Franz Dorfer (20 May 1950 – 8 January 2012) was an Austrian professional boxer who competed in the middleweight division. As an amateur he won the bronze medal at the 1975 European Championships and competed at the 1976 Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first bout, by Iranian boxer Mohamed Azarhazin. After the Olympics he turned professional and competed in 36 bouts between 1977 and 1986, winning 23 of them.
Early life Dorfer was born to a family of farmers, and was trained as a cheesemaker in his youth. Later, in early 1970 he completed his military service in Sankt Pölten, and studied to become a gendarmerie in Mödling in 1971.
Boxing career In 1972 he became a member of the boxing club BC Schwarz Weiß in Vienna. Only one year later he won his first of four consecutive Austrian championship titles in light-middleweight. At the 1975 European championships he earned the bronze medal after he won against Kalevi Kosunen and Bulgarian Ilya Ilyev, but lost in the semi-finals against Wiesław Rudkowski, Up to 2012 this is the last medal won by any Austrian boxer at The European championships. Dorfer competed the following year at the Olympics and lost in the first round. He turned professional in 1977 and had 36 bouts (23 wins – 11 losses – 2 draws) till 1986, when he eventually retired . Two of his 19 knockout wins came against Edip Secovic (or Edip Sekowitsch) who later became WAA world champion.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes36Win Rüdiger BitterlingKO4 (?)13 Dec 1986 35Loss22–11–2 Graciano RocchigianiTKO2 (?)27 Apr 1984 34Loss22–10–2 Cliff GilpinKO3 (10)15 Mar 1984 33Win22–9–2 Matteo SalveminiPTS824 Oct 1983 32Win21–9–2 Benedetto GravinaTKO4 (?)6 Aug 1983 31Win20–9–2 Momo CupelićKO3 (?)25 Jun 1983 30Win19–9–2 Nazif BiberovićKO8 (12)31 Mar 1983 29Loss18–9–2 Moussa Kassongo MukandjoPTS826 Dec 1982 28Loss18–8–2 Dick KatendePTS813 Nov 1982 27Win18–7–2 Edip SekowitschTKO8 (12)28 Oct 1982 26Loss17–7–2 Frank WissenbachPTS824 Sep 1982 25Win17–6–2 Edip SekowitschTKO2 (12), 3 Jun 1982 24Win16–6–2 Nazif BiberovićKO3 (?)24 Apr 1982 23Loss15–6–2 Marijan BenešTKO4 (?)6 Nov 1981 22Win15–5–2 Sonny KamungaPTS819 Sep 1981 21Win14–5–2 Mauro ValentinoTKO8 (?)10 Jul 1981 20Win13–5–2 Mike McCoyKO2 (?)27 Apr 1981 19Win12–5–2 Brahim FerizovićKO5 (?)4 Apr 1981 18Win11–5–2 Corrado SortinoPTS83 Nov 1980 17Loss10–5–2 Alex BlanchardKO3 (?)1 Sep 1980 16Loss10–4–2 Frank WissenbachPTS813 Jun 1980 15Win10–3–2 Joserf KossmannKO3 (?)30 May 1980 14Win9–3–2 Fritz KrenslehnerKO1 (?)13 Jul 1979 13Loss8–3–2 Sonny KamungaTKO4 (?)17 Apr 1979 12Loss8–2–2 Oscar AngusPTS817 Mar 1979 11Win8–1–2 Jacky BauerTKO6 (8)2 Dec 1978 10Loss7–1–2 Agamil YılderımPTS62 Sep 1978 9Win7–0–2 Branko BarakovićTKO4 (8)18 Aug 1978 8Win6–0–2 Tommaso MaroccoKO2 (8)22 Apr 1978 7Win5–0–2 Horst BrinkmeierKO1 (6)16 Dec 1977 6Draw4–0–2 Mehmet BesliPTS818 Nov 1977 5Win4–0–1 Antonio RimastiKO2 (6)1 Oct 1977 4Win3–0–1 Gregory MarshallPTS618 Sep 1977 3Win2–0–1 Lutz WalterTKO2 (?)6 Aug 1977 2Win1–0–1 Klaus HeinKO4 (6)17 May 1977 1Draw0–0–1 Mehmet BesliPTS422 Mar 1977
Personal life Dorfer was married and fathered two daughters. He died in 2012 after battling a long illness.https://web.archive.org/web/20121107193346/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/franz-dorfer-1.html
References Franz Dorfer. boxrec.com