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Johann Wilhelm Trollmann

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Boxer

The Resume

    (December 27, 1907-February 9, 1943)
    Murdered in Neuengamme Concentration Camp
    German Light-heavyweight champion (1933)
    Sinti (Gypsy) descent

Why he might be annoying:

    He flirted with female fans during fights.
    He had bad teeth.
    On June 9, 1933, he won the boxing championship. Nazis stripped him of the title days later.
    He was forced into another title fight. For this fight, he entered the boxing ring with his hair dyed blond and skin whitened with flour, spoofing the Aryan ideal. He was knocked out in the fifth round.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was charismatic and a crowd favorite.
    He had great hair.
    He endured forced sterilization due to his Sinti ethnicity.
    In 2003, his descendants were presented with the championship belt by the German Boxing Federation.
    Seventy years after the title fight and 60 years after his death, he was finally recognized as a German boxing champion.

Credit: Black Chic


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 71 Votes: 59.15% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 68 Votes: 51.47% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 92 Votes: 58.70% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 116 Votes: 59.48% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 57 Votes: 71.93% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 105 Votes: 83.81% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 101 Votes: 45.54% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 261 Votes: 41.38% Annoying