Rudi Lubbers (born 17 August 1945) is a Dutch retired professional boxer who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1964 he finished ninth as a light heavyweight and in 1968 fifth as a heavyweight.
Amateur career 1964 Olympic record Below are the results of Rudi Lubbers, as a Light Heavyweight at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:
First round-bout lost to Cosimo Pinto (Italy) via points decision
1968 Olympic record Below are the results of Rudi Lubbers, as heavyweight at the 1968 Mexico Olympics:
First round-bout won against Talaat Dahshan (Egypt) via DQ Second round-bout lost to Joaquin Rocha (Mexico) via points decision
Professional career Lubbers turned pro in 1970, and won the Dutch heavyweight title in 1971, which he held until his retirement in 1981. Lubbers competed twice for the European heavyweight title, the first time in 1973, against Joe Bugner and the second time in 1975, versus the Italian Domenico Adinolfi but fell short both times. His most notable fight happened on October 20, 1973, against Muhammad Ali in Jakarta. It was evident during the fight, Lubbers was clearly no match to Ali; Lubbers lasted the full 12 rounds and lost via Decision. Lubbers last fought Gordon Racette on November 27, 1981, when he lost via Technical knockout in the third round and retired soon after.
Personal life After retiring Lubbers moved to Portugal, he was falsely arrested in 1986 on charges of drug smuggling. He served a sentence of four years and was released from prison in 1990. Upon his release, he tried to make a living working in carnivals with his wife Ria. In his later years Lubbers became homeless and in 2009 he was living in a run-down caravan with his 20 dogs. As of 2018, Lubbers was living in Bulgaria with Ria and their 16 stray dogs in a malfunctioning van which lacks water, electricity and sanitary facilities.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes36Loss28–8Gordon RacetteTKO3 (10), 27 Nov 198135Win28–7Uwe MeinickeKO1 (8)23 Nov 198134Win27–7Jean-Pierre CoopmanTKO5 (10)29 Sep 198033Win26–7Robert DesnouckPTS81 Sep 198032Win25–7Hennie ThoonenDQ7 (12)19 May 198031Loss24–7Ibelo MoanoSD828 Apr 198030Win24–6Terry O'ConnorPTS831 Mar 198029Loss23–6Alfredo EvangelistaTKO3 (8)8 Oct 197628Loss23–5Mile SchutteKO3 (10)22 May 197627Loss23–4Domenico AdinolfiKO2 (15)31 Oct 197526Win23–3Avenamar PeraltaDQ5 (10)14 Oct 197425Loss22–3Hal CarollUD1023 Sep 197424Win22–2Jean-Pierre CoopmanPTS1027 Apr 197423Loss21–2Muhammad AliUD1220 Oct 197322Loss21–1Joe BugnerUD1516 Jan 197321Win21–0Expedit MoutchouPTS1013 Mar 197220Win20–0Piero Del PapaPTS1031 Jan 197219Win19–0Macan KeitaKO2 (10)26 Dec 197118Win18–0Dave BaileyKO4 (10)7 Dec 197117Win17–0Bas van DuivenbodeKO5 (12)8 Nov 197116Win16–0Henri FerjuleKO4 (10)27 May 197115Win15–0Bas van DuivenbodePTS1217 May 197114Win14–0Manfred AckersTKO8 (8)18 Apr 197113Win13–0Mohamed HassanTKO6 (8)2 Apr 197112Win12–0Detlef NasebandPTS82 Jan 197111Win11–0Lloyd WalfordPTS87 Dec 197010Win10–0Willy KarallTKO6 (8)2 Oct 19709Win9–0Jean TshikunaPTS828 Sep 19708Win8–0Detlef NasebandPTS814 Sep 19707Win7–0Horst VolpertKO1 (8)18 Jul 19706Win6–0José GuilloisTKO1 (6)27 Apr 19705Win5–0Henry KerrauenPTS631 Mar 19704Win4–0Herbert WickPTS616 Mar 19703Win3–0Andre HaudrechyTKO3 (8)12 Mar 19702Win2–0Mohamed SahibTKO2 (8)28 Feb 19701Win1–0José GuilloisPTS624 Feb 1970
References
Rudie Lubbers. sports-reference.com