Thomas Ulrich
Thomas Ulrich | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Berlin, Germany | 11 July 1975||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Light-heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Reach | 187 cm (74 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Ulrich (born 11 July 1975, in Berlin) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2012. He challenged twice for a light-heavyweight world title: the WBC title in 2005, and the WBO/lineal titles in 2006. He also held the European light-heavyweight title three times from 2002 to 2008. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in the light-heavyweight division.
Amateur career
Ulrich was the German Light Heavyweight Champion 1994. Ulrich won the light heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, just like he did a year before at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin.
Amateur Highlights
- 1992 2nd place as a Middleweight at the Junior World Championships in Montreal, Canada. Results were:
- Defeated Jae-Yeul Uk (South Korea) RSC-3
- Defeated Willard Lewis (Canada) RSCI-2
- Lost to Islam Arsangaliev (Russia) RSC-1
- 1995 3rd place as a Light Heavyweight at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Results were:
- Defeated Yevgeny Makarenko (Russia) PTS
- Defeated Mohammed Benguesmia (Algeria) PTS
- Defeated Timur Ibragimov (Uzbekistan) WO
- Lost to Diosvani Vega (Cuba) PTS
- 1995 2nd place at the Military World Championships in Rome, Italy. Results were:
- Defeated Um (South Korea) RSC-1
- Defeated Sergey Krupenich (Belarus) PTS (10-6)
- Lost to Pietro Aurino (Italy) PTS (6-10)
- 1996 competed at the European Championships in Vejle, Denmark. Results were:
- Defeated Zoltán Béres (Hungary) RSC-1
- Lost to Yusuf Öztürk (Turkey) PTS (10-15)
- 1996 Representing Germany, Ulrich won the Bronze Medal as a Light Heavyweight at the Atlanta Olympics. Results were:
- Defeated Rick Timperi (Australia) PTS (21-7)
- Defeated Ismael Kone (Sweden) PTS (24-9)
- Defeated Daniel Bispo (Brazil) PTS (14-7)
- Lost to Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea) PTS (8-12)
Pro career
Ulrich turned pro 1997 and began his career 20-0 before getting stopped in the 6th round by future titlist Glen Johnson. He then won his next eight bouts, setting up a shot at WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder Tomasz Adamek in 2005. Adamek won via 6th-round KO. In 2006, Ulrich got a shot at WBO Light Heavyweight Title holder Zsolt Erdei and lost a decision.
Professional boxing record
39 fights | 32 wins | 7 losses |
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By knockout | 22 | 6 |
By decision | 10 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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39 | Loss | 32–7 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (8), 2:00 | 5 May 2012 | ![]() |
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38 | Loss | 32–6 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (8), 1:49 | 4 Apr 2011 | ![]() |
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37 | Win | 32–5 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (8) | 9 Oct 2010 | ![]() |
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36 | Loss | 31–5 | ![]() |
KO | 11 (12), 1:35 | 7 Mar 2009 | ![]() |
For vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title |
35 | Loss | 31–4 | ![]() |
KO | 8 (12), 0:56 | 23 Feb 2008 | ![]() |
Lost European light-heavyweight title |
34 | Win | 31–3 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (12), 2:01 | 19 May 2007 | ![]() |
Retained European light-heavyweight title |
33 | Win | 30–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 10 (12), 2:36 | 13 Jan 2007 | ![]() |
Won WBO Inter-Continental and vacant European light-heavyweight titles |
32 | Loss | 29–3 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 29 Jul 2006 | ![]() |
For WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles |
31 | Win | 29–2 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 8 Apr 2006 | ![]() |
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30 | Loss | 28–2 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (12), 1:57 | 15 Oct 2005 | ![]() |
For WBC light-heavyweight title |
29 | Win | 28–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 26 Mar 2005 | ![]() |
Retained European light-heavyweight title |
28 | Win | 27–1 | ![]() |
KO | 11 (12), 0:51 | 17 Jul 2004 | ![]() |
Won vacant European light-heavyweight title |
27 | Win | 26–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 14 Feb 2004 | ![]() |
Retained WBC International light-heavyweight title |
26 | Win | 25–1 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 15 Nov 2003 | ![]() |
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25 | Win | 24–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 10 May 2003 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBC International light-heavyweight title |
24 | Win | 23–1 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (12) | 12 Oct 2002 | ![]() |
Won European light-heavyweight title |
23 | Win | 22–1 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (8) | 16 Mar 2002 | ![]() |
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22 | Win | 21–1 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 15 Dec 2001 | ![]() |
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21 | Loss | 20–1 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (12) | 28 Jul 2001 | ![]() |
Lost WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title |
20 | Win | 20–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (12) | 10 Feb 2001 | ![]() |
Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title |
19 | Win | 19–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 14 Oct 2000 | ![]() |
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18 | Win | 18–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6) | 23 Jun 2000 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 17–0 | ![]() |
KO | 8 (12) | 1 Apr 2000 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | 4 Dec 1999 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (12) | 20 Feb 1999 | ![]() |
Retained German International light-heavyweight title; Won vacant Germany BDB light-heavyweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() |
KO | 3 | 12 Dec 1998 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
KO | 8 | 3 Oct 1998 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
KO | 9 (10) | 22 Aug 1998 | ![]() |
Won German International light-heavyweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (8) | 5 Jun 1998 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | 2 May 1998 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 20 Mar 1998 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 17 Jan 1998 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
KO | 5 | 11 Oct 1997 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (6) | 23 Aug 1997 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 13 Jun 1997 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 26 Apr 1997 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (4) | 8 Mar 1997 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 15 Feb 1997 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
KO | 4 | 11 Jan 1997 | ![]() |
Professional debut |
External links
- News and Pictures of Thomas Ulrich
- Boxing record for Thomas Ulrich from BoxRec (registration required)