Leen Jansen

Leen Jansen

Leen Jansen (right) vs. Nelis Oostrum in 1961
Personal information
Born (1930-08-03)3 August 1930
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Died 27 January 2014(2014-01-27) (aged 83)
Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands
Sport
Sport Boxing
Club Huizenaar, Rotterdam

Leonardus ("Leen") Eustachius Jansen (3 August 1930 – 27 January 2014) was a boxer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's Middleweight (−75 kg) division by eventual winner Floyd Patterson of the United States.[1]

After the Summer Olympics Jansen became a professional. He boxed a total number of 71 matches, of which he won sixty fights (27 KOs). His last fight was on 2 October 1967 in his home town of Rotterdam, where he was defeated on points by Johnny Halafihi of Tonga.[2]

Since 1980 he lived in Sint-Maartensdijk with his daughter and dog. There he taught boxing through his 80s.[3] On 27 January 2014, Jansen died in the hospital of Bergen op Zoom at the age of 83.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Leen Jansen. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Professional boxing record for Leen Jansen from BoxRec
  3. ↑ Tonny Bogers (25 March 2013) Bokslegende Leen Jansen. 4tography.nl
  4. ↑ http://www.boxingscene.com/leen-jansen-olympian-former-pro-passes-83--74126


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.