Hein ten Hoff

Hein Ten Hoff
Statistics
Real name	Hein Ten Hoff
Nickname(s)	Gentleman of the Ring
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Reach	84 in (213 cm)
Nationality	German
Born	(1919-11-19)November 19, 1919 Süddorf, Edewecht
Died	Hamburg
Boxing record
Total fights	43
Wins	32
Wins by KO	28
Losses	7
Draws	4
No contests	0
Medal record Men's Boxing Representing Germany European Amateur Championships 1942 Breslau Heavyweight

Hein ten Hoff (19 November 1919 – 13 June 2003) was a German boxer and Präsident des Bundes Deutscher Berufsboxer (BDB). He was the son of a Dutch peasant, who left The Netherlands for Germany (Oldenburg Land) in the end of the 1930s, and became a German citizen.

Amateur career

As an amateur boxer, Hein ten Hoff had 185 wins, 78 by KO, for a total of 194 fights. He was thrice a German champion in the Heavyweight class (1940, 1941 and 1944 – he beat Herbert Runge), and won the gold medal at the 1942 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Breslau. Between 1940 and 1944 Hoff was on the German national team 20 times, losing only once, to the Slovakian Rudolf Kus in January 1940, a loss Hoff reversed later that year with a KO-win in the first round.

Professional career

After World War II, he was a professional boxer, from September 1945 until August 1955 (won 32 (KO 28), lost 7 (KO 3), drawn 4, for a total of 43 fights). The international boxing world referred to him as the "Gentleman of the Ring", "Künstler", or "Ästhet im Ring". He won the German BDB heavyweight title in 1946, then lost a ten round decision to Jersey Joe Walcott, the upcoming World champion, at Mannheim 1950, and finally won the EBU (European) heavyweight title, defeating Jack Gardner at West Berlin 1951. He retired from professional boxing in 1955 after he was knocked out by Ingemar Johansson, the upcoming World champion, in Gothenburg.

Notable bouts

Result	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Ingemar Johansson	KO	1 (8)	1955-08-28	Ullevi Gothenburg
Loss	de	PTS	10	1955-03-27	Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Loss	de	KO	1 (15)	1952-07-20	Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen	For EBU Heavyweight Title Lost German BDB Heavyweight Title
Loss	de	PTS	15	1952-01-12	Palais des Sports, Brussels	Lost EBU Heavyweight Title
Win	Jack Gardner	UD	15	1951-09-23	Waldbuehne, Westend Berlin	Won EBU Heavyweight Title
Draw	de	PTS	12	1950-10-15	Rote Erde Stadion, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen	Retained German BDB Heavyweight Title
Loss	Jersey Joe Walcott	UD	10	1950-05-28	VFR Stadion, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg
Draw	Walter Neusel	PTS	12	1949-09-18	Reiterstadion, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen	Retained German BDB Heavyweight Title
Win	Herbert Runge	KO	7 (12)	1949-06-03	Prinzregentstadion, Munich, Bayern	Retained German BDB Heavyweight Title
Win	de	KO	5 (120	1948-05-16	Olympiastadion, Westend Berlin	Retained German BDB Heavyweight Title
Win	Herbert Runge	KO	5 (10)	1948-03-28	Messehalle, Leipzig, Sachsen
Win	Walter Neusel	KO	7 (12)	1947-10-15	HSV Platz, Hamburg	Retained German BDB Heavyweight Title
Win	Walter Neusel	PTS	12	1946-08-03	HSV Sportplatz Rothenbaum, Hamburg	Won German BDB Heavyweight Title

External links

• Professional boxing record for Hein ten Hoff from BoxRec

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Walter Neusel	German BDB Heavyweight Champion August 3, 1946 – July 20, 1952	Succeeded by de
Preceded by Jack Gardner	EBU (European) Heavyweight Champion September 23, 1951 – January 12, 1952	Succeeded by de