Risto Luukkonen (31 July 1931 – 12 August 1967) was a Finnish
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
. He competed in the
men's flyweight event at the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
.
As a professional, he was the
EBU's flyweight champion after defeating Spain's
Young Martin
Martin Marco Voto (March 5, 1931 – June 17, 2006) better known as Young Martin, was a Spaniard professional boxer in the Flyweight division. He won various regional level titles and challenged once for the world's flyweight championship.
Europ ...
by a 15 rounds decision on 4 September 1959.
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1931 births
1967 deaths
Finnish male boxers
Olympic boxers for Finland
Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
People from Tuusula
Flyweight boxers
Sportspeople from Uusimaa
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