Edgar Basel

Name: Edgar Basel
Birth Name: Waldemar Edgar Basel
Hometown: Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Birthplace: Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died: 1977-09-07 (Age:46)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 159cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur Highlights

Five time German amateur flyweight champion (1951-1952, 1954-1956)

• 1952 Silver medalist as a Flyweight at Helsinki Olympics
  • Defeated Henryk Kukier (Poland) PTS (3-0)
  • Defeated Thorbjoern Clausen (Norway) KO-3
  • Defeated Anatoli Bulakov (Soviet Union) PTS (2-1)
  • Lost to Nathan Eugene Brooks (USA) PTS (0-3)
• 1955 won the European Championship in Berlin (West)
• 1956 competed as a Flyweight at the Melbourne Olympics
  • Lost to Vladimir Stolnikov (Soviet Union) PTS