Sven Ottke
Sven Ottke ( born June 3, 1967 in Berlin -Tempelhof ) is a German athlete and was from 1997 to 2004 professional boxer and world champion.
Youth and amateur
Sven Ottke learned after school first plasterer, and later an industrial clerk. At 14, he went to Berlin Spandau BC 26, to learn boxing, because he was in other sports always become only second his own words. His critics, who complained that he was too late begun, he refuted when he was at the age of 16 years, for the first time German champion in the junior class two years later. He continued his winning streak continued in the men's class.
Overall Ottke won eleven German league title: 1985 to 1991 in the middleweight division, 1992 and 1993 in the light heavyweight and 1995 and again in 1996 in the middleweight division to 75 kg. In the finals he defeated in 1990 and 1991 Norbert Nieroba, 1992 Torsten May, 1995 Dirk Eigenbrodt and 1996 Kai Kurzawa. In 1994, he lost the final against Thomas Ulrich.
1988, 1992 and 1996 he took part in the Olympic Games without reaching the medal ranks. In Seoul 1988, he failed in the quarterfinals at the Canadian Egerton Marcus. At the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 in Atlanta, he was defeated by Ariel Hernández of Cuba, he lost to in the course of his career in four matches on points.
At the World Championships in Moscow in 1989, he finished the age of 21 after a semi-final defeat against Cuban Ángel Espinosa to third place and won his first international medal. At the World Cup in 1991 in Sydney, he lost in the quarterfinals against Alexander Lebsiak from the Soviet Union. The title bouts in 1993 in Tampere, he was once again stopped by Ariel Hernández.
1987 in Turin took Ottke first time at the European championships and retired there in the quarterfinals against Poland Henryk Petrich by a first round KO of. 1989 in Athens, he was defeated in the first EM fight against Andrei Kurniawka from the Soviet Union. In 1991, he won his first European title under the leadership of coach Ulli Wegner Bundesstützpunkt Rainer in Gothenburg. At the 1993 European Championships in Bursa, he won the bronze medal after a brief point defeat against local hero Sinan Samil Sam. 1996 won Ottke in Vejle, Denmark for the second time the European Championship in the limit to 75 Kg by a final victory over Hungary Zsolt Erdei.
Further international successes reach him with the second place at the World Cup in 1994 in Bangkok and the Goodwill Games in Seattle in 1990
Ottke defeated in his amateur career, the future professional world champion Dariusz Michalczewski, Michael Moorer, Chris Byrd, Antonio Tarver and the chemistry Cup 1994, Juan Carlos Gómez. Against Henry Maske he lost the TSC Tournament 1988 on points and the last international match against East Germany to West Germany through a controversial low blow by Ko. From 335 battles he won 286 fights ..
Professional
In 1997, he became a professional and found with Ulli Wegner, his former amateur coach who in 1996 entered the professional business and as a promoter Wilfried Sauerland a good team. Even a year later, on 24 October 1998, he won the world title after IBF version with a points victory against the American Charles Brewer. The title he defended in the following years, including against Glen Johnson, Silvio Branco, Anthony Mundine and Rudy Markussen. His career was crowned with the additional winning the World Cup after WBA version on March 13, 2003. On March 27, 2004 Ottke came with a win against Armand Krajnc after 23 successful title defenses as undisputed champion of from.
Ottke denied a total of 34 professional fights, of which he won. In the ranking of the best boxers of all time Ottke occupied in the super middleweight division in April 2014 at the third place.
Ottke was known for his defensive skills and for some who prefer the offensive Boxweise, even unpopular. He was named "Boxer with head and eye," as the " Phantom ", which could not be taken by the enemy.
Comeback
On January 26, 2008 it was announced that Sven Ottke planned for a fight against Dariusz Michalczewski return to the ring. The fight was to take place on 24 May 2008 in the TUI Arena in Hannover. This was possible because the announced between Michalczewski and Graciano Rocchigiani fight to the financial conditions had failed. As it was said, Rocchigiani should have put too many demands. For Ottke thus a nearly four-year ring break would come to an end. Since both Boxers have been boxed in different weight classes, Ottke called for a maximum weight of 84 kg for the upcoming battle. On 7 April 2008 the fight was canceled. An agreement on the framework failed again to financial reasons.
Others
As a 10 - year-old he witnessed the separation of his parents. For the most part he grew afterwards on with the grandparents. Even at school he had an irrepressible urge to move was often involved in fights, until he came to boxing on referring a friend.
His professional training measure Ottke always at a high significance. Post-high school he learned the trade of plasterer and could through the promotion of Berlin Sport Federation to 1992, training as an industrial clerk, among others complete the OSC for industry and data processing in Berlin Wilmersdorf. In 1993 he accepted a position at his sponsor at Mercedes -Benz in Mannheim.
From Boxkollege Thorsten Spürgin Ottke took the passion for long distance running. On September 12, 2004 in Cologne Ottke ran his first marathon in a time of 3:47:53 and the following year at the same place 3:43:29. On 13 May 2007, he was the half-marathon as part of the Ruhr marathon from Oberhausen to Gelsenkirchen 1:44:20 finish.
According to the company Ottke wants to be in the near future, his second passion for sport, golfing, dedicate and are training to be a golf instructor. Boxe Risch he will remain with the viewers as a commentator at the ARD.
He currently lives in Cologne. 1993 married Sven Ottke his girlfriend Gabi. Meanwhile, the two are but again divorced. With her he has the daughter Rebecca (* 1993) and his son Marc -Steffen (* 2001). In January 2009, he and his new girlfriend got the first child, a girl named Emily Svenic. In October 2006, Sven Ottke participated together with figure skater Mandy Woetzel at the RTL show Dancing on Ice. He participated in the 6th Wok WM 2008.
Achievements
- Amateur Record: 256 wins - 47 losses - 5 draws
- Professional record: 34 wins - 0 Losses - 0 Draw