Thomas Peter RADEMACHER
"Pete"
(Peso: 208 lbs.)
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Lugar de Nacimiento: Grandview, Estados Unidos.
Fecha de Nacimiento: 20 Agosto 1928.

Récord Amateur Reclamado: 72 victorias, 7 derrotas, 35 nocauts.

Campeón Amateur de los Estados Unidos: 1953.

Campeón Olímpico: Melbourne 1956.

Debut en el boxeo profesional: 22 agosto 1957 (Rademacher ha sido el primer y único boxeador de la historia en combatir por el campeonato mundial de los pesos pesados en su primera pelea profesional, a la edad de 29 años).

Récord Profesional: 15 victorias, 1 empate, 7 derrotas, 8 nocauts.

Retiro como boxeador: 1962.

Pete Rademacher made boxing history in an most unconventional way.

After winning the gold medal at the 1956 Olympics in the Light Heavyweight division, Rademacher started saying that he would be able to become world Heavyweight champion in his first professional fight. He made his belief public and was able to lure world Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson into defending his crown against the debutant Rademacher. Rademacher quickly became a mainstream celebrity, being the subject of television talk show talk, and of much gossip around boxing magazines, fans and critics. It was the first time that a fighter making his professional debut challenges for a world crown, and it remains the first time a debutant fights for the world Heavyweight title.

Rademacher dropped Patterson in round two, but Patterson recovered and defeated him by a knockout in six.

Rademacher later on went on to fight people like future Muhammad Ali challenger Zora Folley, Brian London, George Chuvalo, Lamar Parks and the former world Light Heavyweight champion, Archie Moore. He lost to Moore, Folley and London but beat Chuvalo and Parks. He had mixed success during the rest of his career, winning about 66 percent of his bouts, but he was never able to achieve the boxing goals he had set for himself, and eventually he retired with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, with 8 wins by knockout.

After retirement, he went into business, and once, after a fight by Patterson in Rademacher's hometown, Patterson and Rademacher had lunch and Patterson asked about a job at Rademacher's place of employment. After Rademacher gave Patterson a spot on the company's training roster, Patterson quit, because he did not want to relocate his family to Boston, a requisite during the company training period.

Rademacher was named, in 1989, President of a division in the company he worked for. In 1996, he and his two daughters helped carry the Olympic torch around the streets of Cleveland, Ohio.

Palmarés Amateur de Pete Rademacher:

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1956

1957

22 Agosto 1957 - Seattle, USA - Floyd Patterson (USA) - LKO-6 - Campeonato Mundial de los Pesos Pesados

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(Ultima actualización: Mar-27-2007)