Jørgen Hansen (27 March 1943 – 15 March 2018) was a
Danish welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term ''welterweight'' was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...
boxer.
Hansen competed for Denmark at the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...
in the welterweight division but lost his first match. Hansen turned professional shortly after the games and was active as a professional until 1982.
Hansen fought for the
WBC world light welterweight title in 1973, but was stopped by Italian
Bruno Arcari.
Hansen won the
European welterweight title in 1977 against Italian
Marco Scano but lost the title by disqualification in his first defense.
In 1978 he was awarded a chance to regain the title against Frenchman
Alain Marion whom Hansen stopped in the 6th round of the title bout.
Hansen later lost the title by disqualification. Hansen won the European title for the third time when he knocked out British European champion
Dave Boy Green in the third round.
He defended the title successfully six times before giving up the title at the end of 1981.
His fought his last fight in December 1982 winning a decision against former world champion
Perico Fernandez
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.
Hansen retired in 1982 with a professional record of 78-14-0 (34 KO's).
The 2017 Danish film,
Den Bedste Mand, (Pound for Pound) is based on Hansen's and friend
Ayub Kalule's lives.
Professional boxing record
References
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1943 births
2018 deaths
Welterweight boxers
Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Denmark
Boxers from Aarhus
Danish male boxers
20th-century Danish sportsmen