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CONN CHRIS · 12-06-2004, 01:13 PM

Piet van der Veer

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van der Veer's career was one of contrasts. From 1919 to April of 1923 Piet piled up a 28-1-1 record in the Netherlands, won the Dutch Heavyweight Title and defended it once. In May of 1923, he stepped up to fight Erminio Spalla of Italy for the European Title and lost a twenty round decision. He then went 2-2-1 with bouts in England and one back home in Holland before taking on Spalla in rematch for the European Title. The results were the same with van der Veer losing another twenty round decision to the Italian.

From 1924 to 1926, van der Veer fought all over Europe collecting a 3-1-5 record with mostly ten to fifteen round decisions. Then he seemed to settle into fighting wholey unimpressive opponents in Germany but inexplicably lost the final ten bouts of his till-then rather succesful career. Oddly enough, he was given another European Title shot in 1930 despite his string of losses. His skills were obviously exhausted as he suffered a second round knock out to Pierre Charles in Belgium.

12-06-2004, 01:13 PM	#729
CONN CHRIS Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 29,077	Piet van der Veer Piet van der Veer 33(24)-14-8 van der Veer's career was one of contrasts. From 1919 to April of 1923 Piet piled up a 28-1-1 record in the Netherlands, won the Dutch Heavyweight Title and defended it once. In May of 1923, he stepped up to fight Erminio Spalla of Italy for the European Title and lost a twenty round decision. He then went 2-2-1 with bouts in England and one back home in Holland before taking on Spalla in rematch for the European Title. The results were the same with van der Veer losing another twenty round decision to the Italian. From 1924 to 1926, van der Veer fought all over Europe collecting a 3-1-5 record with mostly ten to fifteen round decisions. Then he seemed to settle into fighting wholey unimpressive opponents in Germany but inexplicably lost the final ten bouts of his till-then rather succesful career. Oddly enough, he was given another European Title shot in 1930 despite his string of losses. His skills were obviously exhausted as he suffered a second round knock out to Pierre Charles in Belgium. __________________ Check Out My Cards! Last edited by CONN CHRIS; 04-13-2007 at 12:51 PM.