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Thomas Damgaard
Thomas Damgaard (born 17 June 1971) is a Danish former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2007.. Retrieved 12 May 2016. He held the European super-lightweight title from 1998 to 1999, and the European welterweight title in 2000. Professional career Damgaard made his professional debut on 13 February 1998, scoring a fifth-round knockout against Antonio Gallegos. In only his tenth fight, nine months later on 27 November, Damgaard won the vacant European super-lightweight title by stopping Jose Manuel Berdonce in the twelfth and final round. He would make two defences, against Khalid Rahilou on 16 April 1999 (fourth-round knockout) and Miguel Angel Pena on 1 October 1999 (seventh-round stoppage). On 3 November 2000, Damgaard won the European welterweight title in a split decision over Alessandro Duran. No defences were made, but Damgaard continued to spend the next five years undefeated, fighting exclusively in Denmark. On 28 January 2006, Damgaard travelled abroad for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light-welterweight
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional boxing In professional boxing, light welterweight is contested between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, in which boxers weigh above 61.2kg or 135 pounds and up to 63.5 kg or 140 pounds. The first champion of this weight class was Pinky Mitchell in 1946, though he was only awarded his championship by a vote of the readers of the ''Boxing Blade'' magazine. There was not widespread acceptance of this new weight division in its early years, and the New York State Athletic Commission withdrew recognition of it in 1930. The National Boxing Association continued to recognize it until its champion, Barney Ross relinquished the title in 1935 to concentrate on regaining the welterweight championship. A few commissions recognized bouts in the 1940s as being for the light welterweight title, but the modern beginnings of this championship date fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boardwalk Hall
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, formerly known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is a multi-purpose arena in Atlantic City in Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was Atlantic City's primary convention center until the opening of the Atlantic City Convention Center in 1997. Boardwalk Hall was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1987 as one of the few surviving buildings from the city's early heyday as a seaside resort. and The venue seats 10,500 people for ice hockey, and at maximum capacity can accommodate 14,770 for concerts. Boardwalk Hall is the home of the Miss America Pageant. Boardwalk Hall contains the world's largest musical instrument, a pipe organ of over 33,000 pipes, eight chambers, its console the world's largest of seven manuals and over 1000 stop keys, and one of two stops (the other found in the Sydney Town Hall). Also included in this organ are pipes operating on 100 inches of pressure, the Grand Ophicleide being the loudest and also most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Boxing Council ...
List of boxing organisations in chronological order by the year of their establishment. The four major sanctioning bodies are in bold. See also *List of judo organizations *List of kickboxing organizations References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of boxing organisations * Organisations 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Holiday
Phillip James Holiday (born 23 May 1970) is a South African former professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2010. He won the IBF lightweight title in 1995, making six successful defences until suffering the first defeat of his career against Shane Mosley. See also * List of IBF world champions This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). The IBF is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has certified world champions in 17 diffe ... References External links * 1970 births International Boxing Federation champions Living people Welterweight boxers Australian male boxers {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBA awards its world championship title at the professional level. Founded in the United States in 1921 by 13 state representatives as the NBA, in 1962 it changed its name in recognition of boxing's growing popularity worldwide and began to gain other nations as members. By 1975, a majority of votes were held by Latin American nations and the organization headquarters had moved to Panama. After being located during the 1990s and early 2000s in Venezuela, the organization offices returned to Panama in 2007. It is the oldest of the four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of European Boxing Union Welterweight Champions
The following is a list of European Boxing Union champions. The European Boxing Union (EBU) is a professional boxing governing body that sanctions championship bouts in Europe. Heavyweight ''Last update: 6 March 2021'' Cruiserweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' Light-heavyweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' Super-middleweight ''Last update: 29 May 2022'' Middleweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' Super-welterweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' Welterweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' Super-lightweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' Lightweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' Super-featherweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' Featherweight ''Last update: 13 August 2021'' Super-bantamweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' Bantamweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' , -align=center , align=left , Alessio Lorusso , , 14 October 2022 , , 0 , align=left , Italian Flyweight ''Last update: 23 February 2021'' See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odense
Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 205,978, making it the fourth largest municipality in Denmark (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus and Aalborg municipalities). Eurostat and OECD have used a definition for the Metropolitan area of Odense (referred to as a ''Functional urban area''), which includes all municipalities in the Province (Danish: Provinces of Denmark, ''landsdel'') of Funen (Danish: ''Fyn''), with a total population of 504,066 as of 1 July 2022https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en&fbclid=IwAR2SFTy1xGM8VcLHijhmSDQWd9Fr3TYx7JlKxg81_09e-KzEtmEgjL5L2UU By road, Odense is located north of Svendborg, to the south of Aarhus and to the southwest of Copenhagen. The city was the seat of Odense County until 1970, and Funen County from 1970 unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Jones (boxer)
Rodney Jones (born July 28, 1968) is an American professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007. He challenged twice for a light-middleweight world title in 2000 and 2007. At the regional level, he held the NABO and NABF light-middleweight titles. Amateur career Jones compiled an amateur record of 31-4. Professional career Early in his career when Rodney was 28 years old, he beat an eighteen-year-old Antonio Margarito by a ten-round decision. The young fighter went on to become a three-time World Champion. WBO Light Middleweight Championship In his first effort at a World Championship he would lose to Harry Simon on September 23, 2000. IBF Light Middleweight Championship On February 3, 2007 Jones lost to world champion Cory Spinks in Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, Florida Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parken Stadium
Parken Stadium, also known simply as Parken and as Telia Parken (2014–2020), is a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro (''Inner Østerbro'') district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990 to 1992. The stadium, which features a retractable roof, currently has a capacity of 38,065 for football games, and is the home of FC Copenhagen and the Denmark national football team. The capacity for concerts exceeds the capacity for matches – the stadium can hold as many as 50,000 people with an end-stage setup and 55,000 with a centre-stage setup. Parken was announced as one of 12 host venues of the UEFA Euro 2020 and it hosted three group stage matches, as well as a round of 16 match. Geranium, a three Michelin star restaurant, is located on the eighth floor of the stadium. History Parken was built on the site of former Denmark national stadium, Idrætsparken, from 1990 to 1992. The last national team match in Idrætsparken was a 0–2 Euro 1992 qualification loss to Yugosla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viborg, Denmark
Viborg (), a city in central Jutland, Denmark, is the capital of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the Courts of Denmark, High Court for the Jutland peninsula. Viborg Municipality is the second-largest Denmark, Danish municipality, covering 3.3% of the country's total land area. History Viborg is one of the oldest cities in Denmark, with Viking settlements dating back to the late 8th century. Its central location gave the city great strategic importance, in political and religious matters, during the Middle Ages. A motte-and-bailey-type castle was once located in the city. Viborg's name is a combination of two Old Norse words: ''vé'', meaning a holy place, and ''borg'', meaning a fort, but the original name of the town was ''Vvibiærgh'', where ''-biærgh'' means hill (modern Danish ''-bjerg'' (mountain). Sights Viborg is famous for Viborg Cathedral. The construction of the cathedral started in 1130 and took abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viborg Stadionhal
BioCirc Arena (previously Vibocold Arena Viborg) is an indoor sports arena in Viborg, Denmark primarily used for handball. The arena can hold a maximum of 15.000 spectators with 13.000 seats, and is home to Danish Handball League side Viborg HK. Viborg HK's women's team also play their HTH Ligaen matches in the arena. The biggest attendance was in 2007, when Viborg HK played against Slagelse DT in the second match for the Danish Championship. 9.987 Spectators attended the final. The second biggest attendance was in December 2003, when the men's team from Viborg HK played against Mors-Thy Håndbold. 2800 spectators attended the match, which was a match, fighting for 1st. place in the second best men's handball league. (The winner would advance to the best league) It is currently the second biggest attendance for a 1. division handball match in Denmark. The record is held by HC Midtjylland HC Midtjylland is a handball club based in the town of Herning in Jutland, Denmark. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfredo Ruiz
Wilfredo Eduardo "Fefo" Ruiz Bruno (born June 1, 1962) is a retired Uruguayan professional basketball player. At a height of 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall, and a weight of 84 kg (185 lbs.), he played at the small forward position. Professional career During his club basketball career, Ruiz played in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. On 12 November, 1983, while playing with Club Neptuno, he set the Uruguayan Federal Championship's all-time single game scoring record, when he scored 84 points in a league game against Colón. He finished his career in Uruguay as the Uruguayan Federal Championship's all-time leading scorer, having scored a total of 18,512 points in the league. As a member of Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca, of the top-tier level Argentine League (LNB), he was the league's best scorer, during its first three years of existence (1985–1987). National team career In the FIBA World Cup of 1982, while playing with the senior men's Uruguayan national basketball team, Ruiz average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
