科羅拉多斯普林斯, 膝部. (八月 27, 2020) - 1956 奧運金牌得主Pete Rademacheris the only boxer to fight for a world title in his pro debut.
Rademacher, who died this past June at the age of 91 in Sandusky, 俄亥俄, was a native of Tieton, Washington. He had a 72-7 業餘紀錄, highlighted by his gold medal performance at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.
Rademacher started boxing during his rehabilitation for Rheumatic Fever, which he contracted while attending Castle Heights Military Academy. The gifted heavyweight captured top honors at numerous national tournaments, 包括 1951 & 1953 National AAU Championships, 1954 All-Army Championship and Service Championships, and Olympic Trials.
In Australia, he knocked out the three opponents he faced, 為了, Josef Nemec (Czechoslovakia) in the quarterfinals, 南非的Daan Bekker 在半決賽中, and the Soviet Union’sLev Mukhin in the opening round of the championship final for the gold medal.
Rademacher was so hot after the Olympics that he publicly proclaimed that he would be able to become world heavyweight champion in his pro debut. Soon after he became the only fighter to make his pro debut in a world title fight, when he challenged defending World heavyweight champion弗洛伊德帕特森 (32-1) 八月 22, 1957 in Seattle. Rademacher floored Patterson in the second round, 然而, he was dropped six times before the fight, which was refereed by Hall of Famer湯米洛克倫, was halted at 2:57 of that round.
Rademacher, who was an offensive lineman on Washington State University’s football team, didn’t take many easy fights during his 5-year pro career (15-7-1, 8 科斯). His most notable pro victories were against World title challenger喬治Chuvalo (17-3-1) and future Hall of Famer and World middleweight championBobo Olson(87-12), both by way of 10-round unanimous decisions, as well as technical knockouts overLaMar Clark (42-1) and NorwegianBuddy Thurman(32-5-1), 分別, 在 10日 and ninth rounds.
Rademacher’s pro losses were to some of the best heavyweights in the world, such as Hall of Famer阿奇摩爾, along with world title challengersKarl Mildenberger (29-1), 不敗道格·瓊斯 (17-0) 和Zorro Foley (40-2-2), who had been Rademacher’s arch-rival in the amateur ranks.
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