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
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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