- Leen Jansen
Leonardus ("Leen") Eustachius Jansen (born
August 3 ,1930 inRotterdam ,Zuid-Holland ) is a former boxer from theNetherlands , who competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics inHelsinki, Finland . There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Men's Middleweight (–75 kg) division by eventual winnerFloyd Patterson of the United States.After the Summer Olympics Jansen became a professional. He boxed a total number of 71 matches, from which he won sixty fights (27 ko's). His last fight was on
October 2 ,1967 in his home town of Rotterdam, where he was defeated on points byJohnny Halafihi ofTonga .References
* [http://www.sport.nl/olympischarchief/home.php3/ Dutch Olympic Committee]
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