Originally posted by enadeus
Bad coaching and promotion, is what I think.
And not so easy to find good sparring partners and boxers how wanted to fight him.
Quote from article by Crister Berge:
Anders Eklund
“Was contracted to fight former world champion George Foreman in 1988, but Foreman pulled out when he was informed of the big Swede's size and build. Remember, this was at the early stages of George's comeback.”
“Here's a fighter whose career I followed closely as I was growing up. This giant of a man stood 6'6" and rarely weighed under 230 pounds.
Had excellent boxing skills and a decent right, but lacked a good defence and due to circumstances, his training was sometimes mediocre. During his entire career, he lived in Sweden, where pro boxing was banned. That was a fatal mistake.
Wasn't guarded the way that Ingemar Johansson was; in his fifth pro contest, Eklund faced Felipe Rodriguez, who only had four losses in 33 fights. Ingemar was brought along much more carefully.”
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