Mogens Palle in the hall of fame june 8.

When Mogens Palle a boxing promoter is submitted to the hall of fame on June the 8. it is well deserved. Just for the moment, many, including danish boxing fans (and me), thinks that Kessler's it not well promoted, but this is a reward for 50 years in boxing. Mogens Palle is a humble guy. If you see/talk to him, you think that he is a piece of cake. But then you already lose. Palle is charismatic and stubborn as hell. He does it "my way" win or loose. More than ones he nearly was bankrupt. Every time he has spend his earned money on the next fight. Palle is a lover of the sport. He rather says no, instead of compromise with a deal. That has cost a lot of money. At the Brian Nielsen era Teampalle was at the top and danish television every month showed TeamPalle boxing events. When Brian Nielsen stopped, the TV media wouldn't pay the same. Palle got angry and hurt personally, and the TV events stopped. At the time there were alot of danish fighters. Johnny Bredahl, Dennis Holbæk, Søren Søndergaard, Jesper D Jensen, Thomas Damgaard, Rudi Marcussen, Mads Larsen and Mikkel Kessler. It was the golden age of danish boxing. Slowly the fighters disappeared, and Kessler was the only one left. The WBA and WBC and a unification fight against Calzaghe was the result. Enthusiasm and stubborns has kept Palle going for 50 years, thats deserve some credit and respect. As a promoter in a country with only 5 mill people who don't see boxing as one of the greatest sports, here are some of the big fights: 03.03.63 WBA Jr.-Middle Chris Christensen Emile Griffith 19.08.72 WBA / WBC Middle Tom Bogs Carlos Monzon 25.06.81 WBA Jr.-Middle Ayub Kalule Sugar Ray Leonard 01.10.85 EBU Heavy Anders Eklund Frank Bruno 06.09.86 IBF Heavy Steffen Tangstad Michael Spinks 28.10.88 IBF Light Gert Bo Jacobsen Greg Haugen 05.03.94 WBO Sup.-Feather Jimmi Bredahl Oscar De La Hoya 02.12.95 WBC Bantam Johnny Bredahl Wayne McCullough 24.01.97 IBO Heavy Brian Nielsen Larry Holmes 05.06.98 IBC Welter Søren Søndergaard Carlos Baldomir 18.06.99 IBC / WBC I Welter Frank Olsen Carlos Baldomir 04.03.00 WBA Bantam Johnny Bredahl Pauli Ayala 16.06.01 IBC Heavy Brian Nielsen Orlin Norris 13.10.01 WBO Sup.-Middle Joe Calzaghe Will McIntyre 13.10.01 non title fight Brian Nielsen - Mike Tyson 16.11.02 IBF Sup.-Middle Rudy Markussen Sven Ottke 06.09.03 WBA S/C / IBF Sup.-Middle Mads Larsen Sven Ottke 28.01.06 IBA Welter Thomas Damgaard Arturo Gatti 16.05.06 WBO I/C Sup.-Middle Lolenga Mock Lucian Bute 03.11.07 WBA/WBC/WBO Sup.-Middle Mikkel Kessler Joe Calzaghe 05.04.08 WBO I/C Light Martin Kristjansen Amir Khan http://www.ibhof.com/palle.html

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When Mogens Palle is submitted to the hall of fame on June the 8. it is well deserved. Just for the moment, many, including danish boxing fans (and me), thinks that Kessler's it not well promoted, but this is a reward for 50 years in boxing. Mogens Palle is a humble guy. If you see/talk to him, you think that he is a piece of cake. But then you already lose. Palle is charismatic and stubborn as hell. He does it "my way" win or loose. At the Brian Nielsen era Teampalle was at the top and danish television every month showed TeamPalle boxing events. When Brian Nielsen stopped, the TV media wouldn't pay the same. Palle got angry and hurt personally, and the TV events stopped. At the time there were alot of danish fighters. Johnny Bredahl, Dennis Holbæk, Søren Søndergaard, Jesper D Jensen, Thomas Damgaard, Rudi Marcussen, Mads Larsen and Mikkel Kessler. It was the golden age of danish boxing. Slowly the fighters disappeared, and Kessler was the only one left. The WBA and WBC and a unification fight against Calzaghe was the result. As a promoter in a country with only 5 mill people who don't see boxing as one of the greatest sports, here are some of the big fights: 03.03.63 WBA Jr.-Middle Chris Christensen Emile Griffith 19.08.72 WBA / WBC Middle Tom Bogs Carlos Monzon 25.06.81 WBA Jr.-Middle Ayub Kalule Sugar Ray Leonard 01.10.85 EBU Heavy Anders Eklund Frank Bruno 06.09.86 IBF Heavy Steffen Tangstad Michael Spinks 28.10.88 IBF Light Gert Bo Jacobsen Greg Haugen 05.03.94 WBO Sup.-Feather Jimmi Bredahl Oscar De La Hoya 02.12.95 WBC Bantam Johnny Bredahl Wayne McCullough 24.01.97 IBO Heavy Brian Nielsen Larry Holmes 05.06.98 IBC Welter Søren Søndergaard Carlos Baldomir 18.06.99 IBC / WBC I Welter Frank Olsen Carlos Baldomir 04.03.00 WBA Bantam Johnny Bredahl Pauli Ayala 16.06.01 IBC Heavy Brian Nielsen Orlin Norris 13.10.01 WBO Sup.-Middle Joe Calzaghe Will McIntyre 13.10.01 non title fight Brian Nielsen - Mike Tyson 16.11.02 IBF Sup.-Middle Rudy Markussen Sven Ottke 06.09.03 WBA S/C / IBF Sup.-Middle Mads Larsen Sven Ottke 28.01.06 IBA Welter Thomas Damgaard Arturo Gatti 16.05.06 WBO I/C Sup.-Middle Lolenga Mock Lucian Bute 03.11.07 WBA/WBC/WBO Sup.-Middle Mikkel Kessler Joe Calzaghe 05.04.08 WBO I/C Light Martin Kristjansen Amir Khan http://www.ibhof.com/palle.html 50 years. Amazing.

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