Short introduction

Axel Schulz (born November 9, 1968 in Bad Zarov) is a German professional boxer, world and European champion.

Early life

From 1982 Schulz, the boxes in Frankfurt for advanced clubs in the Army and then won the GDR youth champion. In the 1986 European Junior Championship in Denmark, Schulz won heavy heavyweight gold and won the GDR heavyweight champion in 1988 under the leadership of Manfred Wolke. In 1989 he won the Hull tournament and then a silver medal at the European Championship in Athens and a bronze medal at the World Championship in Moscow, lost to Felix Savona in the final.

Career

Schultz made his professional ring in 1990. In his 14th fight, he won a German title. On December 19, 1992, he won the EBU Championship title with Nigeria Henry who was invincible. A repeat match lasted six months later, where Schultz suffered his first defeat. After defeat, Schultz spent 5 wins and defeated former world champion, America James Smith.

After this fight, Axel entered the IBF championship battle with the legendary George Foreman. In the fight, Foreman was awarded a decision by the majority of judges. The decision was quite controversial and IBF ordered a rematch. The foreman decreased and IBF seized the title.

In December 1995 there was a fight for an empty IBF degree between the invincible Axel Schulz and South Africa François. Botha won on points, but then stripped of the title for a positive steroid test. Schultz fights again for an empty IBF title. This time with the former Champion Michael Moorer. In a difficult and competitive battle with a little profit, a mine was won by a separate decision by the judges. Schultz suffered his third loss.

In August 1997, Schultz beat Ireland Kevin McBride. In February 1998, he defeated Julius Francis in Ebu Eliminator’s fight. Before entering the title fight, he ranked a battle against Richard Mason America. Schultz won on points, but was torn down for the first time in his professional career. After this fight, Schulz did not enter the ring for more than a year.

However, Axel Schulz gathered and went to a decent title fight for the EBU European Championship title. On September 25, 1999 Schulz competed for an empty EBU title against the Vladimir Klitschko Olympic champion. Klitschko dominated the battle and began beating Germany unilaterally in the round of 8. The referee stopped the fight. This is the first initial defeat in Axel Schulz’s career. After this fight, Schultz left boxing.

After 7 years, he returned to the ring and spent the fight against Brian Minto, who was also gone. In the fourth round, Minto sent Axel on board, and in the five round, he hit him hard and slapped his waist, who was warned by America. During the break between round 6 and 7, Schulz refused to continue the fight.

Career highlights

Schulz has worked voluntarily with the Olbrecht team basketball player and Berlin Ice Hockey Player Marcel Noebels since the end of 2016 as an ambassador for the Ernst Prost Foundation founded by former Liqui Moly boss. He supports the foundation with a charity campaign such as a jersey auction and attracts attention to donations through his fame. Schulz is also a Saint Patron from Grasbeißerbande e. V. “, who wants to increase awareness of the subject of death.

Axel Schulz has been married since March 2006 and has two daughters. He used as a villain on a German tour at WWC (Championship World Wrestling), but refused to meet the requirements of the committee and do risky maneuvers. In mid-February 2007, it was announced that Schultz had a stroke only a week after fighting with Brian Minto. The reason for this is a five-fold increase in platelet concentration. It was said that Schultz was diagnosed with a stroke in September 2006, but this did not prevent him from entering the ring with Brian Minto.

On June 23, 2012, it was announced that the extraordinary meeting occurred between Schultz and his ex-opponent. It took the opportunity to make an honest movement and gave Schultz the controversial world cup belt he had received on his time (see above). Axel Schulz was employed by the State Security Ministry of GDR in 1986 under the name of the “Marcus” code as an unofficial employee. After Schultz failed to provide the desired information about people and incidents in his report, the intelligence agency stopped working with him.

In May 2017, he was appointed as the first beer beer ambassador in Brandenburg. On October 6, 2017, Schulz was a guest at a comedy with Oliver Velke. During the 2018 winter Olympics coverage, Schulz was a guest of the 18-year program of Eurosport 1 and TLC. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Schulz on November 9, 2018, Spiegel Online paid tribute to him with the following words: “He has lost all great fights. However, Axel Schulz has become the most popular German heavy-class boxer since Max Schmeling.”