Willie de Wit

Willie DeWitt ( born June 13, 1961 in Three Hills, Alberta ) is a retired Canadian boxer.

Career

Amateur

1981 Dewitt was the first time Canadian champion in the heavyweight ( 81 kg ) and fought in one of his first international missions against the Meitster the GDR Jürgen Fanghänel, but what he lost. Also in 1982 he won the Canadian Championships in the newly established Super Heavyweight ( 91 kg ). At the World Championships In 1982, DeWitt, Klaus- Dieter Schmid, East Germany, however, had to give Germany, beaten in the quarterfinals Peter Hussing. In the same year he won the Commonwealth Games.

1983 DeWitt moved back into the heavyweight ( 91kg - ) and won the Canadian title in this weight class. In the same year he also won the North American Championships, beating at a Länderkampf Henry Tillman by KO in the first round. The same thing he succeeded at a tournament in 1984.

DeWitt launched at the 1984 Summer Olympics and came there with a semi-final victory over Arnold Vanderlyde, The Netherlands ( 3-2 ) in the final, in which he got back to Henry Tillman. This time he was beaten the Americans. Thus he was able to take the Olympic silver medal in the heavyweight division to take home.

Professional

As a professional Dewitt had in his third fight for the first time to the ground. In this fight, but he was still able to achieve a draw after six rounds. In his twelfth professional fight, he finally won the Canadian heavyweight title, which position he would hold until the end of his career. In his sixteenth fight he suffered against the Americans Bert Cooper, the only defeat in his pro career. In this fight he had in the first two rounds two times to the ground before the referee the fight eventually broke off. Then he got six more times in the ring and eventually ended after a win against his former amateur opponent Henry Tillman his professional career.