Sven Ottke

Name: Sven Ottke
Alias: Phantom
Hometown: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Birthplace: Spandau, Berlin, Germany
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 178cm
Reach: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Manager: Wilfried Sauerland
• Trainer: Ulli Wegner
• Sven Ottke Gallery

Amateur Career

Olympic Games Results:

• Represented Germany as a middleweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals.
  • Defeated Aharon Jacobashvili (Israel) 5-0
  • Defeated Ha Jong-Ho (South Korea) 5-0
  • Defeated Ruslan Taramov (Soviet Union) 5-0
  • Lost to Egerton Marcus (Canada) 0-5
• Represented Germany as a middleweight at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals.
  • Defeated Richard Santiago Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) 15-2
  • Defeated Brian Lentz (Denmark) 9-2
  • Lost to Ariel Hernandez (Cuba) 6-14
• Represented Germany as a middleweight at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
  • Defeated Jean-Paul Mendy (France) 11-4
  • Lost to Ariel Hernandez (Cuba) 0-5

Other Amateur Highlights:

• Amateur Record: 256 wins, 47 losses, and 5 draws
• 1987 European Championships middleweight participant in Torino, Italy.
  • Defeated Stefan Angehrn (Switzerland) RSCH 3
  • Lost to Henryk Petrich (Poland) KO 1
• 1989 European Championships middleweight participant in Athens, Greece.
  • Lost to Andrei Kurnyavka (Soviet Union) 1-4
• 1989 World Championships Middleweight Bronze Medalist in Moscow, Soviet Union.
  • Defeated Mark Edwards (England) 22-17
  • Defeated Michal Franek (Czechosovakia) 32-15
  • Lost to Angel Espinosa (Cuba) 3-13
• 1990 World Championship Challenge middleweight winner in West Berlin, West Germany.
  • Defeated Brian Lentz (Denmark) 44-24
• 1990 Goodwill Games Middleweight Silver Medalist in Seattle, United States.
  • Defeated Ronald Simms (United States) 3-2
  • Defeated Chris Johnson (Canada) 4-1
  • Lost to Orestes Solano (Cuba) 1-4
• 1991 World Championship Challenge middleweight winner in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Defeated Orestes Solano (Cuba) 13-10
• 1991 European Championships Middleweight Gold Medalist in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Defeated Dragomir Poleksic (Yugoslavia) 43-7
  • Defeated Stephen Wilson (Scotland) 43-11
  • Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Soviet Union) 35-29
  • Defeated Michal Franek (Czechosovakia) 43-13
• 1991 World Championships middleweight participant in Sydney, Australia.
  • Defeated Prince Taupongi (Solomon Islands) 22-3
  • Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Soviet Union) 16-21
• 1992 World Championship Challenge middleweight participant in Tampa, United States.
  • Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Soviet Union) 15-20
• 1993 World Championships middleweight participant in Tampere, Finland.
  • Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Soviet Union) 10-6
  • Lost to Ariel Hernandez (Cuba) -2-2+
• 1993 European Championships Light Heavyweight Bronze Medalist in Bursa, Turkey.
  • Defeated Daniel Lingurici (Romania) 9-1
  • Defeated Zurab Paliani (Georgia) 12-6
  • Lost to Sinan Samil Sam (Turkey) 2-4
• 1994 World Cup Light Heavyweight Silver Medalist in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Defeated Young Sam Ko (South Korea) 13-2
  • Defeated Mohamed Benguesmia (Algeria) 18-10
  • Defeated Timur Ibragimov (Uzbekistan) 20-3
  • Lost to Rostislav Zaulichniy (Ukraine) 14-16
• 1996 European Championships Middleweight Gold Medalist in Vejle, Denmark.
  • Defeated Mkhitar Vanesyan (Armenia) 5-0
  • Defeated Adaliat Agayev (Azerbaijan) 2-0
  • Defeated Brian Johansen (Denmark) 11-5
  • Defeated Jean-Paul Mendy (France) 6-0
  • Defeated Zsolt Erdei (Hungary) 3-1

Professional Career

• On December 13, 1997, Ottke won the Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer (German Boxing Commission) Light Heavyweight Championship in his eighth fight.
• On May 30, 1998, Ottke won the World Boxing Council International Light Heavyweight Championship in his eleventh fight.
• On October 24, 1998, Ottke won the International Boxing Federation Super Middleweight Championship in his thirteenth fight.
  Ottke would defend the IBF title against 20 fighters, a super middleweight division record he shares with Joe Calzaghe.
• On March 15, 2003, Ottke won the the World Boxing Association Super World Super Middleweight Championship.
• Ottke retired in 2004 with a record of 34-0. Though Ottke retired undefeated, the legitimacy of his record will always be in question due to controversial decisions he received in his home country of Germany against Charles Brewer, Thomas Tate, Glen Johnson, Byron Mitchell, Mads Larsen, and Robin Reid. [1]
• Ottke was scheduled to make a comeback on May 24, 2008, in a cruiserweight fight against former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Dariusz Michalczewski, who also had not fought in several years. However, Michalczewski pulled out of the fight "due to the non-compliance with key contractual elements." Neither boxer ever fought again. [2]

Professional Record

Championship Record

• 20 opponents (5 by KO) beaten for World Super Middleweight Title.

Career Highlights on YouTube

• Ottke, best German boxer ever!!

Preceded by: Charles Brewer	IBF Super Middleweight Champion 1998 Oct 24 – 2004 Mar 27 Retired	Succeeded by: Jeff Lacy
Preceded by: Byron Mitchell Lost bid for Super Championship	WBA Super Middleweight Champion 2003 Mar 15 – 2004 Super Champion Retired	Succeeded by: —