Walter Neusel

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Walter Neusel boxer
Data
Birth Name Walter Neusel
Fight name The blonde tiger
Weight class Heavyweight
nationality German
birthday November 25, 1907
place of birth Bochum
Date of death October 8, 1964
Place of death Berlin
style Left delivery
size 1.87 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 90
Victories 68
Knockout victories 36
Defeats 13
draw 9
Profile in the BoxRec database

Walter Neusel (born November 25, 1907 in Bochum , † October 8, 1964 in Berlin ) was a German heavyweight boxer.

Amateur career

Neusel began boxing in 1927, first at the Wanne-Eickeler Box-Sport-Klub in 1926 (in the hall of the former Schulte-Berge restaurant in Hindenburgstraße, today Hauptstraße), later with the boxing friends Heros Eickel and the Bochum BSK 19. 1928 he lost in the final of the German championships, but in 1929 he became German champion and beat Adolf Heuser among others .

Professional career

In 1930 Neusel turned professional and followed Max Schmeling to America, where he was popular due to his offensive style. He defeated King Levinsky and light heavyweight legend Tommy Loughran in 1934 . This made him top 10 in Ring Magazine .

On August 26, 1934, the biggest boxing match in European history took place in Hamburg, Neusel versus Schmeling. The venue was the dirt track facility, a sand racing track in the immediate vicinity of Hagenbeck's zoo , which boxing promoter Walter Rothenburg had converted into a model facility within a few weeks. The number of viewers fluctuates between 80,000 and 180,000 (Ring Magazine), a number of viewers never again reached at a boxing event in Germany. In the 9th round, Neusel was taken out of the fight by the referee, so Schmeling was the winner by technical knockout.

He subsequently defeated the English light heavyweight Harrington three times by knockout (in England), but was defeated by Primo Carnera and the Welsh World Cup challenger Tommy Farr . He was able to knock out the light heavyweight Adolf Heuser repeatedly. After the war he lost several times to the undefeated Hein ten Hoff , but defeated Schmeling on points in a nostalgic duel. In 1950 he lost to Conny Rux in his last fight .

Death and grave

Grave of Walter Neusel in the Heerstraße cemetery in Berlin-Westend

Walter Neusel succumbed to a heart attack on October 8, 1964 at the age of 56, which he had suffered in his Berlin restaurant "Zum blonden Tiger". After consulting with his mother, the son Peter Neusel , who was preparing for the Olympic rowing competitions as an athlete in Japan, decided to return to Berlin only after his competition had been held. On October 15, he won the gold medal for the all-German team as the batsman of the four-man with helmsman, before starting his journey home the following day.

Walter Neusel's grave is in the Heerstraße cemetery in Berlin-Westend (grave location: II-W13-227 / 228).

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Walter Neusel died . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . Thursday, October 8, 1964. p. 1.
  2. ↑ See Max Schmeling: Max Schmeling Memories , Ullstein , Frankfurt / M-Berlin-Wien, 1977, pp. 286 f, ISBN 978-3-5482-7508-6
  3. ↑ Walter Neusel died . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . Thursday, October 8, 1964. p. 1. Walter Neusel and the mega-fight against Schmeling . On: https://www.boxen.de/ . October 14, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  4. ↑ Peter Neusel perseveres. “I cannot abandon my comrades” . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . Friday, October 9, 1964. p. 9. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ↑ Today: Eight Medals . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . Thursday, October 15, 1964. p. 1. Accessed November 27, 2019. Neusel flies back . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . Friday, October 16, 1964. p. 18. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  6. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 492.

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personal data
SURNAME Neusel, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German heavyweight boxer
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1964
Place of death Berlin