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Total Fights | 33 |
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Wins | 26 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 1 |
Title Wins | 0 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 11 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 16 years and one month, Axel Schulz fought 33 times with 26 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw.
Schulz retired from professional boxing with a record of 26-5-1. He was a two-time heavyweight world title challenger. He had a 34.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 11 of his total 33 fights being knockout wins. Schulz suffered two knockout losses, both of which were in non-title fights.
His last fight was a 6th round TKO defeat to Brian Minto on November 25, 2006.
Some of Schulz' best fights and notable victories include wins over Kevin McBride, Jose Ribalta, Julius Francis, Ricky Parkey, Steve Gee, Charles Dixon, and Ricardo Spain.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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33 | Nov 25, 2006 | 38 | Brian Minto | Loss | TKO6 |
32 | Sep 25, 1999 | 30 | Wladimir Klitschko | Loss | TKO8 |
31 | Aug 22, 1998 | 29 | Richard Mason | Win | UD |
30 | Feb 28, 1998 | 29 | Julius Francis | Win | UD |
29 | Aug 30, 1997 | 28 | Kevin McBride | Win | TKO9 |
28 | Apr 26, 1997 | 28 | Jorge Valdes | Win | UD |
27 | Dec 7, 1996 | 28 | Jose Ribalta | Win | UD |
26 | Jun 22, 1996 | 27 | Michael Moorer | Loss * | SD |
25 | Dec 9, 1995 | 27 | Francois Botha | NC | SD |
24 | Apr 22, 1995 | 26 | George Foreman | Loss * | MD |
23 | Sep 17, 1994 | 25 | James Smith | Win | UD |
22 | Jun 18, 1994 | 25 | Jack Basting | Win | UD |
21 | Jun 4, 1994 | 25 | Troy Jefferson | Win | PTS |
20 | May 7, 1994 | 25 | Al Evans | Win | TKO3 |
19 | Oct 16, 1993 | 24 | Carlton West | Win | KO2 |
18 | Aug 7, 1993 | 24 | Kimmuel Odum | Win | UD |
17 | May 1, 1993 | 24 | Henry Akinwande | Loss | UD |
16 | Dec 19, 1992 | 24 | Henry Akinwande | Draw | MD |
15 | Oct 2, 1992 | 23 | Ricky Parkey | Win | PTS |
14 | Sep 19, 1992 | 23 | Bernd Friedrich | Win | UD |
13 | Apr 25, 1992 | 23 | Laszlo Paszterko | Win | PTS |
12 | Mar 6, 1992 | 23 | Gary McCrory | Win | TKO2 |
11 | Jan 28, 1992 | 23 | Ricardo Spain | Win | TKO2 |
10 | Dec 6, 1991 | 23 | Charles Dixon | Win | KO2 |
9 | Oct 2, 1991 | 22 | David Muhammed | Win | PTS |
8 | Sep 13, 1991 | 22 | Steve Gee | Win | KO2 |
7 | Jun 28, 1991 | 22 | Laszlo Virag | Win | TKO3 |
6 | May 31, 1991 | 22 | Steve Garber | Win | KO5 |
5 | Feb 28, 1991 | 22 | Ramon Voorn | Win | TKO5 |
4 | Dec 14, 1990 | 22 | Ramon Voorn | Win | PTS |
3 | Dec 7, 1990 | 22 | Barry Ellis | Win | PTS |
2 | Nov 16, 1990 | 22 | Jens Ploesser | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Oct 5, 1990 | 21 | George Ajio | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
Axel Schulz (Der sanfte Riese) is a 55-year old retired German professional boxer. He was born in Bad Saarow, Bezirk Frankfurt, East Germany on November 9, 1968. He retired without winning a major world title. His professional boxing career spanned more than 16 years — from 1990 to 2006.
Schulz made his professional boxing debut against George Ajio at the age of 21 on October 5, 1990, defeating Ajio via 6 round unanimous decision. He went on to win 14 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 8 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on April 22, 1995 after 23 professional fights, against George Foreman for the IBF title. He lost to Foreman via 12 round majority decision.
Schulz had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against American boxer Brian Minto on November 25, 2006. Schulz lost the fight via 6th round TKO. It's been 17 years, 4 months, and 24 days since this fight.
Schulz knocked out 11 of his 33 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 34.4%. Of his total 26 wins, 11 of them were via KO (42.3%).