Jürgen Blin
Jürgen Blin | |
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![]() Jürgen Blin (left) against Peter Weiland (right) for the German Heavyweight Championship in Kiel, 1968 | |
Born | (1943-04-07)7 April 1943 Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany |
Died | 7 May 2022(2022-05-07) (aged 79) Hamburg, Germany |
Boxing career | |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 48 |
Wins | 30 |
Wins by KO | 8 |
Losses | 12 |
Jürgen Blin (24 April 1943 – 7 May 2022) was a mid-20th century German boxer, who was the Heavyweight Champion of Germany, and European Heavyweight Champion in 1972, and internationally represented the state of West Germany.
Early life
Blin was born on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn on 24 April 1943 during World War II, and was a native of the North German city of Hamburg. While living in Hamburg he was a butcher before his boxing career.
Boxing career
Blin's record in the ring was 30–12–6 with eight knockouts.[1] He was greatly admired by German boxing fans for his toughness and stamina in the ring. He was briefly Heavyweight Champion of Germany after defeating Gerhard Zech for the title (he had two draws with him previously).
His first professional bout came against Klaus Krüger in October 1964. Blin won this bout, as well as the next five bouts against domestic opponents, and lost his first professional bout in June 1965 to Ray Patterson in Jordal Amfi.[1]
Blin lost a decision to Joe Bugner in May 1971 when fighting for the European Heavyweight title. Blin later won the title in June 1972, his greatest triumph in the ring, when he beat Jose Urtain (who had beaten Blin for the same title in June 1970). However, in October 1972, Blin once again faced Bugner who regained the title by knocking the German out in the eighth round.[1]
On 26 December 1971, he fought the American boxer Muhammad Ali at Hallenstadion Arena, in Zürich, Switzerland, Blin being knocked out 2 minutes and 12 seconds into the seventh round.[1]
Later years
Blin was co-author with Stephen Brunt of a chapter in a book titled Facing Ali (2002), about his 1971 contest with the United States champion boxer. He died of kidney failure at a hospital in Hamburg on 6 May 2022, aged 79.[2][3]
Professional boxing record
30 Wins (8 knockouts, 22 decisions), 12 Losses (4 knockouts, 8 decisions), 6 Draws [4] | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
Loss | 24-1 | ![]() | TKO | 2 | 4 October 1973 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 1:01 of the second round. |
Win | 0-9 | ![]() | TKO | 7 | 3 February 1973 | ![]() | |
Loss | 39-4-1 | ![]() | KO | 8 | 10 October 1972 | ![]() | EBU Heavyweight Title. |
Win | 39-4-2 | ![]() | PTS | 15 | 9 June 1972 | ![]() | EBU Heavyweight Title. 73-68, 72-70, 71-67. |
Win | 21-13-1 | ![]() | KO | 5 | 5 May 1972 | ![]() | |
Loss | 33-1 | ![]() | KO | 7 | 26 December 1971 | ![]() | Blin knocked out at 2:12 of the seventh round. |
Win | 18-20-4 | ![]() | TKO | 2 | 1 October 1971 | ![]() | |
Loss | 32-2-1 | ![]() | SD | 15 | 11 May 1971 | ![]() | EBU Heavyweight Title. 69-70, 70-67, 71-73. |
Win | 24-14-3 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 2 April 1971 | ![]() | |
Win | 21-22 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 26 February 1971 | ![]() | |
Win | 7-7-2 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 5 February 1971 | ![]() | |
Win | 13-16-3 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 2 January 1971 | ![]() | |
Win | 7-6 | ![]() | KO | 8 | 17 November 1970 | ![]() | |
Win | 10-7-3 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 9 October 1970 | ![]() | |
Loss | 30-0 | ![]() | PTS | 15 | 22 June 1970 | ![]() | EBU Heavyweight Title. |
Win | 23-8-4 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 13 February 1970 | ![]() | |
Win | 30-9-6 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 12 December 1969 | ![]() | |
Win | 33-9-3 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 21 November 1969 | ![]() | |
Win | 17-17-3 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 12 September 1969 | ![]() | |
Win | 41-13-5 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 29 May 1969 | ![]() | |
Draw | 3-2-1 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 29 November 1968 | ![]() | |
Loss | 20-3-2 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 1 November 1968 | ![]() | Germany BDB Heavyweight Title. |
Loss | 32-6-5 | ![]() | DQ | 2 | 29 September 1968 | ![]() | EBU Heavyweight Title Eliminator. |
Win | 33-7-3 | ![]() | PTS | 12 | 11 May 1968 | ![]() | Germany BDB Heavyweight Title. |
Win | 15-12-3 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 8 March 1968 | ![]() | |
Win | 22-11-3 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 17 February 1968 | ![]() | |
Win | 18-3 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 15 December 1967 | ![]() | |
Loss | 33-3-3 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 11 November 1967 | ![]() | |
Draw | 19-11-3 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 8 September 1967 | ![]() | |
Win | 16-11-3 | ![]() | KO | 5 | 28 April 1967 | ![]() | |
Draw | 32-6-2 | ![]() | PTS | 12 | 24 February 1967 | ![]() | Germany BDB Heavyweight Title. |
Draw | 32-6-1 | ![]() | PTS | 12 | 18 November 1966 | ![]() | Germany BDB Heavyweight Title. |
Loss | 6-0-2 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 23 September 1966 | ![]() | |
Draw | 40-9-3 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 2 September 1966 | ![]() | |
Win | 18-15-6 | ![]() | KO | 8 | 15 June 1966 | ![]() | |
Win | 6-5-1 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 14 May 1966 | ![]() | |
Win | 10-27-2 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 15 April 1966 | ![]() | |
Draw | 1-0 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 18 March 1966 | ![]() | |
Loss | 8-8-2 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 2 December 1965 | ![]() | |
Loss | 46-25-6 | ![]() | RTD | 6 | 16 October 1965 | ![]() | |
Win | 10-10-4 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 10 September 1965 | ![]() | |
Loss | 10-2 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 21 June 1965 | ![]() | |
Win | 7-10-2 | ![]() | PTS | 4 | 9 April 1965 | ![]() | |
Win | 0-1 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 27 March 1965 | ![]() | |
Win | 3-1 | ![]() | KO | 3 | 30 January 1965 | ![]() | |
Win | 1-6-1 | ![]() | KO | 1 | 16 January 1965 | ![]() | |
Win | 1-7 | ![]() | PTS | 4 | 5 December 1964 | ![]() | |
Win | -- | ![]() | PTS | 4 | 16 October 1964 | ![]() |