Mads Larsen
Mads Larsen (born 9 February 1973) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He held the IBO super middleweight title from 1997 to 1999. He challenged once for the unified WBA (Super) and IBF super middleweight titles in 2003. At regional level, he held the EBU European super middleweight title in 2003.
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Real name | Mads Larsen |
Nickname(s) | Golden Boy |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m) |
Reach | 77 in (196 cm) |
Nationality | Danish |
Born | Mårslet, Denmark | February 9, 1973
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 55 |
Wins | 51 |
Wins by KO | 38 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 0 |
Professional career
In October 1993, Larsen turned professional winning his first fight in Storebaelthallen, Korsoer, Denmark on the undercard of a bill that included Danish stars Johnny Bredahl, Jimmy Bredahl and Brian Nielsen. In that fight Larsen beat England's Martin Jolley with a knockout in the fourth round.[1]
Title fights
After 18 fights and a record of 17 wins and 1 loss (one cuts), Larsen won his first title belt, the vacant IBO world super middleweight title, in May 1997 with a fourth-round knockout win over American Shannon Landberg.
Larsen went on to win his next 10 straight fights, including three defenses of his IBO title. In his next fight in March 1999, Larsen retained his IBO title and also picked up the WBF title with a win over Thulani "Sugar Boy" Malinga with a tenth-round knockout on home turf at the Falconer Centret, Copenhagen.
Ottke fight
Larsen won his next fifteen fights and remained unbeaten when he signed for his highest profile fight in September 2003 at the Messehalle, Erfurt, Thuringia, in Germany when he challenged fellow unbeaten fight, the German, Sven Ottke for his WBA and IBF super middleweight titles. However, Larsen suffered the second defeat of his career when Ottke beat Larsen. After a hard-fought fight Larsen lost on points by a majority decision.
Larsen then won a European super middleweight title only one month later, beating German Danilo Haussler on points.[1]
Break from boxing
Following a shoulder injury as well as a promotion dispute, Larsen spent over three years out of the ring and returned in May 2007 after he signed with Sauerland Promotions Since his return, Larsen has won all his fights and currently has an EBU title fight scheduled for January 16, 2010 in Aarhus, Denmark. Opponent was originally planned to be Dimitri Sartison, who lost to Mikkel Kessler in a WBA Title bout in June 2008.[2]
Larsen made an unsuccessful comeback bid in February 2010, suffering a TKO to Brian Magee. After the fight, Larsen was accused of doping on the basis of a blood-sample, but was later cleared of all charges by the Danish Boxing Association [3]
Professional boxing record
55 fights | 51 wins | 4 losses |
By knockout | 38 | 3 |
By decision | 13 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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55 | Loss | 51–4 | KO | 4 (8), 1:20 | 12 Jun 2012 | |||
54 | Loss | 51–3 | TKO | 7 (12), 0:15 | 30 Jan 2010 | For vacant EBU (European) Super Middleweight title. | ||
53 | Win | 51–2 | TKO | 7 (10), 1:49 | 20 Dec 2008 | |||
52 | Win | 50–2 | UD | 8 | 29 Mar 2008 | |||
51 | Win | 49–2 | UD | 8 | 27 Oct 2007 | |||
50 | Win | 48–2 | UD | 8 | 18 Aug 2007 | |||
