Jørgen Hansen (boxer)

Jørgen Hansen (27 March 1943 – 15 March 2018)^[1] was a Danish welterweight boxer.

Hansen competed for Denmark at the 1968 Summer Olympics 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.^[2]

Hansen won the

Hansen retired in 1982 with a professional record of 78-14-0 (34 KO's).[2]

The 2017 Danish film, Den Bedste Mand, (Pound for Pound) is based on Hansen's and friend Ayub Kalule's lives.^[3]

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, Time	Date	Location	Notes
92	Win	78–14	Perico Fernández	PTS	8	2 Dec 1982	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
91	Win	77–14	Andre Holyk	TKO	5 (8)	7 Oct 1982	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
90	Win	76–14	Don Morgan	PTS	8	30 Apr 1982	Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark
89	Win	75–14	Bechir Boundka	DQ	7 (8)	10 Dec 1981	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
88	Win	74–14	Randy Milton	PTS	8	13 Nov 1981	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
87	Win	73–14	Hans Henrik Palm	SD	12	9 Oct 1981	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark	Retained EBU welterweight title
86	Loss	72–14	José Pipino Cuevas	TKO	1 (10), 1:20	25 Jun 1981	Houston, Texas , U.S.
85	Win	72–13	Richard Rodriguez	UD	12	21 May 1981	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark	Retained EBU welterweight title
84	Win	71–13	Papo Villa	PTS	8	5 Mar 1981	Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark
83	Win	70–13	Giuseppe Di Padova	PTS	12	4 Dec 1980	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark	Retained EBU welterweight title
82	Win	69–13	Hans Henrik Palm	TKO	9 (12)	17 Oct 1980	Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark	Retained EBU welterweight title
81	Win	68–13	Horace KcKenzie	DQ	7 (8)	6 Sep 1980	Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus, Denmark
80	Win	67–13	Esperno Postl	TKO	7 (12)	12 Jun 1980	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
79	Win	66–13	Joey Singleton	UD	12	17 Apr 1980	Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark	Retained EBU welterweight title
78	Win	65–13	Jose Ramirez	KO	7 (8)	29 Feb 1980	Odense Idrætshal, Odense , Denmark
77	Win	64–13	Alois Carmeliet	TKO	5 (15)	7 Feb 1980	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark	Retained EBU welterweight title
76	Win	63–13	Joseph Pachler	TKO	7 (10)	6 Dec 1979	Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark
75	Win	62–13	Remo Costa	PTS	8	11 Oct 1979	Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark
74	Win	61–13	Gert Steyn	UD	8	6 Sep 1979	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
73	Win	60–13	Dave Boy Green	KO	3 (12)	28 Jun 1979	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark	Won EBU welterweight title
72	Win	59–13	Billy Waith	PTS	8	15 Feb 1979	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
71	Win	58–13	Vittorio Conte	TKO	5 (8)	7 Dec 1978	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark	Injury
70	Win	57–13	Johnny Copeland	TKO	7 (8)	9 Nov 1978	Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark
69	Win	56–13	Eddie Marcelle	PTS	8	14 Sep 1978	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
68	Loss	55–13	Joseph Pachler	DQ	8 (15)	28 Aug 1978	Villach, Austria	Lost EBU welterweight title
67	Win	55–12	Giancarlo Barabotti	KO	6 (8)	25 May 1978	Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark
66	Win	54–12	Alain Marion	KO	6 (15)	27 Apr 1978	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark	Won EBU welterweight title
65	Loss	53–12	Mike Everett	KO	1 (10)	9 Feb 1978	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
64	Win	53–11	Eduardo Batista	TKO	2 (8)	5 Jan 1978	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
63	Win	52–11	Paolo Zanusso	DQ	6 (8)	8 Dec 1977	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
62	Win	51–11	Stave Angell	KO	6 (8)	3 Nov 1977	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
61	Win	50–11	Rene Deharchies	KO	2 (8)	6 Oct 1977	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
60	Win	49–11	Tony Hudson	PTS	8	8 Sep 1977	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
59	Loss	48–11	Joerg Eipel	DQ	13 (15)	6 Aug 1977	Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Germany	Lost EBU welterweight title
58	Win	48–10	Marco Scano	KO	5 (15)	2 Jun 1977	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark	Won EBU welterweight title
57	Win	47–10	Nicola Sassanelli	TKO	4 (8)	28 Apr 1977	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
56	Win	46–10	Carlos Almeida	KO	1 (8)	31 Mar 1977	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
55	Win	45–10	Mehmet Cakal	PTS	8	24 Feb 1977	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
54	Loss	44–10	Frank Albertus	TKO	3 (8)	20 Jan 1977	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
53	Win	44–9	Augusto Lauri	PTS	8	9 Dec 1976	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
52	Win	43–9	Luciano De Luca	KO	6 (8)	19 Nov 1976	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
51	Win	42–9	Tiger Quaye	KO	1 (8)	9 Oct 1976	Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
