Henry Maske

Henry Maske (Template:IPA, Template:Audio; born 6 January 1964) is a German former professional boxer and one of Germany's most popular sports figures. He held the IBF light heavyweight title from 1993 until 1996.

Amateur career

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-0510-021, Henry Maske, Manfred Wolke.jpg

Maske (left) and Manfred Wolke in 1983

Maske was born in Treuenbrietzen, Bezirk Potsdam. He was an Olympic Gold medallist 1988 in Seoul (middleweight) for East Germany. His results were:<ref name="SportsRef">Template:Cite Sports-Reference</ref>

Olympic results

Below is the record of Henry Maske, an East German middleweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics:

• Round of 64: bye
• Round of 32: Defeated Helman Palije (Malawi) by decision, 5–0
• Round of 16: Defeated Sello Mojela (Lesotho) by walkover
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Michele Mastrodonato (Italy) by decision, 5–0
• Semifinal: Defeated Chris Sande (Kenya) by decision, 5–0
• Final: Defeated Egerton Marcus (Canada) by decision, 5–0 (won gold medal)

Maske won the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow and the silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, Nevada. His toughest opponents were Cubans, particularly Angel Espinosa, whom he met three times in 1987–1988, losing all three by a 0–5 unanimous decision, and luckily for him, Maske didn't met Espinosa at Seoul as Cuba boycotted the 1988 Olympics.

Professional career

Template:Main During his career, Maske was a five-time boxing champion of East Germany. After reunification in 1990, he turned professional, and became the IBF world title holder in the light heavyweight category on 20 March 1993.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Maske defended his title ten times between 1993 and 1996.<ref>Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Pretoria. German Sporting Icons; accessed 8 September 2011.</ref>

He retired in 1996 after suffering a split decision loss at the hands of Virgil Hill.<ref>Kammerer, Roy. "After decade of retirement, Henry Maske is back", USAToday.com, 31 March 2007; accessed 1 January 2016.</ref> In 2007, he won in a rematch.<ref name="Spiegel">Brichzi, Dirk. "Maske-Erfolg gegen Hill: Seelenfrieden für den Gentleman", Spiegel.de; accessed 1 April 2007. Template:In lang</ref>

Post-boxing life

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Maske (left) and Wladimir Klitschko (right) with German sculptor Carsten Eggers, after the unveiling of the Max Schmeling monument in Hollenstedt on 21 May 2010

As of 2010, Maske owns ten McDonald's franchises in Germany.<ref>Öchsner, Thomas; Uhlmann, Steffen (27 August 2010). "Reden wir über Geld: Henry Maske 'Es war klasse, die Rechnung zu schreiben'", Süddeutsche Zeitung; retrieved 22 December 2011.</ref> Maske works as a boxing commentator for the first German television channel (ARD).

Comeback

After an 11-year retirement, he avenged his only defeat as a professional against Virgil Hill. The fight was held on 31 March 2007, in Munich; Maske won by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
32	Template:Yes2Win	31–1	Virgil Hill	UD	12	31 Mar 2007	Template:Small
31	Template:No2Loss	30–1	Virgil Hill	SD	12	23 Nov 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	30–0	John Scully	UD	12	25 May 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	29–0	Duran Williams	UD	12	17 Feb 1996	Template:Small	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	28–0	Graciano Rocchigiani	UD	12	14 Oct 1995	Template:Small	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	27–0	Graciano Rocchigiani	UD	12	27 May 1995	Template:Small	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	26–0	Egerton Marcus	UD	12	11 Feb 1995	Template:Small	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	25–0	Iran Barkley	RTD	9 (12), Template:Small	8 Oct 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	24–0	Andrea Magi	UD	12	4 Jun 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	23–0	Ernesto Magdaleno	TKO	9 (12)	26 Mar 1994	Template:Small	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	22–0	David Vedder	UD	12	11 Dec 1993	Template:Small	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	21–0	Anthony Hembrick	UD	12	18 Sep 1993	Template:Small	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	20–0	Charles Williams	UD	12	20 Mar 1993	Template:Small	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	19–0	Frank Minton	KO	2 (?)	2 Oct 1992	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	18–0	Samson Cohen	RTD	5 (8), Template:Small	19 Sep 1992	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	17–0	Lenzie Morgan	PTS	10	27 Jun 1992	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	16–0	Steve McCarthy	DQ	9 (10)	4 Apr 1992	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	15–0	Leslie Stewart	KO	7 (10)	6 Mar 1992	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	14–0	Tom Elton Collins	TKO	8 (10), Template:Small	6 Dec 1991	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	13–0	Darryl Fromm	KO	2 (8)	8 Nov 1991	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	12–0	Mike Peak	KO	9 (?)	12 Oct 1991	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	11–0	Rodrigo Benech	UD	8	13 Sep 1991	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	10–0	Yawe Davis	PTS	10	31 May 1991	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	9–0	Miguel Angel Maldonado	PTS	8	28 Feb 1991	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	8–0	Salim Muhammad	PTS	8	25 Jan 1991	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	7–0	Glazz Campbell	PTS	8	7 Dec 1990	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	6–0	Sean Mannion	PTS	8	16 Nov 1990	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5–0	Cordwell Hylton	TKO	3 (6), Template:Small	31 Oct 1990	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Mike Brothers	KO	2 (?)	5 Oct 1990	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Jorge Juan Salgado	PTS	6	7 Sep 1990	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Mike Aubrey	PTS	6	1 Jun 1990	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Antonio Arvizu	KO	1 (6)	9 May 1990	Template:Small

Television viewership

Germany

Date	Fight	Viewership (Template:Abbr)	Source(s)
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Template:Dts {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Henry Maske vs. Duran Williams	check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	<ref name="maske, schulz">Template:Cite news</ref>
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	Total viewership	105,750,000

Acting

Maske played the lead role in the 2010 biopic Max Schmeling, for which he took several months of acting lessons. However, critique were largely negative on his performance in the film.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Official webpage; accessed 1 January 2016.Template:In lang
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• Profile, Leverkusen.com