Duane Bobick

Duane Bobick (* September 24 1950 in Bowlus, Minnesota ) is a former American heavyweight boxer.

Amateur

In 1971 he went against Ron Lyle KO, but was American champion, in Rotterdam military world champion and won the Pan American Games in Cali, where he beat the young Cuban Teófilo Stevenson in the semifinals just after points. In 1972 he defeated in the Olympic excretion Larry Holmes by disqualification, winning the National Golden Gloves tournament. He therefore went to my favorites for the Olympic Games in Munich, where he, however, in the quarterfinals again met and defeated Stevenson chance prematurely. His amateur balance was 93 wins ( 61 KO's ) in 13 defeats.

Professional

Despite the heavy damper at the Olympics, he went with 96 kg weight, then a standard weight, as "white hope" to the professionals.

It was built with extreme caution. In 1974 the. Against the then unknown Mike Weaver, whom he had already beaten as an amateur on points, by knockout in round seven Further victories against Randy Neuman reach him by knockout, Scott LeDoux ( later challenger Larry Holmes) on points and Chuck Wepner due to lacerations.

After 26 successes he signed Joe Frazier as a manager, but looked in several battles, for example against Bunny Johnson, very bad.

With already 38 fights, very late compared to the typical structure of a boxer, he met in 1977 to Ken Norton, who had just lost to Ali controversial. The fight surpassed even the worst fears, as Bobick after a blow to the larynx was already in the first round KO.

He defeated LeDoux in a rematch early, but went on in the next fight against the South African Kallie Knoetze KO and never made ​​it to the top. After two more KO defeats, against, among others, John Tate, he heard in 1979.

Others

In 1997 he had as a worker at a mill in a serious accident, which drew both arms affected. His younger brother Rodney was also heavyweight boxer, but died at the age of 25 in a traffic accident.