The Most Famous
BOXERS from Denmark
This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Boxers. The pantheon dataset contains 326 Boxers, 3 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 29th most number of Boxers behind Ireland and South Africa.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Danish Boxers of all time. This list of famous Danish Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Anders Petersen (1899 - 1966)
With an HPI of 42.82, Anders Petersen is the most famous Danish Boxer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Anders Otto Petersen (16 December 1899 – 28 April 1966) was a Danish flyweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. Known as "Vidunderbarnet (Wonder kid)", he won a silver medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, losing to American Frankie Genaro in the final.
2. Søren Petersen (1894 - 1945)
With an HPI of 42.44, Søren Petersen is the 2nd most famous Danish Boxer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Søren Peter Petersen (December 6, 1894 – 1945) was a Danish heavyweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Kolding and died in Belgium. Petersen won a silver medal in boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, losing to British boxer Ronald Rawson in the final. Petersen was knocked down seven times in the first three rounds of the fight, at the time an Olympic record; he did not knock Rawson down a single time in the fight. Peterson followed his 1920 achievements exactly in boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics where he won another silver when he lost to Otto von Porat in the final.
3. Mikkel Kessler (1979 - )
With an HPI of 31.46, Mikkel Kessler is the 3rd most famous Danish Boxer. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Mikkel Kessler (born 1 March 1979) is a Danish former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2013. He held multiple super-middleweight world championships, including the WBA title three times between 2004 and 2013, and the WBC title twice between 2006 and 2010.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as boxers born between 1894 and 1979. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living boxers include Mikkel Kessler. The most famous deceased boxers include Anders Petersen and Søren Petersen. As of April 2022, 1 new boxers have been added to Pantheon including Anders Petersen.
