Euro News; Patterson, Kovacs and More.

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Floyd Pattersonīs death gets big headlines in Swedish media and itīs not just because his career was closely linked to the career of Ingemar Johansson. Floyd became in the early sixties "Swedish Floyd" and became extremely popular with his quiet, softspoken ways. His popularity took off in 1960 after beating Johansson and regaining the World heavyweight title. He toured Sweden later that year and was treated like royalty. Floyd would return several times in the sixties and beat Eddie Machen in an eliminator in 64 in Stockholm. He also fought Jimmy Ellis in 68 in Stockholm, losing a controversial call. Floyd would return many other times for reunions with Ingemar Johansson and ran the Stockholm Marathon in 83 and 84 with his former opponent, who today sadly also suffers from Alzeheimerīs. The two were always presented over here as the best of friends, but were never really that close. His brother Raymond, a decent pro in 60īs and 70īs, settled in Sweden in 65 and still resides here.
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Hungarian jr middleweight Attila Kovacs have been sparring with WBO champ Sergej Dzindziruk. Kovacs takes on IBO ruler Steve Conway on June 3. He is trained by Istvan Levai, who back in the 1980 Olympics beat Swedenīs Anders Eklund.

i got all my points on atilla kovacs in this one, just cause we share a last name.