Ulrich Beyer

Ulrich Beyer (born July 23, 1947 in Röddelin , Brandenburg , † October 20, 1988 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) was a German boxer . He was European amateurs champion in 1971 in the light welterweight division.

Career

Beyer started boxing as a teenager. After his first successes in the national junior division, he was delegated to the Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) army sports club . There the 1.72 meter tall athlete developed into one of the world's best light welterweight boxers.

As early as 1965 he was used in some country battles of the GDR junior national relay. In 1968 he took part for the first time in the GDR senior championships and was defeated in the final of the light welterweight division against Peter Rieger from TSC Berlin . Even in 1969, when he was third and in 1970, when he was defeated in the final against Peter Tiepold from SC Dynamo Berlin , he was not yet GDR champion. In 1971 he managed to win this title for the first time with a victory in the final against Dieter Jakob from SG Wismut Gera . By 1977 he won this title six more times, always at light welterweight.

In 1969 Ulrich Beyer's international career began. That year he won the 7th Army Championships of the Warsaw Pact armies in Kiev . In the final of the light welterweight he defeated the Czech Blaha. In 1970 he won both the Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) and the TSC tournament in Berlin. In the final fights, he defeated Oleg Lifanow and Alexander Zaizew, two Soviet athletes.

In 1971 he started at the European Championships in Madrid . He defeated there in the light welterweight Gerit van Deutom from the Netherlands by disqualification in the 1st round, Bogdan Jakubowski from Poland by technical knockout in the 2nd round, Michael Kingwell from England by disqualification in the 2nd round and Calistrat Cuțov from Romania on points . To the surprise of all experts, he won the European championship title as a newcomer to international championships.

At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Ulrich Beyer met the American Sugar Ray Seales in his first fight and was defeated by just 2: 3 judges' votes on points. He was eliminated in the round of the last "32" and came together with all the losers of this round only on 17th place. Seales was then Olympic champion with four more victories .

In 1973 Ulrich Beyer won again in Frankfurt (Oder) at the championships of the armies of the Warsaw Pact and took third place at the European championships in Belgrade in the light welterweight division. He had the bad luck that he had to be taken out of the ring due to an injury in his semi-final fight against Marijan Beneš from Yugoslavia .

In 1974 Ulrich Beyer also won a medal, the bronze, at the first world championships in Havana . He lost there in the semifinals after three victorious fights to the all surprising and hitherto completely unknown Ayube Kalule from Uganda , who then also won the world title.

In 1975 he came in the final of the TSC tournament in Berlin to a TKO victory in the first round over Jochen Bachfeld from Schwerin , who became Olympic welterweight champion a year later . At the European Championships this year in Katowice he was defeated in the semifinals against Valery Limasov from the Soviet Union on points. With the bronze medal he won his third medal at international championships.

While trying to win an Olympic medal, Ulrich Beyer failed in 1976 in Montreal . Again it was an American who blocked his way in the quarter-finals. Sugar Ray Leonard defeated him clearly on points (0: 5 judges' votes). Ulrich Beyer came in fifth.

1977 was the last year in Ulrich Beyer's career as an active boxer. At the European Championships taking place in Halle (Saale) he managed to show off again. He defeated there in the light welterweight Joao Gato from Portugal , Valeri Grischkowets from the USSR and Memet Bogujevci from Yugoslavia and was the clear favorite in the final fight against the surprise man Bogdan Gajda from Poland . However, Gajda surpassed himself in this final battle and defeated Ulrich Beyer with 4: 1 judges' votes on points, who had to be satisfied with the European Championship silver medal . Gajda never succeeded in achieving such a great success later.

Ulrich Beyer started a coaching career at ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) after 1977. Together with Manfred Wolke he trained, among others, Henry Maske in his amateur days.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1969	1.	7th Army Championships of the Warsaw Pact armies in Kiev	Half-worlds	with a point victory in the final over Blaha, ČSSR
1970	1.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	Half-worlds	with a point victory in the final over Oleg Lifanov, USSR
1970	1.	TSC tournament in Berlin	Half-worlds	with a point victory in the final over Alexander Zaizew, USSR
1971	1.	EM in Madrid	Half-worlds	with a Disq. victory i. d. 1st round over Gerit van Deutom, Netherlands , a T.KO victory i. d. 3rd round over Bogdan Jakubowski, Poland , a Disq. Victory in the 2nd round over Michael Kingwell, England a . a point win over Calistrat Cuțov , Romania
1972	1.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	Half-worlds
1972	17th	OS in Munich	Half-worlds	after a point defeat in the round of the last "32" against Sugar Ray Seales , USA (2: 3)
1972	1.	9th Army Championships of the Warsaw Pact armies in Frankfurt (Oder)	Half-worlds	with a point win in the final over Gheorghe Puskas, Romania
1973	3.	EM in Belgrade	Half-worlds	with a point victory over Ryszard Petek , Poland, a T.KO victory i. d. 1st round over James Douglas, Scotland a . a T.KO defeat against Marijan Beneš , Yugoslavia
1973	1.	10th Army Championships of the Warsaw Pact armies in Olomouc	Half-worlds	with a point victory in the final over Malew, Bulgaria
1974	1.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	Half-worlds	with a demolition victory i. d. 2nd round over Ion Hodosan, Romania
1974	1.	Honved Cup in Budapest	Half-worlds	with a T.KO victory i. d. 3rd round over József Nagy , Hungary
1974	3.	World Cup in Havana	Half-worlds	with points wins over Laszlo Juhasz, Hungary, Suren Kazarjan, USSR u. Mario Rafael Ramos, Dominican Republic a . a point loss to Ayube Kalule , Uganda
1975	3.	EM in Katowice	Half-worlds	with a T.KO victory i. d. 3rd round over Wladimir Kolew , Bulgaria, a point win over Paul Dobrescu, Romania u. a point loss to Valery Limasov , USSR
1975	1.	Dutch tulips tournament in Rotterdam	Welter	with a point win in the final over Srboljub Stankovic, Yugoslavia
1975	1.	TSC tournament in Berlin	Half-worlds	with a T.KO victory i. d. 1st round about Jochen Bachfeld , GDR
1976	1.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	Half-worlds	with a demolition victory i. d. 2nd round over Ion Hodosan, Romania
1976	5.	OS in Montreal	Half-worlds	with points wins over CC Machaiah, Indonesia , Jesus Navas, Venezuela (5: 0) and Francisco de Jesus, Brazil (5: 0) and a point defeat against Sugar Ray Leonard , USA (0: 5)
1977	2.	EM in Halle (Saale)	Half-worlds	with a demolition victory i. d. 3rd round over Joao Gato, Portugal , points wins over Valeri Grischkowets, USSR and. Memet Bogujevci , Yugoslavia (3: 2) u. a point defeat against Bogdan Gajda , Poland (1: 4)

