Wolfgang Wilke

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Wolfgang Wilke (* 1943 / 1944 ; † 17th April 2008 ) was a German boxing coach .

Life

Wilke became the coach of Graciano Rocchigiani when he was 19 years old. Rocchigiani lived temporarily with his girlfriend at the time and later wife Christine at Wilke's as a sublet. In March 1988, the boxer was coached by Wilke to become world champion in the super middleweight division. In November 1989, Wilke brought the then GDR amateur boxer Henry Maske into the headlines when Wilke publicly speculated about a possible move Mask into professional business. Wilke also got into conversation as the coach of the amateur world champion. He didn't even know Wilke at the time, Mask said later, looking back.

Wilke was also active in the hospitality industry and was the operator of bars. At the end of his life he lived in Austria and died after a long illness.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christine Rocchigiani: Ko after twelve rounds: My autobiography . vip Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86789-600-9 .
  2. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung: Boxing: Raubein impressed with discipline. March 9, 2013, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1988/pdf/19880314.pdf/ASV_HAB_19880314_HA_017.pdf
  4. ↑ Jürgen Holz: First the denial, then the turning point (new Germany). Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Legends Week, Part 5: Interview with Henry Maske. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Rocky mourns the loss of his first coach. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wilke, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxing trainer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 2008