Sten Suvio

Sten Suvio ( born November 25, 1911 in Hannila at Viipuri, † October 19, 1988 in Helsinki) was a Finnish welterweight boxer and Olympic champion from 1936 in Berlin.

Career

Sten Suvio was born in the village Hannila in Viipuri. 1929 and 1930 he was a Finnish runner. From 1933 to 1936, he was four times in a row Finnish welterweight champion.

In 1936 he traveled to the Olympic Games in Berlin. He defeated Ri Keika from Japan, Arthur L. Cook from Australia, the Hungarian Imre Madin and the Danes Gerhard Peddersen. In the final he met the German Michael Murach, whom he defeated and also Olympic champion.

After his Olympic victory, he joined 24 -year-old in the professional boxing.

Professional career

His first professional fight, he played on 18 November 1936 in the Harringay Arena in London against British David McCleave. Sten Suvio lost in the eight round bout on points. In May 1937, he won in New York against Tony Greb from New Jersey, United States. In 1937, he was then up to his second defeat in September against Spider Hewitt from the USA six battles. After this defeat, he traveled back to Finland.

On February 11, 1938, he defeated the Swedes in Gothenburg Gunnar Andersson. A month later he turned Bruno Ahlberg. In the duel of the two fins but there was no winner. In April 1938 he defeated in Copenhagen to Hamburg-born Danes Hans Drescher on points. In autumn, however, Drescher also retaliated by a points victory.

In January 1939, defeating Sten Suvio Peter Klein huts from Germany it twice by KO. On June 3, 1939 defeated Dortmund Gustav Eder in Leipzig on points. Eder repeated this success in August of the same year in Berlin. Sten Suvio remained until September 1940 in Germany and still won against Willy Prodel, Walter Müller, Eduard Fritz Peters and Gahrmeister.

In November 1942 Suvio defeated in his home town of Viipuri the German Hans Heuser. 1945 and 1946 he separated twice by the Dane Henry Nielsen, who had defeated Suvio 1940. In May 1946, defeating Sten Suvio his compatriot Onni Saari by technical knockout. His last professional fight was Sten Suvio on 26 April 1949 in Helsinki against Frenchman Areski Boina from. The 37 -year-old Suvio subject Boina by Technical Co.