Wilson cabbage crusher

Wilson cabbage crusher
Data
Birth Name	Wilson cabbage crusher
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	German
birthday	November 9, 1918
place of birth	Hanover
Date of death	1st September 1972
style	Left-hand boom
Combat Statistics
Struggles	43
Victories	24
Knockout victories	11
Defeats	11
draw	6th
Profile in the BoxRec database

Wilson Kohlbrecher (born November 9, 1918 in Hanover , † September 1, 1972 ) was a German boxer .

Career

Amateur career

Wilson Kohlbrecher got his first name after the American President Woodrow Wilson. He started boxing as a teenager . He became Lower Saxony champion in 1940 and 1941 in the senior heavyweight division and appeared in comparative matches between Bavaria and Lower Saxony in the same year when he boxed once against the multiple Bavarian champion and German runner-up Fischer from Nuremberg and twice lost just barely on points . At the German championships in 1941 he won the quarterfinals over Fischer on points, but was defeated in the semifinals against the Olympic champion of 1936 Herbert Runge on points.

In 1942 Wilson Kohlbrecher defeated the Swedish heavyweight A. Lundell in an international match in Stettin by knockout in the 2nd round.

At the German championship in 1943 he lost again in the semifinals against Herbert Runge on points. In a comparative match between Berlin and Lower Saxony on September 18, 1943, Wilson Kohlbrecher suffered a knockout loss in the second round from Hans-Joachim Drägestein.

Profile career

Wilson Kohlbrecher, now based in Osnabrück , became a professional boxer in 1947. He fought his first fight on September 15, 1947 in Hamburg against Jean Kreitz from Aachen , who was then one of the best German professional boxers in the heavyweight division and won on points. He also won his next four fights, before he was beaten on January 3, 1948 in Hamburg by Richard Vogt over 10 rounds on points. On February 2, 1948, however, he finally managed to defeat Herbert Runge , whom he defeated on points in Hamburg. He was able to return the favor to Hans-Joachim Drägestein on April 4, 1948 in Hamburg and defeat him on points after ten rounds. On September 24, 1948, however, he suffered a serious setback when he lost to the old master Walter Neusel by knockout in the 9th round. Against Neusel he lost his revenge on April 1, 1949, but this time only on points.

By defeating Richard Grupe on December 26, 1949 in Berlin , Wilson Kohlbrecher won the right to challenge the German champion Hein ten Hoff . In those years he was number 3 in the German heavyweight scene behind Hein ten Hoff and Heinz Neuhaus and was in 5th place in the European rankings. The fight for the German championship against Hein ten Hoff took place on July 30, 1950 in Berlin and ended with a knockout win for Hein ten Hoff in the 2nd round. In the following years Wilson boxed Kohlbrecher against many difficult opponents. Victories and defeats were balanced. He won over the American Al Hoosman on points and fought against the Austrian title contender Kurt Schiegl on October 7, 1950 in a draw. On March 16, 1951, he beat the French champion Stefan Olek in the 2nd round k. o. and lost on October 27, 1951 against ex-European champion Karel Sys in Brussels by knockout in the 6th round.

On November 2, 1952, Wilson Kohlbrecher got the chance to fight Heinz Neuhaus in Dortmund for the European championship. But he could not use this, because he lost by knockout in the 4th round. After this defeat, Wilson Kohlbrecher only fought five times, but was still good enough to defeat the young German heavyweight hope Werner Wiegand on May 16, 1954 in Essen in the 8th round by technical knockout.

Wilson Kohlbrecher became a professional wrestler (catcher) after his boxer career and fought mainly in the United States. He died in 1972 at the age of only 53.

literature

• Box Sport trade journal from 1950 to 1956

Web links

• Wilson Kohlbrecher in the BoxRec database