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 title 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
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes39Loss32–7Dustin DirksKO4 (8), 5 May 201238Loss32–6Sergej RozvadovskijTKO7 (8), 4 Apr 201137Win32–5Gyula GasparKO3 (8)9 Oct 201036Loss31–5Mariano Nicolas PlotinskyKO11 (12), 7 Mar 200935Loss31–4Yuri BarashianKO8 (12), 23 Feb 200834Win31–3Leonardo TurchiKO1 (12), 19 May 200733Win30–3Rachid KanfouahTKO10 (12), 13 Jan 200732Loss29–3Zsolt ErdeiUD1229 Jul 200631Win29–2Henry SaenzUD108 Apr 200630Loss28–2Tomasz AdamekKO6 (12), 15 Oct 200529Win28–1Matthew BarneyUD1226 Mar 200528Win27–1Silvio BrancoKO11 (12), 17 Jul 200427Win26–1Michael RushUD1214 Feb 200426Win25–1Carl HandyUD815 Nov 200325Win24–1Graciano RocchigianiUD1210 May 200324Win23–1Yawe DavisKO2 (12)12 Oct 200223Win22–1Marco Antonio DuarteKO3 (8)16 Mar 200222Win21–1Mohamed SiluvangiUD815 Dec 200121Loss20–1Glen JohnsonKO6 (12)28 Jul 200120Win20–0Gabriel HernándezTKO8 (12)10 Feb 200119Win19–0Ali Forbes814 Oct 200018Win18–0Maurizio ColomboTKO2 (6)23 Jun 200017Win17–0Cleveland NelsonKO8 (12)1 Apr 200016Win16–0Warren MooreKO24 Dec 199915Win15–0Ali SaidiTKO8 (12)20 Feb 199914Win14–0Vinson DurhamKO312 Dec 199813Win13–0Jerry WilliamsKO83 Oct 199812Win12–0Milan KonecnyKO9 (10)22 Aug 199811Win11–0Juan Nelongo7 (8)5 Jun 199810Win10–0LaVerne ClarkKO22 May 19989Win9–0Shane DavisKO120 Mar 19988Win8–0Cliff NellonPTS617 Jan 19987Win7–0Gabor OttKO511 Oct 19976Win6–0Hamilton DiazKO1 (6)23 Aug 19975Win5–0Eric DavisPTS613 Jun 19974Win4–0Mirsad BrkicKO126 Apr 19973Win3–0Dennis LawlorKO2 (4)8 Mar 19972Win2–0Donnie Penelton415 Feb 19971Win1–0Guy Stanford411 Jan 1997
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