Willie deWit

Willie DeWit
Data
Birth Name	Willie DeWit
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	Canadian
birthday	June 13, 1961
place of birth	Three Hills
style	Left delivery
size	1.89 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	23
Victories	21st
Knockout victories	14th
Defeats	1
draw	1

Willie DeWit (born June 13, 1961 in Three Hills , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian boxer.

Career

amateur

In 1981 DeWit was the first Canadian heavyweight champion (+81 kg) and fought in one of his first international missions against the master of the GDR Jürgen Fanghänel , which he lost. Also in 1982 he won the Canadian championships in the newly established super heavyweight (+91 kg). At the 1982 World Championships , DeWitt beat Klaus-Dieter Schmid, GDR, but had to admit defeat to Peter Hussing , Germany , in the quarterfinals . That same year he won the Commonwealth Games .

In 1983 DeWit switched back to heavyweight (-91 kg) and won the Canadian championship title in this weight class. In the same year he also won the North American championships and beat Henry Tillman by knockout in an international match in the first round. He did the same at a tournament in 1984.

DeWit started in 1984 at the Summer Olympics and came there with a semi-final victory over Arnold Vanderlyde , Netherlands (3: 2), in the final, in which he met Henry Tillman again. This time he had to admit defeat to the American. So he was able to take home the Olympic silver medal in the heavyweight division.

professional

As a professional, Dewit went down for the first time in his third fight. In this fight, however, he was able to reach a draw after six rounds. In his twelfth professional fight, he finally won the Canadian heavyweight title, which he should hold until the end of his career. In his sixteenth fight he suffered the only defeat in his professional career against the American Bert Cooper . In this fight he had to hit the ground twice in the first two rounds before the referee finally stopped the fight. He then climbed six more times in the ring and finally ended his professional career after beating his former amateur opponent Henry Tillman.

Web links

• Willie deWit in the BoxRec database