The Most Famous
BOXERS from Denmark
This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Boxers. The pantheon dataset contains 496 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 4
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. Søren Petersen (1894 - 1945)
With an HPI of 43.78, Søren Petersen is the most famous Danish Boxer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
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.
2. Anders Petersen (1899 - 1966)
With an HPI of 43.07, Anders Petersen is the 2nd most famous Danish Boxer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
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.
3. Brian Nielsen (b. 1965)
With an HPI of 40.93, Brian Nielsen is the 3rd most famous Danish Boxer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Brian Nielsen (born 1 April 1965) is a Danish former professional boxer. He held the IBO heavyweight title from 1996 to 1999 successfully defending it five times, including against Larry Holmes and Phil Jackson, the second highest number of defenses behind Wladimir Klitschko's record of 18. At one point of time, he equaled Rocky Marciano's record of 49 successive wins with no losses. While he never held a world title from any of the main four sanctioning bodies (WBC, IBF, WBA, WBO), he did defeat several former world champions who had, including Orlin Norris, Carlos De León, Jeff Lampkin, and Tony Tubbs.
4. Mikkel Kessler (b. 1979)
With an HPI of 33.75, Mikkel Kessler is the 4th most famous Danish Boxer. His biography has been translated into 21 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.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Danish boxers born between 1894 and 1979. Of these 4, 2 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Danish boxers include Brian Nielsen, and Mikkel Kessler. The most famous deceased Danish boxers include Søren Petersen, and Anders Petersen. As of April 2024, 1 new Danish boxers have been added to Pantheon including Brian Nielsen.
