Anders Eklund

This article is about the boxer. For the convicted murderer, see Anders Eklund (murderer).

Anders Eklund (22 December 1957 1 April 2010) was a Swedish boxer. He was nicknamed Lillen (Swedish: "Tiny"), but later chose the nickname "Viking".

Eklund was born in Gävle. He competed in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he was defeated in the quarter finals. He made his pro debut on October 7, 1982 in Copenhagen. Eklund won the European (EBU) Heavyweight Title on March 9, 1985 by beating Steffen Tangstad, but lost the belt in his next fight, against Britain's Frank Bruno. He regained the title in 1987 against the Spaniard Alfredo Evangelista but lost it the same year against the Italian Francesco Damiani.

The magazine Boxing Illustrated named Eklund "A solid 10 round winning fighter" in a ranking in the early 1990s where he was deemed among the top 20. Eklund died of a heart attack on 1 April 2010, following a collapse at his Uppsala apartment. He was 52 years old.

Professional boxing record

19 Wins (10 knockouts, 9 decisions), 5 Losses (4 knockouts, 1 decision), 1 Draw
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Win 4-5-1 United States Garing Lane UD 6 17/05/1990 Denmark Nordjysk Messecenter, Aars 60-54, 60-54, 60-55.
Loss 29-3 United States Tim Witherspoon KO 1 19/10/1989 United States Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey Eklund knocked out at 1:11 of the first round.
Win 30-3-2 United States Philipp Brown UD 12 16/03/1989 United States Harrah's, Reno, Nevada WBA Americas Heavyweight Title. 116-112, 115-112, 114-113.
Win 15-22-2 United States Rick Kellar KO 3 12/12/1988 Finland Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Kellar knocked out at 2:38 of the third round.
Loss 18-0 Italy Francesco Damiani KO 6 09/10/1987 Italy Aosta, Aosta Valley EBU Heavyweight Title. Eklund knocked out at 2:40 of the sixth round.
Win 60-10-4 Uruguay Alfredo Evangelista KO 7 28/03/1987 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win 11-1 Italy Stefano Vassallo UD 8 27/02/1987 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers
Win 14-3 United States Jesse Ferguson PTS 8 17/10/1986 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers
Win 5-0 United States Tony Foster KO 2 03/10/1986 Denmark Idraetshuset, Copenhagen Foster knocked out at 2:56 of the second round.
Win 14-2 United Kingdom Glenn McCrory UD 8 18/04/1986 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers 79-75, 79-75, 79-74.
Loss 25-1 United Kingdom Frank Bruno KO 4 01/10/1985 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley, London EBU Heavyweight Title. Eklund knocked out at 0:20 of the fourth round.
Win 21-0-2 Norway Steffen Tangstad TKO 4 09/03/1985 Denmark Copenhagen EBU Heavyweight Title.
Win 9-2-1 United States Dorcey Gaymon KO 8 09/11/1984 Denmark Copenhagen
Win 18-10-2 Belgium Rudy Gauwe TKO 6 27/10/1984 Finland Mariehamn
Win 17-15 United Kingdom Rocky Burton KO 1 05/10/1984 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers Burton knocked out at 1:00 of the first round.
Loss 57-10-1 Australia Joe Bugner MD 10 13/01/1984 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers 95-98, 93-98, 97-97.
Win 16-11-2 United Kingdom Steve Gee TKO 5 17/12/1983 Finland Hotel Arkipelag, Mariehamn Referee stopped the bout at 1:47 of the fifth round.
Loss 7-4 United Kingdom Noel Quarless TKO 1 13/10/1983 United Kingdom Crest Hotel, Bloomsbury, London Referee stopped the bout at 1:10 of the first round.
Draw 9-2-2 Italy Guido Trane PTS 6 06/10/1983 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen
Win 4-0 Republic of Ireland Paddy Finn KO 1 14/09/1983 United Kingdom Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London, England Finn knocked out at 2:52 of the first round.
Win 24-5-4 Spain Felipe "Pantera de Arosa" Rodriguez PTS 6 08/04/1983 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen
Win 20-20-3 United Kingdom Terry O'Connor PTS 4 11/02/1983 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen
Win 9-10 United Kingdom Ricky James KO 3 02/12/1982 Denmark Randers Hallen, Randers James knocked out at 1:43 of the third round.
Win 10-21 United Kingdom Theo Josephs PTS 4 05/11/1982 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen
Win 1-3-1 France Damien Marignan PTS 4 07/10/1982 Denmark K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen

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