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Jupp Besselmann

Male

"Josef"
(Joseph Besselmann)
Middleweight, Germany
Born: 21 November 1909, Paderborn, Germany

as an amateur:
1930 German welterweight champion
1930 Budapest, Hungary, European welterweight champion
W pts Valle Resko, Finland
W pts Cesare Desio, Italy
W pts Witold Majchrzycki, Poland

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1930
Budapest, Hungary, European Championships gold medal, 66,700 kg
+ June 4	Valle Resko	Budapest, Hungary	WPTS
+ June 6	Cesare Desio	Budapest, Hungary	WPTS
+ June 8	Witold Majchrzycki	Budapest, Hungary	WPTS

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1930
+ Oct. 10	Eloy	Mainz, Germany	KO 1
+ Oct. 31	Bianca	Cologne, Germany	W 4
+ Nov. 21	Fritz Kracht	Berlin , Germany	W 6
1931
+ Jan. 9	Henri Batonnet	Cologne, Germany	KO 2
+ Jan. 16	Rudolf Boguhn	Berlin, Germany	KO 2
+ Feb. 1	Bert Fagardo	Dortmund, Germany	KO 1
+ Feb. 13	Paul Richter	Berlin, Germany	W 8
+ Mar. 8	Leo Darton	Cologne, Germany	KO 1
+ Mar. 12	Otto Lauer	Berlin, Germany	W 8
+ Mar. 19	Carlo Galbusera	Düsseldorf, Germany	KO 1
+ Apr. 2	Hans Fraberger	Berlin, Germany	KO 3
+ Apr. 30	Georges Geeraerts	Berlin, Germany	KO 1
= May 6	Louis Kessler	Cologne, Germany	Draw 8
+ June 5	Frantisek Dykast	Berlin, Germany	W 8
+ Aug. 8	Claude Bassin	Zurich, Switzerland	W 10
1932
+ Jan. 15	Francois Hendrickx	Berlin, Germany	W 6
+ Feb. 5	Roger Desgrouppes	Magdeburg, Germany	W 10
+ Feb. 20	Constant	Cologne, Germany	KO 6
+ Mar. 12	Roger Desgrouppes	Cologne, Germany	W 8
+ Apr. 15	Paul Franko	Düsseldorf, Germany	KO 1
+ May 7	Armand Baudin	Cologne, Germany	KO 3
+ May 29	Kurt Bernhardt	Neuwied, Germany	KO 1
+ June 16	Pol Flamand	Berlin, Germany	KO 4
= Sept. 10	Gustav Eder	Dortmund, Germany	Draw 12
German Welterweight Title
+ Oct. 7	Ferron	Paris, France	KO 1
+ Oct. 16	Artlef	Saarbruecken, Germany	KO 2
= Nov. 26	Hans Seifried	Cologne, Germany	Draw 8
1933
+ Jan. 25	Dino Tempesti	Paris, France	KO 4
+ Feb. 3	Marcel Thouvenin	Zurich, Switzerland	KO 3
+ Feb. 17	Lucien Lelong	Paris, France	KO 6
+ Apr. 16	Jose Quelin Angulo	Caracas, Venezuela	W 10
+ May 6	Pete Martin	Caracas, Venezuela	KO 6
Venezuelan Welterweight Title
+ July 15	Mario Dobrez	Zurich, Switzerland	KO 3
- Aug. 5	Gustav Eder	Cologne, Germany	KO by 6
German Welterweight Title
+ Oct. 6	Lamberte	Munich, Germany	KO 1
+ Dec. 21	Alfredo Buscaglia	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 2
1934
- Jan. 28	Angel Schiavone	Buenos Aires, Argentina	L 10
- Feb. 28	Jacinto Invierno	Buenos Aires, Argentina	L 12
- May 12	Jacinto Invierno	Buenos Aires, Argentina	L 10
+ Sept. 14	Walter Muller	Berlin, Germany	W 8
+ Oct. 5	Fred Boelck	Berlin, Germany	W 12
German Middleweight Title
+ Nov. 3	Ambrogio Redaelli	Cologne, Germany	KO 4
1935
+ Feb. 8	Erwin Bruch	Berlin, Germany	KO 8
German Middleweight Title
+ Mar. 15	Karl Neubauer	Berlin, Germany	KO 9
+ Apr. 6	Hein Domgorgen	Cologne, Germany	W 10
+ May 5	Fred Boelck	Hamburg, Germany	W 12
German Middleweight Title
= June 29	Walter Muller	Hamburg, Germany	Draw 8
+ Oct. 7	Roger Besneux	Berlin, Germany	W 8
- Dec. 9	Adrien Anneet	Berlin, Germany	L 8
1936
= Jan. 11	Walter Muller	Cologne, Germany	Draw 12
German Middleweight Title
+ Feb. 21	Paul Jancenelle	Paris, France	KO 3
+ Apr. 18	Larry Marinucci	Brooklyn, USA	KO 3
+ May 9	Tom Finnegan	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