50	Win	41–9	Pat Thomas	TKO	3 (8)	3 Jun 1976	Idrætshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
49	Win	40–9	Billy Waith	PTS	8	8 Apr 1976	Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
48	Loss	39–9	Everaldo Costa Azevedo	TKO	6 (8)	22 Nov 1975	Skopje, Macedonia
47	Loss	39–8	Rocky Mattioli	TKO	7 (10), 2:05	24 Oct 1975	PalaLido, Milan , Italy
46	Win	39–7	Kristian Hoydahl	TKO	7 (12)	19 Jun 1975	Jordal Amfi, Oslo, Norway	Won Scandinavian welterweight title
45	Win	38–7	Jimmy Carter	KO	3 (8)	6 May 1975	Holstebro Hallen, Holstebro, Denmark
44	Loss	37–7	Marco Scano	DQ	3 (8)	8 Mar 1975	Sardegna , Italy
43	Win	37–6	Horst Brinkmeier	TKO	4 (10)	1 Mar 1975	Nordrhein-Westfalen , Germany
42	Win	36–6	Jurgen Voss	PTS	8	15 Feb 1975	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
41	Win	35–6	Jaroslav Travnik	PTS	6	10 Dec 1974	Offenbach, Hesse, Germany
40	Win	34–6	Bruno Freschi	TKO	6 (8)	21 Nov 1974	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
39	Win	33–6	Jim Montague	PTS	8	10 Oct 1974	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
38	Loss	32–6	Norman Sekgapane	KO	9 (10)	17 Aug 1974	Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
37	Win	32–5	Mickey Flynn	DQ	4 (8)	4 Apr 1974	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
36	Win	31–5	Kurt Hombach	TKO	6 (8)	14 Mar 1974	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
35	Win	30–5	Des Morrison	PTS	8	7 Feb 1974	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
34	Win	29–5	Pietro Ceru	PTS	8	17 Jan 1974	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
33	Loss	28–5	Bruno Arcari	KO	5 (15)	1 Nov 1973	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark	For WBC light welterweight title
32	Win	28–4	Everaldo Costa Azevedo	PTS	12	6 Sep 1973	Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby, Denmark
31	Win	27–4	Eddie Blay	PTS	8	14 Jun 1973	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
30	Loss	26–4	Everaldo Costa Azevedo	SD	8	10 May 1973	Brøndby Denmark
29	Win	26–3	Pat McCormack	DQ	7 (10)	8 Mar 1973	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
28	Win	25–3	Adrian Rodrigues	PTS	8	1 Mar 1973	Nordstrandhallen, Oslo, Norway
27	Loss	24–3	Pat McCormack	TKO	4 (8)	18 Jan 1973	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
26	Win	24–2	Pat McCormack	TKO	5 (8)	7 Dec 1972	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
25	Loss	23–2	Eddie Blay	TKO	8 (8)	19 Nov 1972	Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark	Injury
24	Win	23–1	John White	PTS	8	19 Aug 1972	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark
23	Loss	22–1	Roger Menetrey	KO	10 (15)	22 Jun 1972	Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark	For EBU (European) welterweight title
22	Win	22–0	Rainer Mueller	PTS	8	13 Apr 1972	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
21	Win	21–0	Ricky Porter	PTS	10	2 Mar 1972	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
20	Win	20–0	Francisco Martin Figueroa	KO	6 (8)	27 Jan 1972	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
19	Win	19–0	Dave Wyatt	KO	2 (8)	21 Nov 1971	Nykøbing Falster Hallen, Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
18	Win	18–0	Yvon Mariolle	PTS	8	21 Oct 1971	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
17	Win	17–0	Jose Gonzalez Dopico	TKO	5 (8)	16 Sep 1971	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
16	Win	16–0	Johnny Cooke	PTS	8	2 Sep 1971	Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark
15	Win	15–0	Des Rea	PTS	8	1 Jul 1971	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
14	Win	14–0	Romualdo D'Alo	PTS	8	22 Apr 1971	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
13	Win	13–0	Bernie Terrell	KO	5 (8)	11 Feb 1971	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
12	Win	12–0	Guy Vercoutter	PTS	8	24 Jan 1971	Holstebro Hallen, Holstebro, Denmark
11	Win	11–0	Aldo Mondora	TKO	6 (10)	4 Dec 1970	PalaEur, Roma , Italy
10	Win	10–0	Gus Farrell	KO	7 (8)	8 Oct 1970	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
9	Win	9–0	Roy Errol Francis	PTS	6	27 Aug 1970	Valby Idrætspark, Valby, Denmark
8	Win	8–0	Barry Calderwood	PTS	6	4 Jun 1970	Valby Idrætspark, Valby, Denmark
7	Win	7–0	Bobby Arthur	PTS	6	2 Apr 1970	Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark
6	Win	6–0	Mohammed Taif	KO	2 (6)	12 Feb 1970	Skotjehal, Gladsaxe, Denmark
5	Win	5–0	Giovanni Murgia	PTS	6	7 Dec 1969	Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark
4	Win	4–0	Gerard Hedin	PTS	6	6 Nov 1969	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
3	Win	3–0	Lakdar Boulaiche	KO	3 (6)	11 Sep 1969	Idrætsparken , Copenhagen, Denmark
2	Win	2–0	Arezki Galou	KO	4 (4)	5 Jun 1969	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1	Win	1–0	Daniel Vedani	PTS	4	10 Apr 1969	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

References

External links

• Jørgen Hansen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Boxing record for Jørgen Hansen from BoxRec (registration required)

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