Pedro van Raamsdonk

Pedro van Raamsdonk ( born October 2, 1960 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch boxer. He was European champion professional boxer in the light heavyweight division.

Career

Amateur career

Pedro van Raamsdonk began at the age of 10 years in Boxteam Albert Cuyp in Amsterdam with the boxes. At age 16, he came into the Dutch box - junior team. In 1979 he became Dutch champion in the senior middleweight for the first time. This title he won in his career total of seven times. In 1980, he lived in the United States and took in the Californian Golden Gloves in San Francisco in the 1st place middleweight.

In 1981, he surprised the professional world when he pushed forward at the European Championships in Tampere amateur middleweight up in the final and only in that of the Soviet athletes Yuri Torbek a defeat with 1:4 judges votes suffered. Towards this Vice - European Champion Pedro van Raamsdonk Ivan Gonda defeated from Czechoslovakia 5-0 judges' votes. Against Jimmy Price from England, he narrowly won 3-2 judges 'votes and against Valentin Silaghi from Romania he won in the semifinals 4-1 judges' votes.

Also in the 1982 World Cup in Munich Pedro van Raamsdonk won a medal. He reached there with wins over Frank Clausen (Denmark) and Mwehu Beya (Zaire) the semi-finals, in which he clearly lost to the Finns Tarmo Uusivirta with 0:5 judges votes. At the European Championships 1983 in Varna, he met in the first round to the local hero Ilya Angelov, he lost to on points.

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles Pedro van Raamsdonk just scraped past a medal. He won there over Ausustus Oga from Kenya and Noe Crusiani from Italy on points, but lost in the quarterfinals against Aristides Gonzalez from Puerto Rico on points. He finished 5th in the middleweight division.

A remarkable victory celebrated Pedro van Raamsdonk in 1985 in Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Cup in the light heavyweight division. He won there in the final battle against Poland Stanislaw Łakomiec on ​​points. None of success, however, participation in the European Championships this year in Budapest was crowned because he lost his first fight there against Rene Suetovius from the GDR and retired.

Professional career

Pedro van Raamsdonk earned his first professional fight on 17 February 1986 in Arnhem. He defeated light heavyweight Croats Mladen Grubesic by technical knockout in the second round. On April 6, 1987, he won in Tilburg by a points victory after 10 rounds of Sergio Bosio the champion of the Benelux countries in the cruiser weight.

On May 18, 1987 he was in Amsterdam by a points victory after 10 rounds of John Held Dutch champion in the light heavyweight division. On September 7, 1988, he added his successes to add an additional, because he was in Berkshine in England by a tech. Knockout victory in the 7th round about Tom Collins EBU European champion in the light heavyweight division. But this title he lost just two months later, when after 12 rounds lost on 7 November 1988 in Rotterdam against his Dutch Country husband Jan Lefeber on points.

All other tests in the following years failed to win a title. On May 29, 1989 Pedro van Raamsdonk lost in Scheveningen in the battle for the Dutch title against John Emmen by technical knockout in the 7th round. His eyes games were so swollen that he could not continue the fight and had to be taken off the referee out of the fight. On January 26, 1960, he lost in Perpignan in an attempt to win the EBU European title again, against Frenchman Eric Nicoletta after 12 rounds by points and also in the attempt on 31 August 1991 in Willemstad again Dutch cruiserweight champion - to be weight, he failed by a knockout in the 10th round defeat against Hubert Zimmermann.

His last fight Pedro van Raamsdonk denied on 28 October 1991 in Arnhem against the Englishman Roger McKenzie, against whom he also lost by knockout. Then he stepped back from professional boxing.

After the pit

Pedro van Raamsdonk is since 1993 a member of the fire department of Amsterdam. He also works as a personal trainer and also holds for groups from boxing classes.