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class
1965	Białystok	Poland Juniors versus GDR Juniors	feather	Point defeat against Mieczyslaw Wojda
1965	Plock	Poland Juniors versus GDR Juniors	feather	Point defeat against Mieczyslaw Wojda
1967	Potsdam	DDR Juniors against Poland Juniors	Half-worlds	Abort winner i. d. 2nd round over Zygmunt Zakrzewski
1968	Berlin	DDR Juniors against Bulgaria Juniors	Half-worlds	T.KO winner i. d. 3rd round over Zavov
1968	Szczecin	Poland Juniors versus GDR Juniors	Half-worlds	Abort winner i. d. 3rd lap over Jerzy Dubisz
1970	Pančevo	Yugoslavia versus GDR	Half-worlds	Points winner over Ljubinko Veselinovic
1970	?	GDR against Bulgaria	Welter	Points winner over Petar Stoichkow
1971	London	England versus GDR	Half-worlds	Points winner over Terry Waller
1971	Bournemouth	England versus GDR	Half-worlds	Winner over?
1973	?	GDR versus France	Half-worlds	T.KO victory i. d. 2nd round via Alain Marion
1973	Berlin	GDR versus Poland	Half-worlds	Points winner over Ryszard Petek
1973	Dessau	GDR versus Poland	Half-worlds	Points winner over Stanislaw Koslowski
1974	Bucharest	Romania against GDR	Half-worlds	Points winner over Calistrat Cuțov
1974	Galați	Romania against GDR	Half-worlds	Point defeat against Paul Dobrescu
1974	?	GDR versus France	Half-worlds	Points winner over Pascal Real Martin
1975	Lagos	Nigeria versus GDR	Half-worlds	Disq. Defeat 3rd round against Obisia Nwakpa
1975	Accra	Ghana versus GDR	Half-worlds	Points winner over Marbey
1975	Prague	ČSSR against GDR	Half-worlds	Abort winner i. d. 3rd round over Ivan Ondrej
1975	Karl Marx City	GDR versus Poland	Half-worlds	Points winner over Zygmunt Pacuszka (3: 0)
1975	Gera	GDR versus Poland	Half-worlds	Abbruch Winner i. d. 3rd round over Kazimierz Szczerba
1975	Sofia	Bulgaria against GDR	Half-worlds	Points winner over Vladimir Kolew
1976	Potsdam	GDR against Bulgaria	Half-worlds	Abort winner i. d. 3rd round over Nikos Janis

GDR championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
1968	2.	Half-worlds	Loss in the final against Peter Rieger , TSC Berlin
1969	3.	Half-worlds	behind Peter Tiepold , SC Dynamo Berlin a . Peter Rieger
1970	2.	Half-worlds	Loss in the final against Peter Tiepold
1971	1.	Half-worlds	Winner in the final over Dieter Jakob, SG Wismut Gera
1972	1.	Half-worlds	Winner in the final over Siegfried Vogelreuter, SC Leipzig
1973	1.	Half-worlds	Winner in the final over Rene Müller, TSC Berlin
1974	1.	Half-worlds	Winner in the final over Rene Müller
1975	1.	Half-worlds	Winner in the final over Rene Müller
1976	1.	Half-worlds	Demolition winner in the 1st round via Volker Petzold, SC Traktor Schwerin
1977	1.	Half-worlds	Demolition winner in the 2nd round over Detlef Ludwig, SG Wismut Gera

literature

• Box Sport magazine

Web links

• Ulrich Beyer in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Ulrich Beyer in the BoxRec Encyclopaedia
• Website Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
• Website Sport-Komplett.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulrich Beyer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )