Djurgårdens IF Boxningsförening

picture info	Djurgårdens IF Boxningsförening Djurgårdens IF Boxningsförening is the section for boxing within the Swedish sports club Djurgårdens IF in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is one of Sweden's oldest boxing clubs. The section was formally founded in 1917, but members in the main club had been boxing many years before this. The club has won many Swedish championships in different weight classes. Famous boxers in Djurgårdens IF Nils Ramm, silver medal, heavyweight, 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam Olle Tandberg, European amateur boxing champion 1937–1939 * George Scott, silver medal, lightweight, 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and as a pro he was world champion (WBU) 1995–1997 Lars Myrberg, bronze medal, light welterweight, 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Badou Jack, world champion ( WBC) in super middleweight 2015– Honours Swedish Champions * 1920 David Lindén (Light heavyweight) * 1921 Oskar Kjällander (Lightweight) * 1922 Evert Karlsson (Flyweight) * 1922 Gustaf Bergman (Lightweight) * 1922 David Lind� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Badou Jack Badou Johannes Gabriel Jack (born 31 October 1983) is a Swedish professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC super-middleweight title from 2014 to 2017 and the WBA light-heavyweight title in 2017. As an amateur he represented The Gambia at the 2008 Olympics, reaching the first round of the middleweight bracket. Amateur career Jack began his amateur boxing career in 2001 at the age of 18. He held a record of 150 wins and 25 losses. He won Sweden's national championship five years in a row, 2004–2008, 4 times at middleweight and once at light heavyweight. In 2007, Jack was named the boxer of the year by the Swedish Boxing Federation. In his last national championship in 2008 he defeated fellow rising star Erik Skoglund in the finals. He represented Sweden at light-heavyweight before changing to Gambia, where he qualified for the 2008 Games. At the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament he breezed through the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Naim Terbunja Naim Terbunja (born 28 September 1984 in Pristina, Yugoslavia – in present-day Kosovo) is a Swedish professional boxer of Kosovar-Albanian descent who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight. Terbunja lost his round of 32 match against Matvey Korobov 18 points to 6. Terbunja captured the prestigious National Golden Gloves championship in Salt Lake City, winning five bouts in seven days. Capping that stretch, he defeated the top-ranked fighter in the country - Luis Arias of Wisconsin - 3-2, in the finals of the 165-pound division As an amateur boxer, Terbunja represented Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is name .... Professional boxing record Notes References External links Qualifier* http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/05/1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Harry Wolff (Swedish Boxer) Klas Harry Wolff (2 July 1905 – 29 April 1987) was a Swedish boxer who won a silver medal in the featherweight division at the 1927 European Championships. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in bantamweight, but was eliminated in the second round by the eventual gold medalist William Smith of South Africa. Wolff represented Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named .... 1924 Olympic results Below are the results of Harry Wolff, a Swedish bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: lost to William H. Smith (South Africa) by decision References External links * 1905 births 1987 deaths Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for Sweden Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Swedish male boxers People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Oscar Andrén Oscar Fredrik Andrén (7 November 1899 – 11 September 1981) was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he finished fourth in the bantamweight class after losing the bronze medal bout to Jean Ces. Andrén represented Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is name .... References External linksprofile 1899 births 1981 deaths Boxers from Stockholm Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for Sweden Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Swedish male boxers 20th-century Swedish people Djurgårdens IF boxers {{Sweden-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gustaf Bergman Gustaf Eugen Bergman (8 February 1898 – 6 June 1971) was a Sweden, Swedish Boxing, boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated by Carlos Abarca of Chile in the first round of the Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's featherweight, featherweight contest. Bergman represented Djurgårdens IF Boxningsförening, Djurgårdens IF. 1924 Olympic results Below is the record of Gustaf Bergman, a Swedish featherweight boxer who competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics: * Round of 32: lost to Carlos Abarca (Chile) by decision References 1898 births 1971 deaths Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for Sweden Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Swedish male boxers Boxers from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish people Djurgårdens IF boxers {{Sweden-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Super Middleweight Super middleweight, or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing In professional boxing, super middleweight is contested between the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, in which boxers can weigh between 160 pounds (73 kg) and . The class first appeared in 1967. History 1960s–1983 There was interest in a division between middleweight and light heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s. A few states briefly recognized a "Junior Light Heavyweight" division at and the fringe World Athletic Association (WAA) later inaugurated a "super middleweight" division at . On April 3, 1967, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Don Fullmer, a brother of former world middleweight champion Gene Fullmer, won the first version by stopping previously unbeaten Joe Hopkins in six rounds. He never defended it. On November 25, 1974, in Columbus, Ohio, Billy Douglas, the father of future world heavyweight champion James "Buster" Douglas, halted Danny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). Many historically high-profile bouts have been sanctioned by the organization with various notable fighters having been recognised as WBC world champions. All four organizations recognise the legitimacy of each other and each have interwoven histories dating back several decades. History The WBC was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, the Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil. Representatives met in Mexico City on 14 February 1963, upon invitation of Adolfo López Mateos, then President of Mexico, to form an international organization to unify all commissions of the world to control the expansion of boxing. The g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lars Myrberg Lars Mikael Myrberg (born 23 November 1964 in Stockholm) was a Swedish boxer who won a light welterweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Myrberg represented Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is name .... 1988 Olympic record Below is the record of Lars Myrberg, a Swedish light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics: * Round of 64: defeated Handhal al-Harithy (Oman) referee stopped contest in first round * Round of 32: defeated Ahmed Khanji (Syria) by decision, 4-1 * Round of 16: Defeated Howard Grant (Canada) by decision, 4-1 * Quarterfinal: defeated Humberto Rodriguez (Mexico) by first-round knockout * Semifinal: lost to Grahame Cheney (Australia) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded bronze medal) Professional career Myrberg turned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	World Boxing Union The World Boxing Union (WBU) was a boxing sanctioning body. The original WBU was founded in January 1995 by IBF European representative, boxing journalist, actor and former holder of the title of Britain's heaviest man Jon W. Robinson. It sanctioned boxing with various promoters worldwide. Following Robinson's death in 2004, the organization became dormant and was eventually dissolved. An organization serving the same purpose and with the same name, but with no connections to the original, was formed in Germany in 2010 under the leadership of Torsten Knille. List of WBU heavyweight champions Other WBU champions (selected) Other past WBU champions include Sirimongkol Singwancha, Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Ricky Hatton, Eamonn Magee, Tony Oakey, Corrie Sanders, Enzo Maccarinelli, Lee McAllister, Angel Manfredy, George Scott, Hasim Rahman, Willie Limond, Craig Docherty, Michael Gomez, Kevin Lear, Anthony Farnell, Jimmy Lange, Derry Mathews, Choi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represented at the games by a total of 8,391 athletes (6,197 men and 2,194 women). 237 events were held and 27,221 volunteers helped to prepare the Olympics. The 1988 Seoul Olympics were the second summer Olympic Games held in Asia and the first held in South Korea. As the host country, South Korea ranked fourth overall, winning 12 gold medals and 33 medals in the competition. 11,331 media (4,978 written press and 6,353 broadcasters) showed the Games all over the world. These were the last Olympic Games of the Cold War, as well as for the Soviet Union and East Germany, as both ceased to exist before the next Olympic Games in 1992. The Soviet Union dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]