# Rudi Lubbers

Rudi Lubbers (born 17 August 1945) is a Dutch retired professional boxer who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1964 he finished ninth as a light heavyweight and in 1968 fifth as a heavyweight.

## Amateur career
### 1964 Olympic record

Below are the results of Rudi Lubbers, as a Light Heavyweight at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:
* First round-bout lost to Cosimo Pinto (Italy) via points decision

### 1968 Olympic record

Below are the results of Rudi Lubbers, as heavyweight at the 1968 Mexico Olympics:
* First round-bout won against Talaat Dahshan (Egypt) via DQ
* Second round-bout lost to Joaquin Rocha (Mexico) via points decision

## Professional career

Lubbers turned pro in 1970, and won the Dutch heavyweight title in 1971, which he held until his retirement in 1981. Lubbers competed twice for the European heavyweight title, the first time in 1973, against Joe Bugner and the second time in 1975, versus the Italian Domenico Adinolfi but fell short both times. His most notable fight happened on October 20, 1973, against Muhammad Ali in Jakarta. It was evident during the fight, Lubbers was clearly no match to Ali; Lubbers lasted the full 12 rounds and lost via Decision. Lubbers last fought Gordon Racette on November 27, 1981, when he lost via Technical knockout in the third round and retired soon after.

## Personal life

After retiring Lubbers moved to Portugal, he was arrested in 1986 on charges of drug smuggling. He served a sentence of four years and was released from prison in 1990. Upon his release, he tried to make a living working in carnivals with his wife Ria. In his later years Lubbers became homeless and in 2009 he was living in a run-down caravan with his 20 dogs. As of 2018, Lubbers was living in Bulgaria with Ria and their 16 stray dogs in a malfunctioning van which lacks water, electricity and sanitary facilities.

## Professional boxing record

| 36 fights | 28 wins | 8 losses |
| By knockout | 13 | 4 |
| By decision | 13 | 4 |
| By disqualification | 2 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 36 | Loss | 28–8 | Gordon Racette | TKO | 3 (10), 1:55 | 27 Nov 1981 | Civic Arena, Nanaimo, Canada | |
| 35 | Win | 28–7 | Uwe Meinicke | KO | 1 (8) | 23 Nov 1981 | Rodahal, Kerkrade, Netherlands | |
| 34 | Win | 27–7 | Jean-Pierre Coopman | TKO | 5 (10) | 29 Sep 1980 | Energiehal, Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 33 | Win | 26–7 | Robert Desnouck | PTS | 8 | 1 Sep 1980 | Energiehal, Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 32 | Win | 25–7 | Hennie Thoonen | DQ | 7 (12) | 19 May 1980 | Ton Menkenhal, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Won Dutch heavyweight title |
| 31 | Loss | 24–7 | Ibelo Moano | SD | 8 | 28 Apr 1980 | Jaap Edenhal, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| 30 | Win | 24–6 | Terry O'Connor | PTS | 8 | 31 Mar 1980 | Sportpaleis Ahoy', Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 29 | Loss | 23–6 | Alfredo Evangelista | TKO | 3 (8) | 8 Oct 1976 | Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain | |
| 28 | Loss | 23–5 | Mile Schutte | KO | 3 (10) | 22 May 1976 | Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| 27 | Loss | 23–4 | Domenico Adinolfi | KO | 2 (15) | 31 Oct 1975 | Turin, Piedmont, Italy | For European light heavyweight title |
| 26 | Win | 23–3 | Avenamar Peralta | DQ | 5 (10) | 14 Oct 1974 | Sportpaleis Ahoy', Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 25 | Loss | 22–3 | Hal Caroll | UD | 10 | 23 Sep 1974 | Sportpaleis Ahoy', Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 24 | Win | 22–2 | Jean-Pierre Coopman | PTS | 10 | 27 Apr 1974 | Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium | |
| 23 | Loss | 21–2 | Muhammad Ali | UD | 12 | 20 Oct 1973 | Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| 22 | Loss | 21–1 | Joe Bugner | UD | 15 | 16 Jan 1973 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | For European heavyweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Expedit Moutchou | PTS | 10 | 13 Mar 1972 | Sporthal de Vliegermolen, Voorburg, Netherlands | |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Piero Del Papa | PTS | 10 | 31 Jan 1972 | Sportpaleis Ahoy', Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Macan Keita | KO | 2 (10) | 26 Dec 1971 | Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Dave Bailey | KO | 4 (10) | 7 Dec 1971 | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Bas van Duivenbode | KO | 5 (12) | 8 Nov 1971 | Sportpaleis Ahoy', Rotterdam, Netherlands | Retained Dutch heavyweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Henri Ferjule | KO | 4 (10) | 27 May 1971 | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Bas van Duivenbode | PTS | 12 | 17 May 1971 | Theatre Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Won vacant Dutch heavyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Manfred Ackers | TKO | 8 (8) | 18 Apr 1971 | Uithoorn, North Holland, Netherlands | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Mohamed Hassan | TKO | 6 (8) | 2 Apr 1971 | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Detlef Naseband | PTS | 8 | 2 Jan 1971 | Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Lloyd Walford | PTS | 8 | 7 Dec 1970 | Theatre Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Willy Karall | TKO | 6 (8) | 2 Oct 1970 | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Jean Tshikuna | PTS | 8 | 28 Sep 1970 | Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Detlef Naseband | PTS | 8 | 14 Sep 1970 | Rivièrahal, Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Horst Volpert | KO | 1 (8) | 18 Jul 1970 | De Vereeniging, Nijmegen, Netherlands | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | José Guillois | TKO | 1 (6) | 27 Apr 1970 | Rivièrahal, Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Henry Kerrauen | PTS | 6 | 31 Mar 1970 | Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Herbert Wick | PTS | 6 | 16 Mar 1970 | RAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Andre Haudrechy | TKO | 3 (8) | 12 Mar 1970 | Schouwburg Kunstmin, Dordrecht, Netherlands | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Mohamed Sahib | TKO | 2 (8) | 28 Feb 1970 | Philips Jubileumhal, Eindhoven, Netherlands | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | José Guillois | PTS | 6 | 24 Feb 1970 | Rivièrahal, Rotterdam, Netherlands | |