Timo Hoffmann

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Timo Hoffmann boxer
Timo Hoffmann (2014)

Timo Hoffmann (2014)
Data
Birth Name Timo Hoffmann
Fight name The German oak
Weight class Heavyweight
nationality GermanyGermany German
birthday September 25, 1974
place of birth Lutherstadt Eisleben
style Left delivery
size 2.02 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 52
Victories 40
Knockout victories 23
Defeats 9
draw 2
No value 1

Timo Hoffmann (born September 25, 1974 in Lutherstadt Eisleben ) is a former German heavyweight boxer .

amateur

As an amateur, Hoffmann played 86 fights. At the Junior European Championships in Edinburgh in 1992 , he finished second in the super heavyweight division, at the Junior World Championships in 1992 in Montreal he was third. In 1995 and 1996 he became German super heavyweight champion.

Professional career

The massive, very large normal boom Hoffmann became a professional at the Sauerland boxing stable in 1997 . In 1999 and 2000 he beat local rivals Mario Schießer and Willi Fischer in battles for the German heavyweight championship.

On November 25, 2000 he was allowed to box against Vitali Klitschko for the vacant European Championship. Although he lost high on points, he is still the only boxer next to the Americans Shannon Briggs , Kevin Johnson and the British Dereck Chisora who went the full distance of twelve rounds with Vitali Klitschko. But already in the next fight there was a surprising defeat against the then unknown Briton Michael Sprott , but he was able to defeat Sprott in a direct rematch.

After a few victories in development fights, including against Balu Sauer and Ross Puritty , he was defeated by veteran Henry Akinwande by a so-called "split decision". He then defeated Zuri Lawrence and Corey Sanders and received another European title chance against Luan Krasniqi on December 4, 2006. This fight ended in a draw, with which Krasniqi was able to defend the title.

After a controversial victory over the Australian Bob Mirovic, he was allowed to box for the European title for the third time. Originally he was supposed to play against Michael Sprott again, but he had to cancel the fight at short notice due to food poisoning. So four days before the date of the fight, the Italian Paolo Vidoz moved up. Hoffmann lost the fight on points and also had to go down in the sixth round.

After two hard-fought victories against build-up opponents , he defeated his stable mate Cengiz Koç in November 2006 in the RWE Rhein-Ruhr-Sporthalle in Mülheim an der Ruhr in a fight over ten rounds, clearly on points. On March 3, 2007 he defeated the Romanian Konstantin Onofrei by knockout in the fourth round. On June 23, 2007 he lost against the Uzbek Timur Ibragimow on points, on November 17 against Alexander Dimitrenko by technical knockout in the twelfth round.

On December 28, 2007 it became known that Hoffmann's doping test during the fight against Dimitrenko had turned out positive. The A sample showed traces of steroids . Hoffmann was originally banned for two years, but the ban was lifted after ten months because there were irregularities in the B sample. Hoffmann switched to boxing promoter Sport Events Steinforth . In October 2008 he got back into the ring and won in the fourth round by technical knockout against the Kenyan Raymond Ochieng.

On May 15, 2009 Hoffmann was defeated in Magdeburg by the South African Francois Botha just on points. On October 23, 2010, against Alexander Petkovic , it was enough for a draw in the fight for the WBO European Championship .

family

He is married and has two children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hoffmann makes the comeback Kölner Stadtanzeiger, October 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ Hoffmann missed the WBO European Championship title Eurosport, October 24, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Timo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German heavyweight boxer
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisleben