Rudy Markussen
Rudy Markussen, is a former Danish professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2015. He challenged once 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 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 and Markussen - facing each other for the IBF Super Middleweight title. With Ottke's 15 title defenses, the Dane was on the paper clearly the underdog. But Markussen showed he wanted the title, and many commentators and experts meant 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 temporary 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 has 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 gonna 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 where he faced Sven Ottke for the IBF Super Middleweight title.Before the Magee fight, Markussen hasn't lost any fight since he temporary stopped his career in 2006. But Magee changed on that in the fifth round with a punch to the liver. Markussen couldn't take that and was knocked out.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 44 | Loss | 39–4 |  Patrick Nielsen | TKO | 3 | 12 Dec 2012 |  Brøndby Hall, Brøndby, Denmark.png" /> | |
| 43 | Win | 39–3 |  Ramazi Gogichashvili | KO | 1 | 12 Sep 2015 | Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark.png" /> | |
| 42 | Win | 38–3 |  Daniel Regi | TKO | 1 | 8 Dec 2012 | BOXEN, Herning, Denmark.png" /> | |
| 41 | Loss | 37–3 | Brian Magee | TKO | 5 | 18 Feb 2012 | For interim WBA super middleweight title | |
| 40 | Win | 37–2 | Steven Bendall | TKO | 4 | 17 Dec 2011 | ||
| 39 | Win | 36–2 | Michael Recloux | KO | 1 | 3 Sep 2011 | ||
| 38 | Win | 35–2 | Dejan Ribac | KO | 1 | 20 Nov 2010 | ||
| 37 | Win | 34–2 | Christophe Karagoz | TKO | 6 | 15 May 2010 | ||
| 36 | Loss | 33–2 | Sergey Tatevosyan | KO | 7 | 14 Oct 2006 | ||
| 35 | Win | 33–1 | Brock Stodden | TKO | 2 | 28 Jan 2006 | ||
| 34 | Win | 32–1 | Alexander Zaitsev | UD | 8 | 14 Jan 2006 | ||
| 33 | Win | 31–1 | Mpush Makambi | TKO | 3 | 30 Sep 2005 | ||
| 32 | Win | 30–1 | Hacine Cherifi | TKO | 1 | 17 Jun 2005 | ||
| 31 | Win | 29–1 | Danilo Häussler | UD | 12 | 24 Jul 2004 | Won vacant EBU super middleweight title | |
| 30 | NC | 28–1 | Kabary Salem | ND | 1 | 13 Mar 2004 | 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 | 24 Oct 2003 | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title | |
| 28 | Loss | 27–1 | Sven Ottke | UD | 12 | 16 Nov 2002 | For IBF super middleweight title | |
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Ron Johnson | KO | 1 | 13 Sep 2002 | ||
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Brad Ekstam | TKO | 1 | 24 May 2002 | ||
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Danny de Beul | TKO | 1 | 19 Apr 2002 | ||
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Juan Carlos Viloria | PTS | 6 | 9 Mar 2000 | ||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Etianne Whitaker | SD | 8 | 1 Dec 2000 | ||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Anthony Atkinson | KO | 1 | 3 Nov 2000 | ||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Pat Lawlor | TKO | 4 | 1 Sep 2000 | ||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Allaoua Anki | KO | 5 | 26 May 2000 | ||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Jerry Williams | KO | 1 | 28 Apr 2000 | ||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Terrence Jones | TKO | 2 | 31 Mar 2000 | ||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Samson Khoza | UD | 6 | 14 Jan 2000 | ||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Samuel Harvey | KO | 3 | 26 Nov 1999 | ||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Tim Pilant | KO | 2 | 18 Jun 1999 | ||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Donnie Davis | KO | 1 | 4 May 1999 | ||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Gordon Finnie | PTS | 4 | 16 Apr 1999 | ||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Jimmy Hagar | PTS | 6 | 12 Feb 1999 | ||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Nestor Tobias | KO | 1 | 27 Nov 1998 | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Boyd Davis | PTS | 4 | 6 Nov 1998 | ||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | James McCray | PTS | 4 | 16 Oct 1998 | ||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Tim Bryan | KO | 1 | 18 Sep 1998 | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Joe Harris | PTS | 4 | 5 Jun 1998 | ||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Bruce Rumbolz | UD | 6 | 20 Mar 1998 | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Melvin Wynn | KO | 2 | 27 Feb 1998 | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Shane Davis | UD | 4 | 13 Feb 1998 | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Stacy Goodson | TKO | 1 | 5 Dec 1997 |  Aalborg Hallen, Aalborg, Denmark.png" /> | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Dennis Lawlor | KO | 1 | 14 Nov 1997 | ||
| 1 | 1–0 |  Paul Bonson | UD | 4 | 3 Oct 1997 |
Discography
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