+ Aug. 21	Otto Skrivanek	Berlin, Germany	KO 4
+ Sept. 4	Francisco Garcia Lluch	Berlin, Germany	W 8
* Nov. 19	Adrien Anneet	Berlin, Germany	NC 2
+ Dec. 11	Amedeo Dejana	Munich, Germany	TKO 6
1937
+ Feb. 3	Luigi De Laurentis	Berlin, Germany	W 8
+ Mar. 28	Erwin Bruch	Berlin, Germany	W 12
German Middleweight Title
= Apr. 30	Carmelo Candel	Berlin, Germany	Draw 10
+ May 11	Adrien Anneet	Munich, Germany	W 10
- July 10	Fausto Rossi	Düsseldorf, Germany	L 10
+ Aug. 22	Paul Malappa	Berlin, Germany	W 8
+ Sept. 10	Carmelo Candel	Berlin, Germany	KO 3
+ Oct. 1	Fausto Rossi	Berlin, Germany	TKO 7
+ Oct. 15	Charlie Parkin	Hamburg, Germany	TKO 8
+ Nov. 4	Kid Tunero	Berlin, Germany	WDQ 10
= Nov. 27	Charles Pernot	Berlin, Germany	Draw 10
1938
- Jan. 21	Gustave Roth	Berlin, Germany	L 15
IBU Light Heavyweight Title
+ Jan. 30	Dai Jones	Hamburg, Germany	W 10
+ Mar. 4	Karel Muller	Berlin, Germany	W 8
- Apr. 7	Edouard Tenet	Berlin, Germany	TKO by 12
vacant IBU Light Heavyweight Title
+ Sept. 9	Ercole Buratti	Berlin, Germany	KO 3
+ Oct. 7	Jack Beasley	Berlin, Germany	KO 2
+ Oct. 21	Frank Hough	Berlin, Germany	KO 3
+ Nov. 11	Jean Fabre	Berlin, Germany	KO 4
+ Nov. 24	Armando Alessandrini	Berlin, Germany	W 10
1939
+ Jan. 20	Nando Strozzi	Berlin, Germany	KO 7
= Mar. 9	Bep van Klaveren	Berlin, Germany	Draw 12
+ May 6	Karel Muller	Stuttgart, Germany	KO 5
+ May 20	Karl Putz	Kaliningrad, Russia	KO 3
+ July 2	Walter Muller	Stuttgart, Germany	KO 5
1940
+ Mar. 30	Walter Van Buren	Berlin, Germany	KO 1
+ June 22	Karl Maier	Berlin, Germany	W 8
= Aug. 16	Gustav Eder	Berlin, Germany	Draw 12
German Middleweight Title
+ Oct. 20	Constantin Cionoiu	Berlin, Germany	KO 4
+ Nov. 3	Hein Wiesner	Berlin, Germany	W 12
German Middleweight Title
1941
+ Jan. 26	Hans Holdt	Berlin, Germany	KO 8
+ July 2	Eduard Peters	Vienna, Austria	TKO 4
+ Oct. 16	Julius Siepmann	Paris, France	KO 2
+ Oct. 26	Otello Bottarelli	Berlin, Germany	KO 7
+ Nov. 30	Fred Flury	Berlin, Germany	W 8
+ Dec. 6	Gotthard Stein	Brussels, Belgium	KO 4
= Dec. 26	Hein Wiesner	Stuttgart, Germany	Draw 10
1942
+ Feb. 3	Willy Prodel	Berlin, Germany	KO 5
+ May 3	Piet van Es	Berlin, Germany	TKO 1
+ May 23	Mario Casadei	Stuttgart, Germany	W 15
vacant European Middleweight Title
+ Sept. 6	Jan de Pauw	Berlin, Germany	KO 5
+ Sept. 13	Hans Drescher	Leipzig, Germany	W 10
+ Dec. 20	Eevaerts	Hamburg, Germany	KO 2
1943
+ Jan. 20	Luc van Dam	Hamburg, Germany	W 15
European Middleweight Title
1944-1946 Inactive
1947
+ July 26	Emil Koenig	Cologne, Germany	W 8
+ Aug. 23	Alfred Harms	Cologne, Germany	KO 7
+ Oct. 11	Kurt Kerbusch	Cologne, Germany	KO 6
1948
+ Feb. 20	Arnold Raadschelders	Hamburg, Germany	W 8
+ Apr. 25	Jan Kreuchten	Hannover, Germany	W 8
= June 19	Hans Bernlohr	Aachen, Germany	Draw 8
+ Aug. 7	Hans Krutsch	Cologne, Germany	KO 6
+ Sept. 2	Heinz Jakobsohn	Hamburg, Germany	TKO 6
+ Sept. 12	Robert Lumma	Aachen, Germany	W 8
+ Oct. 23	Robert Lumma	Cologne, Germany	KO 7
1949
+ Apr. 16	Willy Schmauser	Cologne, Germany	W 8
- Sept. 3	Peter Mueller	Cologne, Germany	L 8
+ Nov. 1	Werner Dietrich	Cologne, Germany	TKO 5
1950
+ Jan. 14	Franz Schmidt	Berlin, Germany	W 8
+ Mar. 31	Rudi Neumann	Düsseldorf, Germany	KO 3
= July 29	Michel Lapourielle	Cologne, Germany	Draw 8
+ Sept. 9	Erich Wiskandt	Frankfurt, Germany	KO 2

Summary

Total bouts: 118, Won: 96 (59 inside the limit), Lost: 9 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 12, NC: 1