Eckhard Dagge
Eckhard Dagge ( born February 27, 1948 in Probsteierhagen, † April 4, 2006 in Hamburg ) was a German professional boxer in the Light Middleweight and boxing coach. It was 1976/77 second German professional world champion after Max Schmeling.
Boxing career
Only at the age of 20 years Dagge began boxing at BC Travemünde. In his amateur career he played 80 fights, of which he won 66 fights, of which more than 50 fights by knockout. As an amateur, he failed to qualify for the 1972 Olympic Games just barely. Instead its the later Olympic champion Dieter Kottysch (Hamburg) was nominated. Dagge then moved out of annoyance in the professional camp.
Dagges professional debut took place on March 2, 1973 in Berlin Germany Hall with a knockout victory in the first round against Hans Heukeshoven instead. Four fights later Dagge got his chance on the German middleweight championship. On 3 June 1973 he wins before 6000 spectators in the Berlin forest stage against the defending champion Klaus -Peter Tombers in the fifth round by KO the German middleweight championship.
In the period after winning the German Championship at middleweight championship fight to Europe in September 1974 graduated Dagge 7 battles he. Every won (3 times by knockout and 4 times by Points) Among them was the fight on February 20, 1974 against the U.S. Americans Denny Moyer, an aging former world champion in the super welterweight, he suggested in a 10 round fight on points.
On 3 September 1974 he was subject to the European champions in the light middleweight José Manuel Durán, by TKO in the eleventh round. The Spaniard was able to use a technical weakness of Dagge. Dagge, had previously neglected to cover, as with all fighting and drop his left again to below the belt. To educate yourself technically, he went for some time after the U.S. trainer Eddie Futch to who trained Joe Frazier and Ken Norton. To improve Dagge won the European championship in junior middleweight on 24 June 1975 in the rematch against Jose Duran in Berlin Germany Hall by task in the ninth round. Even against the Austrians Franz Csandl he managed a successful European title defense by technical knockout in the seventh round.
His international career was temporarily interrupted when Dagge lost his European title in Berlin against the Italian challenger Vito Antuofermo in 15 rounds on points.
On June 17, 1976 Dagge gave proof that he could still compete at an international level. 5500 spectators in the hall, he defeated Germany Elisha Obed (Bahamas ) by TKO in the tenth round. With this victory was Dagge WBC champion super welterweight. Thus, Germany had 46 years after Schmeling's Disqualifikationssieg against Jack Sharkey again a professional world champion.
The trained from Berlin Gerhard " Bubi " Dieter Dagge could defend this world title twice successfully. On September 18, 1976 in Berlin through a points victory over 15 rounds against Emile Griffith ( USA) and on 15 March 1977 in Berlin through a draw over 15 rounds against Maurice Hope ( England). On August 6, 1977 in Berlin Dagge lost in the fifth round by KO against Rocco Mattioli (Italy ) his world title at super - welterweight division after WBC version.
Although Eckhard Dagge had earned about one million marks on stock exchanges, financial difficulties drove him back into the ring in 1981. The comeback lasted only four fights in which he won, although three times, but each left bloodied the ring. " A nice boy was I never, but now it 's enough for me. I do not want yes one day look like Frankenstein " Dagge said after his technical knockout loss in the second round against the Englishman Brian Anderson. After this fight Dagge ended his career on November 6, 1981. Out of 32 professional fights, he won 26 fights, 5 battles were lost and once he boxed a draw. His World Cup - and EM belts still hang in the Hamburg neighborhood pub " chink ". Later he worked as a caterer, and led with a partner a " long-established business " Timmendorfer beach.
Alcohol problems
During his athletic career, binge drinking has been known over again. Dagge commented on his alcohol problems with the saying:
"Many world champions have become an alcoholic, but I am the first alcoholic who became world champion. "
Coaching career
Dagge was in 1991 the first professional coach in the stable of the Hamburg promoter Klaus -Peter Kohl. He coached among others Knut Blin, Michael Lion and Dariusz Michalczewski. Berlin's Mario shooter, he led the German heavyweight championship. The rise Michalczewskis the champion he could not accompany as a coach since 1994 Dagge was dismissed for alcohol problems. He then worked as a coach in the Hamburger crack, a nightclub in the Reeperbahn milieu with boxing gym.
Biography
Despite its attractive fighting style and the world championship Eckhard Dagge never reached the popularity of Max Schmeling or Bubi Scholz. Since February 26, 2006 Eckhard Dagge was in hospice beacon in St. Pauli, Hamburg, and died there on 4 April 2006 from cancer. Eckhard Dagge was buried at Forest Cemetery in Sleaford near Lübeck.
Trivia
In Episode 16 ( " Didi in gangster circles " ) of the television series nonstop nonsense Dagge 1979 played a small guest role - a Boxer.