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Place of Birth: Christianshavn, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About Tom Bogs
- Tom Bogs (born 21 November 1944) is a retired Danish middleweight boxer. Bogs was born to Poul Bogs, the 1947-1950 Danish champion in shot put.
- His younger sister Maibritt held the national title in the discus throw, yet Bogs turned to boxing and competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the light-middleweight division.
- He reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Nojim Maiyegun of Nigeria.
- Bogs turned professional shortly after the games and was active during the 1960s and 1970s, building up an unbeaten record of 53 wins and one draw.
- He suffered his first defeat against the former world welterweight and middleweight champion Emile Griffith in a non-title fight in June 1970.Bogs won the European light-heavyweight title in 1968 when he stopped German champion Lothar Stengel in the first round of the bout.
- He successfully defended the title against Piero Del Papa before moving down to the middleweight division for a title match against European champion Carlos Duran.
- Bogs defeated Duran and went on to successfully defend his middleweight title three times before losing a rematch to Duran in 1970.In 1972 he earned a title shot against reigning world middleweight champion Carlos Monzón.
- Bogs was stopped in five rounds.
- Bogs later moved back up to the light-heavyweight division and notched wins over contenders Vicente Rondon and Mike Quarry.
- He lost to John Conteh in a bid to regain the European light-heavyweight title, and retired from boxing in 1974.
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