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By Teddy Stenmark: Tickets are now available in Denmark on BILLETnet.dk for Team Sauerland’s TV2 Fight Night in Herning, Denmark February 12th where Rudy Markussen headlines alongside hot prospect Patrick Nielsen.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Swedish Boxing promoter, Anders Holmberg is a happy man today as he received particularly good news Thursday morning from the martial arts delegation in Örebro, Sweden.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Pugnus Promotion in Sweden announced a few days ago that they will use the giant Hockey Arena , Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad, Sweden for their next promotion, September 4th.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Swedish middleweight boxer Naim Terbunja recently went all the way to the top in the prestigious New York Golden Gloves tournament and defeated hot 18-year old prospect Marcus Browne on points in the final.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Anders Holmberg the head of Pugnus Boxing Promotion in Sweden has revealed to a local newspaper that he has plans to stage three shows on Swedish soil if everything goes according to plan.
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By Teddy Stenmark: I know it hasn’t got anything to do with boxing but it was heartbreaking to see mixed martial artist and former pro boxer Per Eklund get knocked out so ferociously by Evan Dunham at UFC 95 in London .
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By Teddy Stenmark: Although Sweden has had their share of pretty decent professional heavyweights, the last few years hasn’t created too much interest for the fans to cheer about.
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By Swedish correspondent Teddy Stenmark: When I woke up this Saturday I received a email from my longtime friend and journalist colleague , Olof Johansson telling me that Swedish legend, Ingemar “Ingo” Johansson had died.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Former European heavyweight champion, Anders Eklund was featured in a 45 minute long TV-program / interview on Swedish Cable Sports channel Viasat Sport recently.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Bantamweight Katrin "Enok" Enoksson is just one of the victims of pro boxing being a “dead” Sport in Sweden at the moment! It’s not an exaggeration to say It has been an uphill struggle for female bantamweight
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By Teddy Stenmark: Sweden picked up two medals at the European amateur championships in Liverpool, recently, in the shape of flyweight, Samuel N’tuve (silver) and featherweight, Bashir Hassan (bronze).
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By Teddy Stenmark: It’s sad to report the recent passing of “Big John” Klemetsen, the father of former European champion, Ole Klemetsen.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Well, I cant say I am surprised by the fact that Mikkel Kessler studied German, Danilo Haussler inside two rounds and then dropped him in the third securing his reign as WBA champion in Oldenburg, Germany this passed Saturday.
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By Teddy Stenmark: According to Danish press reports Mogens Palle still, had not received the contract for the Danilo Haussler fight in Oldenburg, Germany on October 25th.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Female Swedish welterweight, Anna Ingman won her bout at The legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia Friday night
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By Teddy Stenmark: An amateur event in Kungälv on the Swedish west-coast on September 14th celebrated the 50th anniversary of Ingemar “Ingo” Johansson’s classic knockout over No. 1 contender Eddie Machen at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg September 14th 1958.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Heavy Sponsor EPOKA, a company in the Information technology department could be on their way into the business of professional boxing it seems.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Attila Levin, who together with Ray Mercer and Joey Abell tops the big card in Karlstad, Sweden on September 5 informed local press that he is delighted to finally be back in Sweden again to fight. A country he hasn’t boxed in since he was an amateur back in 1997.
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By Teddy Stenmark: Scandinavia seem to have an endless list of boxers who did not bloom out to their full potential and a few that promised a lot but crashed along the way against opposition they normally should not have lost against.
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By Teddy Stenmark: A date has now finally been set for Danish super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler mandatory defense against Germany’s Danilo Haussler.
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By Teddy Stenmark: We are in August already, and the Olympics is just around the corner, as a Swede I am particularly proud that we as the only nation in Scandinavia has managed to qualify two fighters for the Beijing Games.
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