# Franz Dorfer

Franz Dorfer (20 May 1950 – 8 January 2012) was an Austrian professional boxer who competed in the middleweight division. As an amateur he won the bronze medal at the 1975 European Championships and competed at the 1976 Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first bout, by Iranian boxer Mohamed Azarhazin. After the Olympics he turned professional and competed in 36 bouts between 1977 and 1986, winning 23 of them.

## Early life

Dorfer was born to a family of farmers, and was trained as a cheesemaker in his youth. Later, in early 1970 he completed his military service in Sankt Pölten, and studied to become a gendarmerie in Mödling in 1971.

## Boxing career

In 1972 he became a member of the boxing club BC Schwarz Weiß in Vienna. Only one year later he won his first of four consecutive Austrian championship titles in light-middleweight. At the 1975 European championships he earned the bronze medal after he won against Kalevi Kosunen and Bulgarian Ilya Ilyev, but lost in the semi-finals against Wiesław Rudkowski, Up to 2012 this is the last medal won by any Austrian boxer at The European championships. Dorfer competed the following year at the Olympics and lost in the first round. He turned professional in 1977 and had 36 bouts (23 wins – 11 losses – 2 draws) till 1986, when he eventually retired . Two of his 19 knockout wins came against Edip Secovic (or Edip Sekowitsch) who later became WAA world champion.

## Professional boxing record

| 36 fights | 23 wins | 11 losses |
| By knockout | 19 | 5 |
| By decision | 4 | 6 |
| Draws | 2 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 36 | Win | 23–11–2 | Rüdiger Bitterling | KO | 4 (?) | 13 Dec 1986 | Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria | |
| 35 | Loss | 22–11–2 | Graciano Rocchigiani | TKO | 2 (?) | 27 Apr 1984 | Berlin, Berlin State, Germany | |
| 34 | Loss | 22–10–2 | Cliff Gilpin | KO | 3 (10) | 15 Mar 1984 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 33 | Win | 22–9–2 | Matteo Salvemini | PTS | 8 | 24 Oct 1983 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 32 | Win | 21–9–2 | Benedetto Gravina | TKO | 4 (?) | 6 Aug 1983 | Gols, Burgenland, Austria | |
| 31 | Win | 20–9–2 | Momo Cupelić | KO | 3 (?) | 25 Jun 1983 | Biberbach, Lower Austria, Austria | |
| 30 | Win | 19–9–2 | Nazif Biberović | KO | 8 (12) | 31 Mar 1983 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | Retained Austrian middleweight title |
| 29 | Loss | 18–9–2 | Moussa Kassongo Mukandjo | PTS | 8 | 26 Dec 1982 | Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland | |
| 28 | Loss | 18–8–2 | Dick Katende | PTS | 8 | 13 Nov 1982 | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
| 27 | Win | 18–7–2 | Edip Sekowitsch | TKO | 8 (12) | 28 Oct 1982 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | Retained Austrian middleweight title |
| 26 | Loss | 17–7–2 | Frank Wissenbach | PTS | 8 | 24 Sep 1982 | Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 25 | Win | 17–6–2 | Edip Sekowitsch | TKO | 2 (12), 3:00 | 3 Jun 1982 | Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria | Won vacant Austrian middleweight title |
| 24 | Win | 16–6–2 | Nazif Biberović | KO | 3 (?) | 24 Apr 1982 | Biberbach, Lower Austria, Austria | |
| 23 | Loss | 15–6–2 | Marijan Beneš | TKO | 4 (?) | 6 Nov 1981 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 22 | Win | 15–5–2 | Sonny Kamunga | PTS | 8 | 19 Sep 1981 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 21 | Win | 14–5–2 | Mauro Valentino | TKO | 8 (?) | 10 Jul 1981 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 20 | Win | 13–5–2 | Mike McCoy | KO | 2 (?) | 27 Apr 1981 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 19 | Win | 12–5–2 | Brahim Ferizović | KO | 5 (?) | 4 Apr 1981 | Hollabrunn, Lower Austria, Austria | |
| 18 | Win | 11–5–2 | Corrado Sortino | PTS | 8 | 3 Nov 1980 | Waidhofen, Lower Austria, Austria | |
| 17 | Loss | 10–5–2 | Alex Blanchard | KO | 3 (?) | 1 Sep 1980 | Energiehal, Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 16 | Loss | 10–4–2 | Frank Wissenbach | PTS | 8 | 13 Jun 1980 | Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | |
| 15 | Win | 10–3–2 | Joserf Kossmann | KO | 3 (?) | 30 May 1980 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 14 | Win | 9–3–2 | Fritz Krenslehner | KO | 1 (?) | 13 Jul 1979 | Greinsfurth, Amstetten, Austria | |
| 13 | Loss | 8–3–2 | Sonny Kamunga | TKO | 4 (?) | 17 Apr 1979 | Belgrade, S.R. Serbia, Yugoslavia | |
| 12 | Loss | 8–2–2 | Oscar Angus | PTS | 8 | 17 Mar 1979 | Banja Luka, S.R. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | |
| 11 | Win | 8–1–2 | Jacky Bauer | TKO | 6 (8) | 2 Dec 1978 | Stadthalle, Dornbirn, Austria | |
| 10 | Loss | 7–1–2 | Agamil Yılderım | PTS | 6 | 2 Sep 1978 | Berlin, Berlin State, Germany | |
| 9 | Win | 7–0–2 | Branko Baraković | TKO | 4 (8) | 18 Aug 1978 | Villach, Carinthia, Austria | |
| 8 | Win | 6–0–2 | Tommaso Marocco | KO | 2 (8) | 22 Apr 1978 | Graz, Styria, Austria | |
| 7 | Win | 5–0–2 | Horst Brinkmeier | KO | 1 (6) | 16 Dec 1977 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 6 | Draw | 4–0–2 | Mehmet Besli | PTS | 8 | 18 Nov 1977 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Antonio Rimasti | KO | 2 (6) | 1 Oct 1977 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Gregory Marshall | PTS | 6 | 18 Sep 1977 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 3 | Win | 2–0–1 | Lutz Walter | TKO | 2 (?) | 6 Aug 1977 | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2 | Win | 1–0–1 | Klaus Hein | KO | 4 (6) | 17 May 1977 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |
| 1 | Draw | 0–0–1 | Mehmet Besli | PTS | 4 | 22 Mar 1977 | Vienna, Vienna Province, Austria | |

## Personal life

Dorfer was married and fathered two daughters. He died in 2012 after battling a long illness.