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Adolf Heuser (3 October 1907 – 19 November 1988) was a German boxer, who was the champion of Germany and Europe at both light heavyweight and heavyweight, and International Boxing Union (IBU) world champion at light heavyweight.Born in Bonn to a bricklayer father, Heuser was one of sixteen children. He had thirty amateur fights before making his professional debut on 2 August 1929 at light heavyweight with a points win over former European champion Fernand Delarge. In November 1930 he beat Dutch champion Piet Brand, and in January 1931 challenged for Ernst Pistulla's German light heavyweight title, the fight ending in a draw. After seven straight wins, including victories over former French champion Moise Bouquillon, former Belgian champion Jack Etienne, and reigning Belgian champion Gustave Limousin, he faced Pistulla again in September that year, with both the German and European light heavyweight titles at stake. The fight again ended in a draw.Heuser travelled to the United States in October 1931 for a series of fights. After being unbeaten in his first twenty fights, he suffered his first defeat in December when he lost a points decision to Patsy Perroni in Cleveland. He won all of his remaining fights on the US trip, before returning to Germany after suffering an ear injury.In June 1932, Heuser knocked out José Martínez Valero in the first round in Valencia to take the vacant IBU European light heavyweight title.Later that year he returned to the US for another series of fights, and after five straight victories, including a decision win over NBA world champion George Nichols, in March 1933 he challenged Maxie Rosenbloom for the NYSAC world light heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden; Rosenbloom beat a tired Heuser by unanimous decision, inflicting only the second defeat of Heuser's career. Heuser went on to lose his last three fights of his second spell in the US.Back in Germany, Heuser won four fights before challenging Adolf Witt in August 1934 for the German (BDB) light heavyweight title, the fight ending in a draw. Over the next three years, Heuser beat Hans Schönrath and Arno Kölblin, his only defeats in this period in over thirty fights coming at the hands of Merlo Preciso and Karel Sys. In August 1937 he again challenged Witt for the German title, this time knocking him out in the eighth round to become German champion. In February 1938 he beat Sys on points, and the following month stopped Gustave Roth in the seventh round to add the IBU world and European titles. He had been due to fight John Henry Lewis for the NYSAC world title, but the fight was cancelled after the NYSAC controversially stripped Lewis of the title. Instead, he made a successful defence of his European title against Preciso in September 1938.