Rudy Markussen (born 24 July 1977) is a Danish former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2015. He challenged once for the IBF super middleweight title in 2002, and once for the interim WBA super middleweight title in 2012. At regional level, he held the WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title from 2003 to 2004 and the EBU European super middleweight title in 2004.

In 2006, Markussen was in a car accident, which temporarily put a halt to his career. He made a comeback 4 years later, having 6 fights between 2010 and 2012 (5 wins, 1 loss) before having a 3-year break from the ring. Markussen returned in 2015 for 2 final fights before permanent retirement.

Career

Ottke fight After the other Dane Mads Larsen lost his fight to Sven Ottke, Markussen was demanded by the Danish media to win fight against the undefeated German. Two undefeated fighters - Ottke (28–0, 5 KO) and Markussen (27–0, 16 KO) - facing each other for the IBF Super Middleweight title. With Ottke's 15 title defenses, the Dane was on paper clearly the underdog. But Markussen showed he wanted the title, and many commentators and experts thought that Markussen deserved the win. All three judges scored the bout 116–112 in favor of Sven Ottke.

Switching from Mogens Palle to Team Sauerland

After Markussen temporarily stopped his career after a car accident, he also criticized his promoter Mogens Palle for being selfish and destroying his career. Markussen meant that Mogens Palle didn't give him enough money. Both men have criticized each other in the media.

After Markussen made his comeback in 2010, he signed a contract with German Team Sauerland. with Sauerland featuring him in his last 2 fights on their Viasat Nordic Fight Night cards.

Magee fight In February 2012, Rudy was going to face the reigning WBA regular champion Brian Magee in Brøndby Hallen, Denmark. It was the same story as the Ottke-fight in 2002, that the other Dane Mads Larsen met the same man, but both Danes lost. This time Markussen had to take revenge for Mads Larsen against Brian Magee. It was the second time in his career the Dane was going into a World title-fight. The last time was in 2002 when he faced Sven Ottke for the IBF Super Middleweight title.Before the Magee fight, Markussen hadn't lost any fight since he temporarily stopped his career in 2006. But Magee changed all that in the fifth round with a punch to the liver. Markussen couldn't take that and was knocked out.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes44Loss Patrick NielsenTKO3 (12)12 Dec 201243Win39–3 Ramazi GogichashviliKO1 (8)12 Sep 201542Win38–3 Daniel RegiTKO1 (8)8 Dec 201241Loss37–3 Brian MageeTKO5 (8)18 Feb 201240Win37–2 Steven BendallTKO4 (8)17 Dec 201139Win36–2 Michael ReclouxKO1 (8)3 Sep 201138Win35–2 Dejan RibacKO1 (8)20 Nov 201037Win34–2 Christophe KaragozTKO6 (8)15 May 201036Loss33–2 Sergey TatevosyanKO7 (8)14 Oct 200635Win33–1 Brock StoddenTKO2 (6)28 Jan 200634Win32–1 Alexander ZaitsevUD814 Jan 200633Win31–1 Mpush MakambiTKO3 (8)30 Sep 200532Win30–1 Hacine CherifiTKO1 (8)17 Jun 200531Win29–1 Danilo HäusslerUD1224 Jul 200430NC28–1 Kabary SalemND1 (12)13 Mar 200429Win28–1 James CrawfordKO2 (12)24 Oct 200328Loss27–1 Sven OttkeUD1216 Nov 200227Win27–0 Ron JohnsonKO1 (8)13 Sep 200226Win26–0 Brad EkstamTKO1 (6)24 May 200225Win25–0 Danny de BeulTKO1 (6)19 Apr 200224Win24–0 Juan Carlos ViloriaPTS69 Mar 200023Win23–0 Etianne WhitakerSD81 Dec 200022Win22–0 Anthony AtkinsonKO1 (6)3 Nov 200021Win21–0 Pat LawlorTKO4 (6)1 Sep 200020Win20–0 Allaoua AnkiKO5 (6)26 May 200019Win19–0 Jerry WilliamsKO1 (6)28 Apr 200018Win18–0 Terrence JonesTKO2 (6)31 Mar 200017Win17–0 Samson KhozaUD614 Jan 200016Win16–0 Samuel HarveyKO3 (6)26 Nov 199915Win15–0 Tim PilantKO2 (6)18 Jun 199914Win14–0 Donnie DavisKO1 (6)4 May 199913Win13–0 Gordon FinniePTS416 Apr 199912Win12–0 Jimmy HagarPTS612 Feb 199911Win11–0 Nestor TobiasKO1 (4)27 Nov 199810Win10–0 Boyd DavisPTS46 Nov 19989Win9–0 James McCray PTS416 Oct 19988Win8–0 Tim BryanKO1 (6)18 Sep 19987Win7–0 Joe HarrisPTS45 Jun 19986Win6–0 Bruce RumbolzUD620 Mar 19985Win5–0 Melvin WynnKO2 (4)27 Feb 19984Win4–0 Shane DavisUD413 Feb 19983Win3–0 Stacy GoodsonTKO1 (4)5 Dec 19972Win2–0 Dennis LawlorKO1 (4)14 Nov 199711–0 Paul BonsonUD43 Oct 1997

Discography Featured in single 2010: "Hardhitter" (Kaliber featuring Rudy Markussen and Kurt Thyboe).

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