Ulli Kaden

Juan Carlos Ortega and Ulli Kaden.
Ulli Kaden
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Men’s Boxing
European Amateur Championships
Turin 1987 Super Heavyweight
Athens 1989 Super Heavyweight
Varna 1983 Super Heavyweight
Tampere 1981 Super Heavyweight

Ulli Kaden (born March 9, 1959 in Munich) is a former East German amateur boxer best known for winning the European title 1987 and 1989 at super heavyweight.

Career

Kaden was 1980 to 1988 nine times champion of East Germany. In 1981 he lost in the European semi finals in Tampere to Francesco Damiani. In 1983 he beat Aleksandr Miroshnichenko but lost in the finals again to Damiani. In 1987 he beat Lennox Lewis in a tournament in Belgrade but Lewis KOd him in the first round of their quarter final bout at the Olympics the next year.

During his career he beat Teofilo Stevenson three times but lost to him 6 times.


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