Torsten May

Career

Results were:

Defeated Patrice Aouissi (France) points

Defeated Orestes Solano (Cuba) points

Defeated Mehmet Gurgen (Turkey) points

Defeated Andrei Kurnyavka (Russia) points

Olympic Gold Medalist in Barcelona 1992 as a Light Heavyweight. Results were:

Defeated Gil-Nam Kim (North of Korea) points

Defeated Dale Brown (boxer) (Canada) points

Defeated Montell Griffin (United States) when controversially he was credited some of Griffin"s points

Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (Poland) points

Defeated Rostislav Zaulitchny (Unified Team/ Commonwealth of Independent States ) points

May never again fought for a title, and lost via TKO in the 8th round to Alexander Gurov in 2001 in a match that ended May"s career.

Achievements

• 1991 German National Light Heavyweight champion 1991 Won World Championship as a Light Heavyweight in Sydney, Australia. May began his professional career the following year and won his first 15 bouts in the cruiserweight division, setting up a fight for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title against Adolpho Washington. Washington won by a narrow unanimous decision, a loss which May avenged in 1999 via a 9th round technical decision after Washington lost his title.