Torsten May (born September 10, 1969, in Glauchau, Saxony) is a former German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He challenged once for the IBF cruiserweight championship in 2006.
Amateur career 1991 German National Light Heavyweight champion 1991 Won World Championship as a Light Heavyweight in Sydney, Australia. Results were: Defeated Patrice Aouissi (France) points Defeated Orestes Solano (Cuba) points Defeated Mehmet Gurgen (Turkey) points Defeated Andrey Kurnyavka (Russia) points Olympic Gold Medalist in Barcelona 1992 as a Light Heavyweight. Results were: Defeated Gil-Nam Kim (North Korea) points Defeated Dale Brown (boxer) (Canada) points Defeated Montell Griffin (United States) when controversially he was credited some of Griffin's points Defeated Wojciech Bartnik (Poland) points Defeated Rostislav Zaulitchny (Unified Team/ C.I.S) points
Professional career May began his professional career the following year and won his first 15 bouts in the cruiserweight division, setting up a fight for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title against Adolpho Washington. Washington won by a narrow unanimous decision, a loss which May avenged in 1999 via a 9th-round technical decision after Washington lost his title. May never again fought for a title, and lost via TKO in the 8th round to Alexander Gurov in 2001 in a match that ended May's career.
Professional boxing record
|align="center" colspan=8|22 Wins (12 knockouts, 10 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision) |- | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Result | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Round | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |- |Loss | |align=left| Alexander Gurov |TKO |8 |21/04/2001 |align=left| Erfurt, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Yan Kulkov |PTS |8 |25/11/2000 |align=left| Hannover, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Valeri Semiskur |TKO |3 |03/06/2000 |align=left| Karlsruhe, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Alexey Ilyin |MD |12 |27/11/1999 |align=left| Düsseldorf, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Adolpho Washington |TD |9 |05/06/1999 |align=left| Frankfurt, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Pascal Warusfel |PTS |10 |10/10/1998 |align=left| Vienna, Austria |align=left| |- |Loss | |align=left| Stefan Angehrn |TKO |9 |13/12/1997 |align=left| Düsseldorf, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Matthew Charleston |TKO |5 |18/10/1997 |align=left| Vienna, Austria |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Jason Nicholson |PTS |10 |15/02/1997 |align=left| Vienna, Austria |align=left| |- |Loss | |align=left| Adolpho Washington |UD |12 |31/08/1996 |align=left| Palma de Mallorca, Spain |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Andrew Maynard |KO |10 |20/04/1996 |align=left| Düsseldorf, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Gary "Tiger" Steiger |TKO |6 |23/03/1996 |align=left| New York City, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Bobbie Joe Edwards |PTS |8 |29/01/1996 |align=left| Piccadilly, London, England |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Art Jimmerson |KO |5 |09/09/1995 |align=left| Bielefeld, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Tim "Scrap Iron" Johnson |KO |2 |17/06/1995 |align=left| Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Fred "Kip" Adams |KO |3 |27/05/1995 |align=left| Dortmund, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Saul Montana |UD |10 |25/03/1995 |align=left| Düsseldorf, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Jason Waller |TKO |6 |26/11/1994 |align=left| Wuppertal, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Dale "Lunch Pail" Jackson |TKO |5 |18/06/1994 |align=left| Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Ralf Rocchigiani |PTS |10 |07/05/1994 |align=left| Koblenz, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Tony Booth |UD |6 |26/03/1994 |align=left| Dortmund, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Vincent Boulware |SD |8 |26/02/1994 |align=left| San Jose, California, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left|Ludmil Popov |KO |1 |11/12/1993 |align=left| Düsseldorf, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Bruce "The Truce" Johnson |TKO |4 |16/10/1993 |align=left| Koblenz, Germany |align=left| |- |Win | |align=left| Eric "Ice" Cole |KO |1 |18/09/1993 |align=left| Düsseldorf, Germany |align=left|
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