# Rudy Markussen

Rudy Markussen (born 24 July 1977), is a former Danish professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2015. He challenged once for the IBF super middleweight title in 2002, and once for the interim WBA super middleweight title in 2012. At regional level, he held the WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title from 2003 to 2004 and the EBU European super middleweight title in 2004.
In 2006, Markussen was in a car accident, which temporarily put a halt to his career. He made a comeback 4 years later, having 6 fights between 2010 and 2012 (5 wins, 1 loss) before having a 3 year break from the ring. Markussen returned in 2015 for 2 final fights before permanent retirement.

## Career
### Ottke fight

After the other Dane Mads Larsen lost his fight to Sven Ottke, Markussen was demanded by the Danish media to win fight against the undefeated German. Two undefeated fighters - Ottke (28-0, 5 KO) and Markussen (27-0, 16 KO) - facing each other for the IBF Super Middleweight title. With Ottke's 15 title defenses, the Dane was on paper clearly the underdog. But Markussen showed he wanted the title, and many commentators and experts thought that Markussen deserved the win. All three judges scored the bout 116-112 in favor of Sven Ottke.

### Switching from Mogens Palle to Team Sauerland

After Markussen temporarily stopped his career after a car accident, he also criticized his promoter Mogens Palle for being selfish and destroying his career. Markussen meant that Mogens Palle didn't give him enough money. Both men have criticized each other in the media.
After Markussen made his comeback in 2010, he signed a contract with German Team Sauerland. with Sauerland featuring him in his last 2 fights on their Viasat Nordic Fight Night cards.

### Magee fight

In February 2012, Rudy was going to face the reigning WBA regular champion Brian Magee in Brøndby Hallen, Denmark. It was the same story as the Ottke-fight in 2002, that the other Dane Mads Larsen met the same man, but both Danes lost. This time Markussen had to take revenge for Mads Larsen against Brian Magee. It was the second time in his career the Dane was going into a World title-fight. The last time was in 2002 when he faced Sven Ottke for the IBF Super Middleweight title. Before the Magee fight, Markussen hadn't lost any fight since he temporarily stopped his career in 2006. But Magee changed all that in the fifth round with a punch to the liver. Markussen couldn't take that and was knocked out.

