Bo hogberg was one of the boxer which i really like, which i don't think got the real shot at boxing.
Bo Hogberg learned to box while growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Gothenburg, Sweden. Winning his first national amateur championship at the age of eighteen, while compiling an amateur record of 60-12 (45 KO's). During his professional career, Hogberg, would hold the European Light Middleweight Title, and compile a career record 36-6-1 (24 KOs). Hogberg was a controversial figure outside of the ring, known for his flamboyant lifestyle, which included fast cars, liquor, and women. His career would end, temporarilly, in 1967, after a prison sentence. He would return in 1970, and lose all three of his comeback fights. His unsavory reputation, may have played apart in politicians decision to ban professional boxing in Sweden in 1970. Hogberg died of cancer, after having suffered a stroke, a few years before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yZ0yXK23-g
Another one i liked was Ingemar Johansson, He had a few good fights with Floyd Patterson, Eddie Machen, Joe Erskine, Joe Bygraves, Dick Richardson and Henry cooper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uqP5d4RTG8
This is from when boxing was a sport
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