Torsten May
Medal record
Torsten May, 2019
Representing Germany
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Light Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
	1991 Sydney	Light Heavyweight

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

22 Wins (12 knockouts, 10 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision) [1] Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes Loss 29-3-1 Alexander Gurov TKO 8 21/04/2001 Erfurt, Germany WBA Intercontinental/IBF Intercontinental/EBU Cruiserweight Titles. Win 5-0 Yan Kulkov PTS 8 25/11/2000 Hannover, Germany Win 8-0-1 Valeri Semiskur TKO 3 03/06/2000 Karlsruhe, Germany IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. Win 24-2 Alexey Ilyin MD 12 27/11/1999 Düsseldorf, Germany EBU Cruiserweight Title. Win 27-6-2 Adolpho Washington TD 9 05/06/1999 Frankfurt, Germany IBF Intercontinental cruiserweight title Win 18-2 Pascal Warusfel PTS 10 10/10/1998 Vienna, Austria Loss 17-4-1 Stefan Angehrn TKO 9 13/12/1997 Düsseldorf, Germany IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. Win 23-9 Matthew Charleston TKO 5 18/10/1997 Vienna, Austria Win 13-8 Jason Nicholson PTS 10 15/02/1997 Vienna, Austria Loss 25-3-2 Adolpho Washington UD 12 31/08/1996 Palma de Mallorca, Spain For vacant IBF cruiserweight title Win 24-8 Andrew Maynard KO 10 20/04/1996 Düsseldorf, Germany Win 37-3-3 Gary "Tiger" Steiger TKO 6 23/03/1996 New York City, U.S. Win 6-13 Bobbie Joe Edwards PTS 8 29/01/1996 Piccadilly, London, England Win 32-8 Art Jimmerson KO 5 09/09/1995 Bielefeld, Germany Win 16-13 Tim "Scrap Iron" Johnson KO 2 17/06/1995 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Johnson knocked out at 2:09 of the second round. Win 8-5-2 Fred "Kip" Adams KO 3 27/05/1995 Dortmund, Germany Win 24-4 Saul Montana UD 10 25/03/1995 Düsseldorf, Germany Win 20-5-2 Jason Waller TKO 6 26/11/1994 Wuppertal, Germany Win 20-8-3 Dale "Lunch Pail" Jackson TKO 5 18/06/1994 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the fifth round. Win 32-7-7 Ralf Rocchigiani PTS 10 07/05/1994 Koblenz, Germany BDB German Cruiserweight Title. Win 15-19-6 Tony "Phone" Booth UD 6 26/03/1994 Dortmund, Germany Win 26-6-1 Vincent Boulware SD 8 26/02/1994 San Jose, California, U.S. Win -- Ludmil Popov KO 1 11/12/1993 Düsseldorf, Germany Win 9-25-1 Bruce "The Truce" Johnson TKO 4 16/10/1993 Koblenz, Germany Win 4-17-1 Eric "Ice" Cole KO 1 18/09/1993 Düsseldorf, Germany Cole knocked out at 2:35 of the first round.