Willi Färber

Willi Färber
Data
Birth Name	Wilhelm Färber
Weight class	Flyweight
nationality	German
birthday	October 23, 1911
place of birth	augsburg
Date of death	August 12, 1988
Place of death	augsburg
Combat Statistics
Struggles	43
Victories	32
Knockout victories	17th
Defeats	5
draw	6th

Wilhelm "Willi" Färber (born October 23, 1911 in Augsburg ; † August 12, 1988 there ) was a German boxer .

Career

Färber's career began in 1929 when he joined an Augsburg boxing club. Two years later he emerged as the bantamweight winner at the 2nd Workers' Olympiad . In 1935 he became German amateur flyweight champion .

In 1948 Färber won the German flyweight championship by winning points over Hans Schiffers as a professional boxer. He then defended the title four times until he lost it to Victor Liwowski in 1950 . A fight for the German bantamweight championship against Hans Schömig ended in a draw in 1949.

Wilhelm Färber was also called "Leberhaken Willi", as he liked to beat his opponents with targeted hits on the liver.

After the end of his career as a boxer, he worked from 1951 to 1972 as a groundskeeper at the Augsburger Rosenaustadion . Then he was head of the boxing department at TSV Schwaben Augsburg until 1983 .

swell

• Günther Grünsteudel , Günter Hägele, Rudolf Frankenberger (eds.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon. 2nd Edition. Perlach, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-922769-28-4 .

Web links

• Willi Färber in the BoxRec database