Anders Eklund (boxer)

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Anders Eklund
Born(1957-12-22)22 December 1957
Gävle, Sweden
Died1 April 2010(2010-04-01) (aged 52)
Uppsala, Sweden
Statistics
Weight(s)heavyweight

Anders Eklund (22 December 1957 – 1 April 2010) was a Swedish boxer. He was nicknamed Lillen (Swedish: "Tiny"), but later chose the nickname "Viking". Eklund was born in Gävle. He competed in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he was defeated in the quarter finals. He made his pro debut on October 7, 1982, in Copenhagen. Eklund won the European (EBU) Heavyweight Title on March 9, 1985, by beating Steffen Tangstad, but lost the belt in his next fight, against Britain's Frank Bruno. He regained the title in 1987 against the Spaniard Alfredo Evangelista but lost it the same year against the Italian Francesco Damiani. The magazine Boxing Illustrated named Eklund "A solid 10 round winning fighter" in a ranking in the early 1990s where he was deemed among the top 20. Eklund died of a heart attack on 1 April 2010, following a collapse at his Uppsala apartment. He was 52 years old.

Professional boxing record

19 Wins (10 knockouts, 9 decisions), 5 Losses (4 knockouts, 1 decision), 1 Draw [1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Win 19-5-1 United States Garing Lane UD 6 17/05/1990 Denmark Nordjysk Messecenter, Aars, Denmark
Loss 18-5-1 United States Tim Witherspoon KO 1 (10), 1:11 19/10/1989 United States Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win 18-4-1 United States Philipp Brown UD 12 16/03/1989 United States Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, U.S. WBA Americas Heavyweight Title.
Win 17-4-1 United States Rick Kellar KO 3 (8), 2:38 12/12/1988 Finland Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
Loss 16-4-1 Italy Francesco Damiani KO 6 (12), 2:40 09/10/1987 Italy Aosta, Italy EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win 16-3-1 Uruguay Alfredo Evangelista KO 7 (12) 28/03/1987 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win 15-3-1 Italy Stefano Vassallo UD 8 27/02/1987 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 14-3-1 United States Jesse Ferguson PTS 8 17/10/1986 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 13-3-1 United States Tony Foster KO 2 (8), 2:56 03/10/1986 Denmark Idraetshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 12-3-1 United Kingdom Glenn McCrory UD 8 18/04/1986 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Loss 11-3-1 United Kingdom Frank Bruno KO 4 (12), 0:20 01/10/1985 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, London, England EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win 11-2-1 Norway Steffen Tangstad TKO 4 (12) 09/03/1985 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win 10-2-1 United States Dorcey Gaymon KO 8 (8) 09/11/1984 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 9-2-1 Belgium Rudy Gauwe TKO 6 (8) 27/10/1984 Finland Mariehamn, Finland
Win 8-2-1 United Kingdom Rocky Burton KO 1 (8), 1:00 05/10/1984 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Loss 7-2-1 Australia Joe Bugner MD 10 13/01/1984 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 7-1-1 United Kingdom Steve Gee TKO 5 (8), 1:47 17/12/1983 Finland Hotel Arkipelag, Mariehamn, Finland
Loss 6-1-1 United Kingdom Noel Quarless TKO 1 (10), 1:10 13/10/1983 United Kingdom Crest Hotel, London, England
Draw 6-0-1 Italy Guido Trane PTS 6 06/10/1983 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 6-0 Republic of Ireland Paddy Finn KO 1 (8), 2:52 14/09/1983 United Kingdom Alexandra Palace, London, England
Win 5-0 Spain Felipe Rodriguez PTS 6 08/04/1983 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 4-0 United Kingdom Terry O'Connor PTS 4 11/02/1983 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 3-0 United Kingdom Ricky James KO 3 (4), 1:43 02/12/1982 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 2-0 United Kingdom Theo Josephs PTS 4 05/11/1982 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 1-0 France Damien Marignan PTS 4 07/10/1982 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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