May Brothers

[emanuel_augustus]

I'm interested in the European perspective on these guys. Maybe not so much now as several years back. I've seen limited footage of both Torsten and Rudiger and they look to me like typical stand-up, high-guard European style pugilists.

Seems like Rudiger was a pretty defensive fighter, using his guard to block punches and move out of range. Lacking power and being a mover, he seems to have had trouble against strong, aggressive boxers like Gurov and Huck.

I'm just curious where you folks that have seen them more than I have would rank the Mays in the pantheon of Cruisers in the past decade.

[boxexpert]

both are useless

[sean]

i watched them from there beginnings.

they were both very tall cruisers /big built but matched carefully.

they were both box by numbers fighters , every move textbook taught and very little natural abuilty or flow, just well schooled fundamentally and did not try to do what they could not.

basically it was jab/jab/jab/occasional jright/move/hold/.
both hated pressure.

they made the most of there abilties had impressive records but IMO were domestic/european level fighters only.

nothing wrong with that, they acheived more than many more talented cruisers.

[boxexpert]

as amateur,torsten was olympic gold. as pro,both brothers are useless...

[emanuel_augustus]

i watched them from there beginnings.

they were both very tall cruisers /big built but matched carefully.

they were both box by numbers fighters , every move textbook taught and very little natural abuilty or flow, just well schooled fundamentally and did not try to do what they could not.

basically it was jab/jab/jab/occasional jright/move/hold/.
both hated pressure.

they made the most of there abilties had impressive records but IMO were domestic/european level fighters only.

nothing wrong with that, they acheived more than many more talented cruisers.

Good post, thanks. Seems like both had more amateur styles, stick and move. Torsten won the gold medal so had some talent, but both guys seemed reluctant to trade in the fights I've seen.

Rudiger did draw with both Rossito and Cantatore, was ko'd be Nelson, although I haven't seen any of those fights. Nelson was brought into Germany to spar with both early in his career and apparently learned quite a bit.

[Serenata]

Very likable guys on european level. No worldclass....

[kenmore]

I remember in 1992 Torsten May was ridiculed by American media types as the "poster boy" for international amateur boxing. Supposedly authorities at the Olympics in 1992 favored May for this reason, and he was given an unfair decision over an opponent.

[Odo]

i watched them from there beginnings.

they were both very tall cruisers /big built but matched carefully.

they were both box by numbers fighters , every move textbook taught and very little natural abuilty or flow, just well schooled fundamentally and did not try to do what they could not.

basically it was jab/jab/jab/occasional jright/move/hold/.
both hated pressure.

they made the most of there abilties had impressive records but IMO were domestic/european level fighters only.

nothing wrong with that, they acheived more than many more talented cruisers.

I for my part thought that the older may brother could make quite a lot of noise in the paid ranks.He had the tools and the skills to be top fighter IMO,but he lacked the mental toughness to deal with the pro game and its merciless spirit.
A couple of years I was watching tv and by accident came across a tv channel where Tersten May was talking about life,philosophy,and the hardchip of pro boxing.I was shocked to see him turn out to be a whinny pseudo-intelectual who didnt seem to lack any self-confidence at all.
B'oxing is a mental game.

[Minto]

As a pro, both are european top 15. Nothing more or less