By Per Ake Persson
Former EBU light middleweight champ Bo Hogberg has passed away at the age of 66 in Gothenburg, Sweden. For the past few years, he battled cancer and also suffered from the effects of a major stroke back in 88.
In his prime Hogberg was known for his toughness in and out of the ropes and quickly became very popular. In the late 60´s and early 70´s, most of what Hagberg did was headline news in Sweden. His marriage and divorce from then famed singer Anita Lindblom and love affair with the future Mrs. Hogberg, Liz Oberg, made wartime headlines in the tabloids. Hogberg fought professionally from 62 through 68 and came back in 73. He went out with a very respectable 37-6-1 and is widely recognized as one of the bravest ring warriors ever to come out Scandinavia.
Danish great Tom Bogs has a book coming out on his life. Today in Danish media, he reveals that he fought under the influence of an amphetamin in a losing effort against Emile Griffith in 1970 and also in one of his best wins, a fifteen round decision over Brit Chris Finnegan, also in 1970, which won him the EBU light heavyweight title.
Swiss cruiserweight Nuri Seferi takes on Macedonian Sasha Mitrevski on December 26 in Bern. Mitrevski, based in Switzerland, has in the past campaigned at 175. Seferi vs Mitrevski is made at 194 lbs / 88 kg.
Hungarian Felix-Promotion is staging a show in Komarno, Slovakia, on November 18 with the likes of Andres Meszaros, Andrzej Sark, Oliver Rubin and Laszlo Papp. Next up for promoter Felix Racz is a promotion in Gyor on December 10 with Janos Nagy, the super middleweight, Attila Kovacs and Bettina Csabi.
Tough times for Hollywood, CA-based Swedish jr middleweight Peter Nylund. All of his four scheduled fights for 2005, have been cancelled for one reason or another.