## Professional boxing record

| 44 fights | 39 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 26 | 3 |
| By decision | 13 | 1 |
| No contests | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 44 | Loss | 39–4 (1) | Patrick Nielsen | TKO | 3 (12) | 12 Dec 2012 | Brøndby Hall, Brøndby, Denmark | |
| 43 | Win | 39–3 (1) | Ramazi Gogichashvili | KO | 1 (8) | 12 Sep 2015 | Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark | |
| 42 | Win | 38–3 (1) | Daniel Regi | TKO | 1 (8) | 8 Dec 2012 | BOXEN, Herning, Denmark | |
| 41 | Loss | 37–3 (1) | Brian Magee | TKO | 5 (8) | 18 Feb 2012 | Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark | For interim WBA super middleweight title |
| 40 | Win | 37–2 (1) | Steven Bendall | TKO | 4 (8) | 17 Dec 2011 | Herning Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark | |
| 39 | Win | 36–2 (1) | Michael Recloux | KO | 1 (8) | 3 Sep 2011 | Herning Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark | |
| 38 | Win | 35–2 (1) | Dejan Ribac | KO | 1 (8) | 20 Nov 2010 | Herning Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark | |
| 37 | Win | 34–2 (1) | Christophe Karagoz | TKO | 6 (8) | 15 May 2010 | Herning Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark | |
| 36 | Loss | 33–2 (1) | Sergey Tatevosyan | KO | 7 (8) | 14 Oct 2006 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 35 | Win | 33–1 (1) | Brock Stodden | TKO | 2 (6) | 28 Jan 2006 | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
| 34 | Win | 32–1 (1) | Alexander Zaitsev | UD | 8 | 14 Jan 2006 | Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark | |
| 33 | Win | 31–1 (1) | Mpush Makambi | TKO | 3 (8) | 30 Sep 2005 | Vesthallen, Slagelse, Denmark | |
| 32 | Win | 30–1 (1) | Hacine Cherifi | TKO | 1 (8) | 17 Jun 2005 | SAS Radisson, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| 31 | Win | 29–1 (1) | Danilo Häussler | UD | 12 | 24 Jul 2004 | Brandenburg Halle, Frankfurt, Germany | Won vacant EBU super middleweight title |
| 30 | NC | 28–1 (1) | Kabary Salem | ND | 1 (12) | 13 Mar 2004 | Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark | WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title at stake; Fight stopped due to Markussen receiving cut from clash of heads |
| 29 | Win | 28–1 | James Crawford | KO | 2 (12) | 24 Oct 2003 | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title |
| 28 | Loss | 27–1 | Sven Ottke | UD | 12 | 16 Nov 2002 | Nürnberg Arena, Nürnberg, Germany | For IBF super middleweight title |
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Ron Johnson | KO | 1 (8) | 13 Sep 2002 | Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark | |
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Brad Ekstam | TKO | 1 (6) | 24 May 2002 | Aalborg Kongres & Kulturcenter, Aalborg, Denmark | |
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Danny de Beul | TKO | 1 (6) | 19 Apr 2002 | Falconer Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Juan Carlos Viloria | PTS | 6 | 9 Mar 2000 | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Etianne Whitaker | SD | 8 | 1 Dec 2000 | Viborg Stadionhal, Viborg, Denmark | |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Anthony Atkinson | KO | 1 (6) | 3 Nov 2000 | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Pat Lawlor | TKO | 4 (6) | 1 Sep 2000 | Kolding Hallen, Kolding, Denmark | |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Allaoua Anki | KO | 5 (6) | 26 May 2000 | Holbæk Stadionhal, Holbæk, Denmark | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Jerry Williams | KO | 1 (6) | 28 Apr 2000 | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Terrence Jones | TKO | 2 (6) | 31 Mar 2000 | Esbjerg Stadionhal, Esbjerg, Denmark | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Samson Khoza | UD | 6 | 14 Jan 2000 | Kolding Hallen, Kolding, Denmark | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Samuel Harvey | KO | 3 (6) | 26 Nov 1999 | Viborg Stadionhal, Viborg, Denmark | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Tim Pilant | KO | 2 (6) | 18 Jun 1999 | Idrættens Hus, Vejle, Denmark | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Donnie Davis | KO | 1 (6) | 4 May 1999 | Cirkusbygningen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Gordon Finnie | PTS | 4 | 16 Apr 1999 | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Jimmy Hagar | PTS | 6 | 12 Feb 1999 | Falconer Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Nestor Tobias | KO | 1 (4) | 27 Nov 1998 | Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Boyd Davis | PTS | 4 | 6 Nov 1998 | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | James McCray | PTS | 4 | 16 Oct 1998 | Aalborg Hallen, Aalborg, Denmark | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Tim Bryan | KO | 1 (6) | 18 Sep 1998 | Sundbyøster Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Joe Harris | PTS | 4 | 5 Jun 1998 | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Bruce Rumbolz | UD | 6 | 20 Mar 1998 | Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Melvin Wynn | KO | 2 (4) | 27 Feb 1998 | Storebælthallen, Korsør, Denmark | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Shane Davis | UD | 4 | 13 Feb 1998 | Falconer Scenen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Stacy Goodson | TKO | 1 (4) | 5 Dec 1997 | Aalborg Hallen, Aalborg, Denmark | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Dennis Lawlor | KO | 1 (4) | 14 Nov 1997 | K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 1 | | 1–0 | Paul Bonson | UD | 4 | 3 Oct 1997 | Østre Gasværk, Copenhagen, Denmark | |

## Discography
### Featured in single

* 2010: "Hardhitter" (Kaliber featuring Rudy Markussen and Kurt Thyboe).