Torsten May

Torsten May (born September 10, 1969, in Glauchau, Saxony) is a former German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He challenged once for the IBF cruiserweight championship in 2006.

Amateur career

 * 1991 German National Light Heavyweight champion
 * 1991 Won World Championship as a Light Heavyweight in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
 * Defeated Patrice Aouissi (France) points
 * Defeated Orestes Solano (Cuba) points
 * Defeated Mehmet Gurgen (Turkey) points
 * Defeated Andrey Kurnyavka (Russia) points
 * Olympic Gold Medalist in Barcelona 1992 as a Light Heavyweight. Results were:
 * Defeated Gil-Nam Kim (North Korea) points
 * Defeated Dale Brown (boxer) (Canada) points
 * Defeated Montell Griffin (United States) when controversially he was credited some of Griffin's points
 * Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (Poland) points
 * Defeated Rostislav Zaulitchny (Unified Team/ C.I.S) points

Professional career
May began his professional career the following year and won his first 15 bouts in the cruiserweight division, setting up a fight for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title against Adolpho Washington. Washington won by a narrow unanimous decision, a loss which May avenged in 1999 via a 9th round technical decision after Washington lost his title. May never again fought for a title, and lost via TKO in the 8th round to Alexander Gurov in 2001 in a match that ended May's career.

Professional boxing record

 * align="center" colspan=8|22 Wins (12 knockouts, 10 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision)
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Result
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Round
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
 * align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
 * Loss
 * 29-3-1
 * align=left|🇺🇦 Alexander Gurov
 * TKO
 * 8
 * 21/04/2001
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Erfurt, Germany
 * align=left|WBA Intercontinental/IBF Intercontinental/EBU Cruiserweight Titles.
 * Win
 * 5-0
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Yan Kulkov
 * PTS
 * 8
 * 25/11/2000
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Hannover, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 8-0-1
 * align=left|🇪🇪 Valeri Semiskur
 * TKO
 * 3
 * 03/06/2000
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Karlsruhe, Germany
 * align=left|IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
 * Win
 * 24-2
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Alexey Ilyin
 * MD
 * 12
 * 27/11/1999
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|EBU Cruiserweight Title.
 * Win
 * 27-6-2
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Adolpho Washington
 * TD
 * 9
 * 05/06/1999
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Germany
 * align=left|'''IBF Intercontinental cruiserweight title
 * Win
 * 18-2
 * align=left|🇫🇷 Pascal Warusfel
 * PTS
 * 10
 * 10/10/1998
 * align=left|🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
 * align=left|
 * Loss
 * 17-4-1
 * align=left|🇨🇭 Stefan Angehrn
 * TKO
 * 9
 * 13/12/1997
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
 * Win
 * 23-9
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Matthew Charleston
 * TKO
 * 5
 * 18/10/1997
 * align=left|🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 13-8
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Jason Nicholson
 * PTS
 * 10
 * 15/02/1997
 * align=left|🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
 * align=left|
 * Loss
 * 25-3-2
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Adolpho Washington
 * UD
 * 12
 * 31/08/1996
 * align=left| Palma de Mallorca, Spain
 * align=left|For vacant IBF cruiserweight title
 * Win
 * 24-8
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Andrew Maynard
 * KO
 * 10
 * 20/04/1996
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 37-3-3
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Gary "Tiger" Steiger
 * TKO
 * 6
 * 23/03/1996
 * align=left|🇺🇸 New York City, U.S.
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 6-13
 * align=left| Bobbie Joe Edwards
 * PTS
 * 8
 * 29/01/1996
 * align=left| Piccadilly, London, England
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 32-8
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Art Jimmerson
 * KO
 * 5
 * 09/09/1995
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Bielefeld, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 16-13
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Tim "Scrap Iron" Johnson
 * KO
 * 2
 * 17/06/1995
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
 * align=left|Johnson knocked out at 2:09 of the second round.
 * Win
 * 8-5-2
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Fred "Kip" Adams
 * KO
 * 3
 * 27/05/1995
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Dortmund, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 24-4
 * align=left|🇲🇽 Saul Montana
 * UD
 * 10
 * 25/03/1995
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 20-5-2
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Jason Waller
 * TKO
 * 6
 * 26/11/1994
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Wuppertal, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 20-8-3
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Dale "Lunch Pail" Jackson
 * TKO
 * 5
 * 18/06/1994
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
 * align=left|Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the fifth round.
 * Win
 * 32-7-7
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Ralf Rocchigiani
 * PTS
 * 10
 * 07/05/1994
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Koblenz, Germany
 * align=left|BDB German Cruiserweight Title.
 * Win
 * 15-19-6
 * align=left| Tony Booth
 * UD
 * 6
 * 26/03/1994
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Dortmund, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 26-6-1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Vincent Boulware
 * SD
 * 8
 * 26/02/1994
 * align=left|🇺🇸 San Jose, California, U.S.
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * align=left|Ludmil Popov
 * KO
 * 1
 * 11/12/1993
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 9-25-1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Bruce "The Truce" Johnson
 * TKO
 * 4
 * 16/10/1993
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Koblenz, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 4-17-1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Eric "Ice" Cole
 * KO
 * 1
 * 18/09/1993
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|Cole knocked out at 2:35 of the first round.
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * align=left|Ludmil Popov
 * KO
 * 1
 * 11/12/1993
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 9-25-1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Bruce "The Truce" Johnson
 * TKO
 * 4
 * 16/10/1993
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Koblenz, Germany
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 4-17-1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Eric "Ice" Cole
 * KO
 * 1
 * 18/09/1993
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|Cole knocked out at 2:35 of the first round.
 * 1
 * 18/09/1993
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|Cole knocked out at 2:35 of the first round.