Jørgen Hansen (boxer)

Jørgen Hansen ( born March 27, 1943 in Aarhus ) is a retired, Danish professional boxer and three-time European champion of the EBU welterweight. He is best known for it, he lost his title twice by disqualification, but this win back again and again and finally kept the car until the end of his boxing career.

Amateur career

As an amateur boxing club Lindholm Hansen punched for the BK. In 1964 he became Master of Jutland in the light welterweight and then rose to the welterweight division. From 1965 to 1969 he was five years of Jutland consecutive champion. From 1966 to 1969 he also won four times in a row, the Danish Championship and made at the Nordic World Championships in Stockholm in 1967 to second place. At the 17th European Championship 1967 in Rome, he won against the Spaniard José Duran and the Finns Pertti Purhonen before he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Manfred points cloud.

In the Summer Olympics 1968 in Mexico City Hansen stepped up to also, but already lost his first fight against the Romanians Victor Zilberman after cancelation of the ring judge in Round 3 Then he turned professional.

Professional career

Until 1972 he battled through 22 victories in a row, the top of the European ranking welterweight and so was given the opportunity to punch the European title of the EBU. This fight took place on June 22, 1972 in the sports hall KB Hallen in Copenhagen, against Frenchman Roger Menetrey instead. Against this, however, Hansen lost in round 10 by Ko, which meant the first defeat of his professional career.

After this fight the promising career of Hansen seemed to have ended, he's the same lost three more fights within half a year and finally again descended into the light welterweight to still the chance at a title to get. Under an agreement he received on November 1, 1973, the opportunity against the reigning WBC champion in this weight class to fight the Italians Bruno Arcari. But this fight got whacked by Hansen in round 5 With now 30 years and two lost title bouts expectations for the future were more reserved, but only now started the successful careers of Hansen.

This was followed by twelve fights of which he won nine, before he won a victory over the Norwegians Kristian Høydahl, the Scandinavian welterweight championship on June 19, 1975. After another eleven fights, of which he won eight, he was given the opportunity once again to fight for the European title at welterweight. This fight he led on June 2, 1977 against the nearly undefeated Italian Marco Scano and defeated these surprising by Ko in round 5 to first title defense came on 6 August the same year against the young German Jörg Eipel. Hansen dominated the fight from the start, but was admonished by the Austrian referee Kurt Rado twice for alleged Unsportsmanlike behavior and eventually disqualified after a third warning. This decision was a scandal even in the eyes of the sports reporters and spectators present.

Hansen denied within a few months six fights of which he won five and so was given the opportunity for a rematch for the title Europe. As Jörg Eipel had also lost his title defense in the first fight, Hansen had against the new European champions, take the Frenchman Alain Marion. Hansen won the battle on 27 April 1978 Ko in round 6 and had so won back his controversial lost title. On August 18, 1978, he joined a title defense fight against the Austrians Joseph Pachler in Villach. Again, Mr. Hansen was on points, before 8, Pachler hit after the bell of the round with a slight Chap and this went down after a few seconds and remained lying there. Despite strong protests against this seemingly feigned decline, Hansen was disqualified by referee Angelo Poletti. This was now the second time that Hansen in the battles he commanded, his European title lost by disqualification.

Hansen, however, was determined to regain the title and won his next four fights. Hansen's manager was able then to negotiate a fight for the European title against the new reigning champion, the British Dave Green. Green was considered a very tough and aggressive opponent, he had won 31 of his previous 32 professional bouts, including 25 by knockout. The fight took place in Randers on June 28, 1979. Hansen had significant difficulties at the beginning, but the upper hand and defeated Green eventually won by KO in Round 3 Hansen Green had thus inflicted the second defeat of his professional career and won for the third time the European Championship welterweight title.

In his very next fight he beat the number 6 in the world rankings, Gert Styn and defeated, including Joseph Pachler, against whom he had lost his title in 1978 and eleven other boxer. The last defeat of his professional career he suffered in a non-title fight on June 25, 1981 in the United States against the Mexican José Cuevas, when he was already in the first round co went. After five more victories, he stepped on 2 December 1982 as a now 39 -year-old, his last professional fight, against the Spaniard Perico Fernandez and won on points.

After his boxers career

In 2002 he played with in the Danish film Charlie Butterfly, where he is seen in a boxing match against Henrik Palm, against whom he twice punched victorious in his pro career. He also starred in the 17th episode of the Danish TV series En by i provinsen ( Eng.: A city in the province ), a bank employee.

Achievements

Amateur

Professional