Mario Veit
Mario Veit ( born December 22, 1973 in Lauchhammer ) is a retired German boxer at super middleweight.
Amateur
Mario Veit graduated 91 fights as an amateur, of which he won 70. In 1994 he won a final victory against Markus Beyer, the German Champion title in the light middleweight division. In the same year he also won the prestigious Chemistry Cup in Halle, also in the light middleweight. At the 7th World Cup in June 1994 in Bangkok, he left in the quarter- final against Suthep Wongsunthorn.
In March 1995, he again took part in the Chemistry Cup, failed but this time in the semifinals to Markus Beyer. In June 1995, he placed second in the middleweight division, the Multi Nations Tournament in Liverpool.
Professional career
His professional debut was with the 1.92 m in his weight class unusually large Mario Veit on 23 September 1995 at the age of 21. His coach was Fritz Sdunek. After 18 won fights he pushed on November 14, 1998 in Munich at the International German Championship title at super middleweight against the Croat Branko Šobot ( 16-2) and won by unanimous decision.
After following five wins, four by KO, he could fight in Frankfurt am Main for the Intercontinental Championship title WBO Super Middleweight on 23 October 1999. His American opponent Ray Domenge he defeated it by unanimous decision. After five more wins, again four knockouts, he qualified for a World Championship fight WBO super middleweight. Against the undefeated, reigning champion Joe Calzaghe ( 30-0 ), however, Veit had on April 28, 2001 suffered a heavy defeat, when he was already in the first round by TKO lost. Despite sizes and range advantages he was inferior to his opponent from Wales hopeless and was already beginning to struggle twice to the ground before he was taken out of the fight before his third down from the referee.
After six construction victories, including against who later became known as boxing promoter Ahmet Öner, he secured on 21 December 2002 with a knockout win against the native Belarusians Malik Dziarra ( 11-0 ) the Intercontinental Championship title of the IBF. On 26 April 2003, the profit of the EU title of the EBU followed by points victory against the Spaniard José María Guerrero ( 19-0 ).
On 8 May 2004, he boxed in Dortmund at the interimen WBO world title against Kabary Salem ( 23-2 ) and was able to push through just on points. He came in good stead two point deductions against Salem, who had this condition for head-butting. After a points victory against Lolenga Mock ( 22-8 ) and a knockout win against Charles Brewer ( 40-9 ), he got another chance at the WBO title against Joe Calzaghe ( 38-0 ). But even in this fight on May 7, 2005 in Braunschweig, Veit was clearly inferior and lay on points back far before he first went to the ground in the fifth round and again in the sixth round by TKO subject.
A final prestigious victory was on 27 May 2006 in Munich, when he defeated his unbeaten stablemates Brähmer ( 27-0 ) on points and was considered for the International Master title by the WBC. However, towards the Russian Denis Inkin ( 28-0 ), he had just five months later suffered a knockout loss. Even the rematch against Braehmer on 15 September 2007, he lost by KO in the fourth round. This was his last boxing match at the same time.