Markus Beyer (28 April 1971 – 3 December 2018) was a German professional boxer who won the WBC super middleweight *le. As an amateur he represented Germany at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics in the light middleweight division. He also won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships and silver at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships.

Contents

• 1 Amateur career
• 2 Professional career
  • 2.1 *les held
• 3 Professional boxing record
• 4 Personal life
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Amateur career

Beyer's amateur record was 235 wins in 274 fights.

• 1988 East German Featherweight Champion, won the Junior European Flyweight Championship in Gdansk, Poland beating Zoltan Lunka (Romania) in the final.
• 1989 2nd place at the Junior World Championship in Bayamon, Puerto Rico as a Featherweight
• 1992 competed at the Barcelona Olympics as a Light Middleweight. Results were:
  • Defeated Sililo Figota (New Zealand) PTS (16–2)
  • Lost to Juan Carlos Lemus (Cuba) RSCH-1
• 1993 German Light Middleweight Champion, competed at the World Championship in Tampere, Finland
• 1994 2nd place at German Championship, losing the final to Mario Veit
• 1995 German Light Middleweight Champion, 3rd place at World Championship in Berlin, Germany
• 1996 2nd Place at European Championship in Vejle (Denmark) losing the final to Francisc Vastag (Romania), competed at the Atlanta Olympics. Results were:
  • Defeated Francisc Vastag (Romania) PTS (17–12)
  • Defeated Gyorgy Mizsei (Hungary) PTS (14–3)
  • Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) PTS (9–19)

Professional career

On 23 October 1999, Beyer won his first world *le against WBC super middleweight champion Richie Woodhall. He successfully defended the *le against Leif Keiski before losing it to Glenn Catley.

On 5 April 2003, Beyer challenged Canadian WBC super middleweight champion Eric Lucas and was awarded a highly controversial split decision in Germany. It was later proven that Beyer's team cheated by obtaining the judges' scores during the fight. Beyer defended the *le against Danny Green and Andre Thysse before being upset by Cristian Sanavia. Beyer defeated Sanavia by knockout in a rematch then went on to retain the *le five times by scoring wins over Yoshinori Nishizawa, Danny Green, Omar Sheika, Alberto Colajanni, and a draw against Sakio Bika.

On 14 October 2006, Beyer lost his *le via third-round knockout to WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in a unification fight.

He died in 2018, at just 47 years old due to kidney cancer.

*les held

• German super middleweight;
• IBF Intercontinental super middleweight;
• 3 times WBC super middleweight 23 October 1999 to 6 May 2000; 5 April 2003 to 5 June 2004; 9 October 2004 to 14 October 2006
• WBC International super middleweight; 21 April 2001 to 24 August 2002

Professional boxing record

Personal life

In 2008, Beyer married Daniela Haak, aka Lady Danii from the Mr. President Eurodance band. Beyer died 3 December 2018 of a short and serious illness.

References

External links

• Boxing record for Markus Beyer from BoxRec (registration required)
• Homepage von Markus Beyer