Sven Ottke
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Sven Ottke (born 3 June 1967) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2004.
He was a unified super-middleweight world champion, winning the IBF Trophy from 1998 to 2004, as well as the WBA (Super) championship from 2004 to 2004.
Ottke was the third European boxer to retire as an undefeated world champion, following Terry Marsh and Michael Loewe; Joe Calzaghe later became the fourth.
Ottke gained bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1989 World Championships as an amateur.
Early life
Sven Ottke underwent two apprenticeships as a plasterer and factory clerk. At the age of 14, he became a member of Spandauer BC 26 Berlin.
Amateur career
He recalled his critics, who had feared he had arrived too late when he became the German champion at the age of 18 at Middleweight. Ten more titles will follow. He competed in the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Olympic Games. He was a European champion in 1991 and 1996, and he came third in 1993.
Among Antonio Tarver, Chris Byrd, Michael Moorer, Zsolt Erdei, and Juan Carlos Gómez, Ottke won amateur matches over Antonio Tarver, Chris Byrd, Michael Moorer, Zsolt Erdei, and Juan Carlos Gómez.
Ottke's amateur career ended with a record of 256 wins and 47 losses (at least 4 by knockout) 5 draws. He spent the majority of his amateur career in Germany. Ottke did not qualify in a few World Championships and Summer Olympics, which he participated in, on a few occasions (apart from the 1989 Moscow, where he was disqualified from the semifinals).
Professional career
He became a professional in 1997 after 308 fights as an amateur, of which he won 256. He took the IBF super middleweight championship from Charles Brewer less than a year ago on October 24, 1998, defeating them in a controversial decision victory. In a rematch and a tense points victory over Robin Reid, Thomas Tate (twice), Glen Johnson, Silvio Branco, James Butler, Anthony Mundine, Thomas Brewer, and a row of IBF champions were all successful defenses of his IBF crown against opponents including Thomas Tate (twice), Thomas Tate (twice), Timothy Wilson, James Butler, Anthony Mundine, James Brewer. When he captured the WBA championship against WBA champion Byron Mitchell on March 13, 2003, he was at the top of his career, winning by split points decision.
Ottke stepped down on March 27, 2004, after successfully defending his title 21 times. Ottke has a record of 34 victories and 0 losses as a professional, of which 6 were by knockout. In 2003, he was named "Fighter of the Year" by the IBF.
Ottke was a tenacious and attrition fighter, with the bulk of his victories coming by points rather than knocking out.
Ottke refused to defend his title outside of Germany, and referees and ringside officials were often German. Both the refereeing and some of the points decisions were biased, according to many commentators in the Reid debate, with some commenting that this was one of the worst refereeing decisions that had ever been made and suspected corrupt judging being the sole reason Ottke's keeping his title. Reid, if he had won, had stated his intention to fight old adversare Joe Calzaghe: instead, the two wrestlers, who was defending the WBO belt, called out Ottke for a unification title match, but Ottke had just one more fight and then retired.
A comeback was planned against Dariusz Michalczewski in Germany in May 2008, but the match never came about.