end of January 1977 when he knocked out Klaus-Peter Tombers in the third round. The Hamburger Abendblatt then noted that Pergaud was a name that had to be remembered and that Bremen might have experienced “the main fighter of tomorrow”. The Cameroonian was trained by Ulrich Resties and worked with manager Wilfrid Schulz . After Pergaud's victory over Tom Bethea in Hamburg at the end of September 1977 , the Hamburger Abendblatt headlined : “German professional boxing has a new star”. Since he has been living in Germany for five years, Pergaud can be confidently incorporated, the paper wrote. When the Cameroonian beat Lonnie Bennett, number six in the world, in Kiel with a technical knockout in the sixth round, the Hamburger Abendblatt certified him world class. His manager Schulz then judged that Pergaud needed "class opponents, otherwise he is easily arrogant".

In late December 1978, Pergaud fought in Bamako against Ba Sounkalo for the title of African light heavyweight champion. In his first professional fight outside Germany, the Cameroonian lost and suffered his first defeat. He had defeated the Malian Sounkalo in the spring of 1978 in Essen on points. In May 1980 Pergeaud was defeated by the American Matthew Saad Muhammad in Halifax, Canada in the fight for the world title in light heavyweight according to the version of the WBC . In September 1981, the Cameroonian was given the second opportunity to box the African championship in light heavyweight, but lost again, he had to admit defeat to the Zambian Lottie Mwale in Lusaka . Pergaud ended his professional career in April 1987 with a fight in Düsseldorf . The Cameroonian worked as an electrical engineer and worked for the Siemens group in several countries, including China , Canada , South Africa and the United States .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b BoxRec: Louis Pergaud. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Léonard F, ja: Interview: Louis Pergaud Ngatchou, le Cassius Clay Camerounais des années 70-80 se dévoile. In: Les Visages d Afrique. April 15, 2019, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ PreOlympic 1971. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Louis Pergaud NGATCHOU - Boxing Olympique | Cameroon. June 12, 2016, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  5. ↑ https://www.cairn.info/revue-relations-internationales-2008-2-page-93.htm#
  6. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1977/pdf/19770201.pdf/ASV_HAB_19770201_HA_010.pdf
  7. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1977/pdf/19771001.pdf/ASV_HAB_19771001_HA_010.pdf
  8. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1978/pdf/19780220.pdf/ASV_HAB_19780220_HA_015.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Pergaud, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cameroonian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangangté