Pertti Purhonen
Pertti Purhonen | |
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Data | |
Birth Name | Pertti Ilmari Purhonen |
Weight class | Light middleweight |
nationality | Finnish |
birthday | February 14, 1942 |
place of birth | Helsinki |
Date of death | February 5, 2011 |
Place of death | Porvoo |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 2 |
Victories | 2 |
Knockout victories | 1 |
Defeats | 0 |
Pertti Ilmari Purhonen (born February 14, 1942 in Helsinki , † February 5, 2011 in Porvoo ) was a Finnish boxer .
amateur
Purhonens greatest achievement is winning the bronze medal in the welterweight division at the Olympic Games in 1964 in Tokyo . He lost the semifinals against Ričardas Tamulis from the Soviet Union on points.
At the European Championships he was less successful. In the title bouts in Belgrade in 1961 , he lost in the first fight against Richard McTaggart . In 1963 in Moscow he met Tamulis in the quarterfinals and was also defeated in this fight. When he took part in the European Championships in Rome in 1967, he failed in the first round on the Dane Jørgen Hansen , who in turn lost to Manfred Wolke in the quarter-finals .
Purhonen, however, won eight Finnish championship titles: 1960 and 1961 in lightweight, 1962 in light welterweight, 1963 and 1964 and 1966 to 1968 in welterweight.
professional
His professional career was very short and only lasted 2 fights, which he won both. In February 1969 he defeated the French Gérard Hedin on points and in December of the same year Jack Johnson of the Netherlands Antilles by knockout in the third round.
Late life
Purhonen had had Alzheimer's disease since around 2005 , from which he died in February 2011.
Web links
- Pertti Purhonen in the BoxRec database
- Pertti Purhonen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Purhonen, Pertti |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Purhonen, Pertti Ilmari |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki |
DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 2011 |
Place of death | Porvoo |