Markus Beyer

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Medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Men’s Boxing
World Amateur Championships
Bronze	1995 Berlin	Light Middleweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver	1996 Vejle	Light Middleweight

Markus Beyer (born April 28, 1971 in Erlabrunn) is a German born boxer at super middleweight, who resides in Cologne, Germany. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the light middleweight division. He also competed in the Barcelona Games of 1992, and won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin.

Contents 1 Amateur Highlights 2 Pro career 2.1 Titles held 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Amateur Highlights

• Record: 274 Fights - 235 Wins
• 1988 East German Featherweight Champion, won the Junior European Flyweight Championship in Gdansk, Poland beating Zoltan Lunka (Romania) in the final.
• 1989 2nd place at the Junior World Championship in Bayamon, Puerto Rico as a Featherweight
• 1992 competed at the Barcelona Olympics as a Light Middleweight. Results were:
  • Defeated Sililo Figota (New Zealand) PTS (16-2)
  • Lost to Juan Carlos Lemus (Cuba) RSCH-1
• 1993 German Light Middleweight Champion, competed at the World Championships in Tampere, Finland
• 1994 2nd place at German Championship, losing the final to Mario Veit
• 1995 German Light Middleweight Champion, 3rd place at World Championship in Berlin, Germany
• 1996 2nd Place at European Championship in Vejle (Denmark) losing the final to Francisc Vastag (Romania), competed at the Atlanta Olympics. Results were:
  • Defeated Francisc Vastag (Romania) PTS (17-12)
  • Defeated Gyorgy Mizsei (Hungary) PTS (14-3)
  • Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) PTS (9-19)

[edit] Pro career

Beyer was a WBC super middleweight champion, lost his title to WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler on 14 October 2006 in a unification fight.

[edit] Titles held

• German super middleweight;
• IBF Intercontinental super middleweight;
• 3 times WBC super middleweight 23 October 1999 to 6 May 2000; 5 April 2003 to 5 June 2004; 9 October 2004 to 14 October 2006
• WBC International super middleweight; 21 April 2001 to 24 August 2002

Preceded by Richie Woodhall	WBC Super Middleweight Champion 23 Oct 1999– 6 May 2000	Succeeded by Glenn Catley
Preceded by Eric Lucas	WBC Super Middleweight Champion 5 Apr 2003– 5 Jun 2004	Succeeded by Cristian Sanavia
Preceded by Cristian Sanavia	WBC Super Middleweight Champion 9 Oct 2004– 14 Oct 2006	Succeeded by Mikkel Kessler

[edit] See also

• List of male boxers
• List of WBC world champions
• Reigning boxing champions

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Markus Beyer from Boxrec
• Homepage von Markus Beyer
• Die Rückkehr des letzten Champions Markus Wessel / sport.ARD.de
• Vor dem Fight gegen Danny Green