Michael Wallisch (born 1 November 1985) is a German professional boxer. At regional level, he held the German heavyweight title from 2013 to 2014.
Professional career On 11 July 2015, Wallisch won the vacant WBO European Heavyweight Title with a knockout win over Italian Fabio Tuiach early in the 2nd round. He defended the title against Croatian Ivica Bacurin at the Maritim Hotel in Berlin, Germany, on 9 January 2016, winning the fight by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.
After three more wins (over Andre Bunga, Samir Barakovic, Bernard Adie) he faced Christian Hammer as undefeated, with a record of 19–0. By then Wallisch had been long considered a boxing prospect, though his career had been hindered by injuries and other troubles. It was his first chance against a valuable opponent, however, he was defeated by Hammer. In the fifth round, Hammer went out of a clinch and hit him with a right, and Wallisch, who seemed to "overplay the incident", sat down on the ropes, seemingly tired, as the referee counted him out.
Wallisch's loss to Hammer was followed by another defeat, this time at the hands of Efe Ajagba. After defeating Abdulnaser Delalic in Hamburg, he suffered his third loss, being defeated by Tony Yoka.
On 25 July 2020, Wallisch faced Joe Joyce at the BT Sport Studio in London, England. Wallisch put up a good fight in the first round, hitting Joyce with several solid punches. Joyce was in complete control in the second round, most notably causing Wallisch to drop to his knees after hitting him on his head. In the third round, Wallisch was forced again to touch the canvas with one knee, as he recovered after being hit by a left hook. He stood up once more and continued, but two power shots forced him to rest on one knee for a third time, and the referee was forced to stop the fight.
On 13 March 2021, he faced Didier "Knife" Kirola. Wallisch lost 18 kg before this fight. He dominated the fight from the first round and closed it by TKO in the 6th.
On 22 July 2021, Wallisch faced Murat Gassiev for the WBA Asia Heavyweight Title. Their fight was the main event of a multi-fight card, and took place at the Dynamo Volleyball Arena in Moscow, Russia. In the first round, which was dominated by Gassiev, there wasn't much action. Gassiev tracked Wallisch around the ring, and hit him with a powerful overhand right. Wallisch grew in the second round, in which he did better than Gassiev, though he wasn't able to hit him with anything significant. Gassiev didn't use his jab in the third round, stalking Wallisch with punches, but Wallisch managed to hit him with some shots. Gassiev, who is known for starting slow, hit Wallisch with power shots over head and body in the fourth round. Gassiev floored Wallisch two times in the fourth round, and then attacked him with a stream of punches, and the referee stopped the fight right before the bell.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes29Loss23–6Arslanbek MakhmudovRTD1 (10), 16 Dec 202228Win23–5Toni ThesTKO2 (6)28 May 202227Loss22–5Murat GassievTKO4 (10), 22 Jul 202126Win22–4Knife DidierTKO6 (6), 13 Mar 202125Win21–4Kai KurzawaTKO5 (8), 31 Oct 202024Loss20–4Joe JoyceTKO3 (10), 25 Jul 202023Loss20–3Tony YokaTKO3 (10), 28 Sep 201922Win20–2Abdulnaser DelalicTKO2 (6), 6 Jul 201921Loss19–2Efe AjagbaTKO2 (10), 27 Apr 2019 20Loss19–1Christian HammerKO5 (12), 15 Dec 201819Win19–0Bernard AdieKO1 (12), 16 Jun 201818Win18–0Samir BarakovicKO4 (8), 3 Mar 201817Win17–0Andre BungaUD613 May 201716Win16–0Ivica BacurinUD129 Jan 201615Win15–0Fabio TuiachTKO2 (12), 11 Jul 201514Win14–0Ivica Perkovic5 (8), 15 Nov 201413Win13–0Edgars KalnarsPTS85 Sep 201412Win12–0Frank SchadwillKO2 (10), 1 Mar 201411Win11–0Lars BuchholzUD106 Dec 201310Win10–0Alexander KahlKO1 (10), 13 Jul 2013 9Win9–0Pavel SiskaKO2 (6)21 Dec 20128Win8–0Dariusz BallaKO1 (6)18 Nov 20117Win7–0Yakup Saglam101 Apr 20116Win6–0Pavels DolgovsPTS617 Dec 20105Win5–0Serdar UysalTKO2 (6)23 Oct 20104Win4–0Ivan BohdanovTKO4 (4)20 Jun 20103Win3–0Sebastian Tuchscherer45 Jun 20102Win2–0Maik Kurzweil1 (4)9 Apr 20101Win1–0Taras Varava3 (4), 27 Mar 2010
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