Hein ten Hoff lost a ten-round decision to Jersey Joe Walcott, the upcoming World champion, at Mannheim 1950, and finally won the EBU (European) heavyweight title, defeating Jack Gardner at West Berlin 1951. He retired from professional boxing in 1955 after he was knocked out by Ingemar Johansson, the upcoming World champion, in Gothenburg. Hein ten Hoff Hein ten Hoff (19 November 1919 – 13 June 2003) was a German boxer and "Präsident des Bundes Deutscher Berufsboxer" (BDB). He was the son of a Dutch peasant, who left The Netherlands for Germany (Oldenburg Land) in the end of the 1930s, and became a
Sport in Jersey a boules sport. The Jersey Petanque Association is the governing body. There are several rugby union clubs in the island including a rugby academy for under 18s and Les Quennevais Rugby Club. The island's main side, Jersey Reds, enjoyed a meteoric rise through the English pyramid beginning in 2005 and culminating in promotion to England's second level, the RFU Championship, for 2012–13. The team survived relegation scares in both of its first two seasons in the Championship, finishing in the final safe spot of 11th in both seasons. Colin Mallett won Jersey's sole Commonwealth Games gold medal in Auckland in