On today’s annual Board meeting in Stockholm for the Swedish Boxing Federation (www.swebox.se) a new president was elected with the tight majority votes of 43 – 41. The new president is Stockholm based boxing-leader Patrick Wheeler and he is warmly welcomed by among others, national team anchor and Olympian Naim Terbunja who has wanted a change in [...]
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Patrick Wheeler new president for the Swedish boxing federation
Posted in Amateur Boxing on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Angered Boxing Club, Boxing Club of the year in Sweden
Posted in Amateur Boxing on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A press release from The Swedish Boxing federation informs us on the fact that Angered Boxing Club in Gothenburg has been named amateur boxing club of the year in Sweden. Check out Angered’s website on the link below! http://www.angeredbc.com/
Pro/Am show in Kolding, Denmark this Friday!
Posted in Amateur Boxing, Professional boxing on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A quick reminder to all you Scandinavian Boxing fans out there about the minor pro/am show held in Kolding, Denmark this upcoming Friday (Promoter , Robert Larsen). Come backing lightweight and former Team Palle fighter Tommi Schmidt makes an interesting comeback after a long layoff (hasn’t boxed since 2001).In addition to that heavyweight, Dennis Rasmussen makes his [...]
Lundby lost on Tuffing’s premiere show – Skoglund won heated domestic amateur bout!
Posted in Amateur Boxing, Professional boxing, Videos on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, Tuffing Sport’s first promotion at the Haninge, Gym in Stockholm, turned out to be just two professional fights. Swedish featherweight prospect Rickard Lundby was unfortunately stopped due to cuts in the third round against Jevgenijs Kirillovs of Latvia recording his second loss in 11 outings. At welterweight, Stockholm based female Mikaela Laurén managed to secure [...]
Happy Birthday Naim Terbunja
Posted in Amateur Boxing on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Birthday to former Olympian and US National Golden Gloves middleweight Champion, Naim Terbunja of Sweden who turns 25 today!
Jenny Hardingz (SWE) and Lotte Lien (NOR) European champions
Posted in Amateur Boxing on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Women’s European Championships in Nikolayev, Ukraine was a huge success for the Scandinavian countries. Sweden and Norway both got a European champion to boast with. Jenny Hardingz (SWE) got the gold medal at 48 kilos and Lotte Lien struck gold in the 69 kilo category. Lien defeated Polish Katarzyna Furmuniak 5-0 in the finals and [...]
Robin Håkansson in Schwerin, Germany for Bundesleague-tryout
Posted in Amateur Boxing on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Swedish heavyweight, Robin Håkansson (Höllviken Boxing club) is according to local press (Skåne, down south in Sweden) currently in Schwerin, Germany for a sparring-tryout to see if he is good enough to be used in the German Bundesleague. The original article can be found on the link below (only in Swedish). http://trelleborgsallehanda.se/sport/article550144/Robin-testas-for-Bundesliga.html
Swedish superheavyweight Mustafa El-Molla wants to make an impact this year
Posted in Amateur Boxing on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Local press down south in Sweden (Trelleborgs Allehanda) writes (see article on the link underneath) about Superheavyweight prospect Mustafa El-Molla who will try a little bit of International experience this season according to his trainer, Ingmar Fors. The big man was supposed to have fought at the Öresunds-Cup in Malmö this weekend but is forced to [...]
Victory is our duty – Documentary about Cuba’s boxing program
Posted in Amateur Boxing, Videos on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found a very interesting Documentary “Victory is our duty” on our beloved YouTube that circled around Cuba’s strict amateur boxing program, truly remarkable. You can find it on the clips below! (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5)
The last remaining Swede eliminated at the World championships in Milan
Posted in Amateur Boxing on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well the World amateur championship in Milan is now history for the Swedish national team as the last remaining Swede, light heavyweight, Babacar Kamara was eliminated today (7/9) on points (outclassed really) by Russian, Artur Beterbiev. The scores were 11-1.