49 | Win | 47–2 | UD | 8 | 23 Jun 2007 | |||
48 | Win | 46–2 | UD | 8 | 8 May 2007 | |||
47 | Win | 45–2 | UD | 12 | 4 Oct 2003 | Won EBU (European) Super Middleweight title. | ||
46 | Loss | 44–2 | MD | 12 | 6 Sep 2003 | For WBA & IBF Super Middleweight titles. | ||
45 | Win | 44–1 | KO | 5 (8), 2:59 | 11 Apr 2003 | |||
44 | Win | 43–1 | UD | 8 | 8 Nov 2002 | |||
43 | Win | 42–1 | KO | 2 (8), 0:54 | 25 Oct 2002 | |||
42 | Win | 41–1 | TKO | 3 (8), 0:01 | 4 Oct 2002 | |||
41 | Win | 40–1 | UD | 8 | 15 Mar 2002 | |||
40 | Win | 39–1 | UD | 8 | 8 Feb 2002 | |||
39 | Win | 38–1 | KO | 6 (8), 2:59 | 16 Nov 2001 | |||
38 | Win | 37–1 | KO | 2 (8), 1:55 | 9 Mar 2001 | |||
37 | Win | 36–1 | TKO | 7 (8) | 9 Feb 2001 | |||
36 | Win | 35–1 | TKO | 4 (8) | 1 Dec 2000 | |||
35 | Win | 34–1 | KO | 1 (8), 2:26 | 3 Nov 2000 | |||
34 | Win | 33–1 | KO | 1 (8), 2:59 | 6 Oct 2000 | |||
33 | Win | 32–1 | KO | 6 (12), 2:08 | 26 Nov 1999 | Retained WBF (Federation) Super middleweight title. | ||
32 | Win | 31–1 | KO | 1 (8) | 29 Oct 1999 | |||
31 | Win | 30–1 | RTD | 5 (8), 3:00 | 1 Oct 1999 | |||
30 | Win | 29–1 | RTD | 9 (12), 3:00 | 19 Mar 1999 | Won WBF (Federation) Super middleweight title. Retained IBO Super middleweight title. | ||
29 | Win | 28–1 | KO | 7 (12) | 16 Oct 1998 | Retained IBO Super middleweight title. | ||
28 | Win | 27–1 | TKO | 6 (8), 2:56 | 4 Sep 1998 | |||
27 | Win | 26–1 | TKO | 4 (8), 2:50 | 1 May 1998 | |||
26 | Win | 25–1 | KO | 7 (12), 1:46 | 20 Mar 1998 | Retained IBO Super middleweight title. | ||
25 | Win | 24–1 | UD | 8 | 27 Feb 1998 | |||
24 | Win | 23–1 | KO | 3 (8), 1:20 | 13 Feb 1998 | |||
23 | Win | 22–1 | TKO | 7 (12), 2:54 | 14 Nov 1997 | Retained IBO Super middleweight title. | ||
22 | Win | 21–1 | TKO | 2 (8), 0:47 | 3 Oct 1997 | |||
21 | Win | 20–1 | KO | 1 (8), 1:10 | 12 Sep 1997 | |||
20 | Win | 19–1 | KO | 2 (8), 2:51 | 5 Jul 1997 | |||
19 | Win | 18–1 | KO | 4 (12), 2:33 | 2 May 1997 | Won vacant IBO Super middleweight title. | ||
18 | Win | 17–1 | KO | 3 (8), 1:57 | 14 Mar 1997 | |||
17 | Win | 16–1 | KO | 3 (6) | 14 Feb 1997 | |||
16 | Win | 15–1 | KO | 1 (6), 2:05 | 24 Jan 1997 | |||
15 | Win | 14–1 | UD | 6 | 18 Oct 1996 | |||
14 | Win | 13–1 | KO | 1 (6) | 31 May 1996 | |||
13 | Loss | 12–1 | TKO | 2 (6) | 11 May 1996 | Larsen was stopped with a cut caused by an elbow from Ambrose. | ||
12 | Win | 12–0 | KO | 3 (8), 2:58 | 26 Apr 1996 | |||
11 | Win | 11–0 | KO | 1 (8), 1:57 | 29 Mar 1996 | |||
10 | Win | 10–0 | RTD | 3 (8), 3:00 | 12 Jan 1996 | |||
9 | Win | 9–0 | KO | 3 (8), 2:31 | 24 Nov 1995 | |||
8 | Win | 8–0 | KO | 3 (8) | 20 Oct 1995 | |||
7 | Win | 7–0 | TKO | 4 (6), 2:55 | 9 Jun 1995 | |||
6 | Win | 6–0 | KO | 1 (6) | 28 Apr 1995 | |||
5 | Win | 5–0 | TKO | 3 (6), 2:02 | 17 Mar 1995 | |||
4 | Win | 4–0 | TKO | 4 (6), 0:30 | 11 Nov 1994 | |||
3 | Win | 3–0 | UD | 6 | 7 Oct 1994 | |||
2 | Win | 2–0 | UD | 6 | 5 Dec 1993 | |||
1 | Win | 1–0 | KO | 3 (4), 1:59 | 29 Oct 1993 | Professional debut. |
References
- "Mads Larsen". BoxRec.
- Per Ake Persson. "European Boxing". Saddo Boxing. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- "Mads Larsen frikendt for doping". avisen.dk.
External links
Achievements | ||
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Preceded by Shannon Landberg |
IBO super middleweight Champion 5 February 1997 – November, 1999 (vacates) |
Succeeded by Dana Rosenblatt |