Английская Википедия:Armand Krajnc

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Armand Krajnc (born 7 August 1973) is a former Swedish professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2004. He held the WBO middleweight title from 1999 to 2002, and challenged once for the unified WBA (Super) and IBF super-middleweight titles in his final fight in 2004.

Early life

Krajnc's parents emigrated from Slovenia in the former Yugoslavia to southernmost Sweden, Scania before he was born. Before his professional career, he obtained first Dan, represented by the Black Belt, within the Karate style of Shotokan. This prepared him to become a hard-hitting boxer. When he began his professional career he moved to Malmö and commuted on a weekly basis to his new German boxing club and promoter in Lübeck in northern Germany.

Professional career

Known as "Lion", Krajnc turned pro in 1996, moving to Lübeck and signing up for a German promoter to avoid the Swedish ban on professional boxing. Three years later, in 1999, he won the WBO Middleweight Title by technical knock out (TKO) against Jason Matthews. Krajnc defended the title three times, before losing it to Harry Simon in 2002.

One of Krajnc's title defenses was against the Stockholm celebrity and fellow Swede Paolo Roberto. Krajnc had a low personal opinion of the latter and there was considerably controversy preceding the fight. For instance, Krajnc once compared Roberto to a fjolla (foolish female) and stated that Roberto had better talents in painting female toes, referencing an appearance by Roberto in a Swedish commercial TV-program. It was primarily Roberto's entertainment appearances in television, which Krajnc obviously found unfitting a professional boxer.

Based strictly on his boxing record, Roberto was unlikely to receive a title shot, and the personal animosity contributed to the fight being made. 3 November 2001, the match was held in Kranjc home arena in Germany.[1] The distance between Lübeck and Scania is fairly short, and between 1500 and 2000 Scanian fans had met up in Lübeck, in order to, together with his German supporters, give their best possible support for Krajnc. Roberto, who was well-known from Swedish television, not only for boxing, would rather have met Krajnc in Mariehamn, Åland. But the challenger couldn't choose location of this event. Which in Sweden became a very media covered event (though the ban on professional boxing made it impossible to televise it live).

Against a combination of joined Germans and Scanias supporters, Roberto's worst assumptions regarding the crowd, proved to be true. He was "the crook" - and Krajnc "the hero", only a few Swedish journalists from Stockholm presumably held on Roberto. Surprisingly the challenger, who before this fight had put on a great deal of muscles, took the fight to the cards. Here, however, Kranjc won easily and unanimously, while Aftonbladet columnist Lars Angrell wrote "Why wasn't the assaulting beatings of Paolo Roberto stopped !?".[2] After the match Kranjc was magnanimous towards Roberto at the press conference, and claimed Paolo Roberto as a great boxer. Their enmity ended with the match, and so did the ban on limited professional boxing after a total prohibition over a period of more than 30 years.

In June 2001 Krajnc vacated his WBO title after a dispute with promotional group Universum Box-Promotion, but was later reinstated as champion by the WBO. In 2004 he challenged WBA and IBF Super Middleweight Title holder Sven Ottke but lost a decision.

Life after boxing

Krajnc nowadays lives in Ystad, also in Scania where he teaches boxing to youngsters. He's also competed in the tv-series Mästarnas mästare (Champion of Champions), which he also won.[3]

Professional boxing record

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Шаблон:Abbr Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
32 Шаблон:No2Loss 29–3 Шаблон:Flagicon Sven Ottke UD 12 27 Mar 2004 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
31 Шаблон:Yes2Win 29–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Liebing TKO 4 (8) 13 Dec 2003 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
30 Шаблон:Yes2Win 28–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Zsilak TKO 2 (8), Шаблон:Small 4 Oct 2003 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
29 Шаблон:Yes2Win 27–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Eliseo Nogueira PTS 8 25 Apr 2003 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
28 Шаблон:No2Loss 26–2 Шаблон:Flagicon Sergey Tatevosyan TKO 7 (10), Шаблон:Small 14 Sep 2002 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
27 Шаблон:No2Loss 26–1 Шаблон:Flagicon Harry Simon UD 12 6 Apr 2002 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
26 Шаблон:Yes2Win 26–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Paolo Roberto Шаблон:Abbr 12 3 Nov 2001 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
25 Шаблон:Yes2Win 25–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Artur Drinaj KO 3 (8), Шаблон:Small 28 Jul 2001 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
24 Шаблон:Yes2Win 24–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Bert Schenk TKO 6 (12), Шаблон:Small 7 Oct 2000 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
23 Шаблон:Yes2Win 23–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Jonathan Corn KO 2 (12), Шаблон:Small 11 Mar 2000 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
22 Шаблон:Yes2Win 22–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Jason Matthews TKO 8 (12), Шаблон:Small 27 Nov 1999 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
21 Шаблон:Yes2Win 21–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Kluge TKO 5 (8) 18 Sep 1999 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
20 Шаблон:Yes2Win 20–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Michel Simeon KO 3 (8) 10 Jul 1999 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
19 Шаблон:Yes2Win 19–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Christian Velea TKO 3 (10), Шаблон:Small 24 Apr 1999 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
18 Шаблон:Yes2Win 18–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Csaba Olah PTS 6 13 Mar 1999 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
17 Шаблон:Yes2Win 17–0 Шаблон:Flagicon James McCray TKO 3 (8) 13 Feb 1999 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
16 Шаблон:Yes2Win 16–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Ivory PTS 8 28 Nov 1998 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
15 Шаблон:Yes2Win 15–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Leroy Owens PTS 8 14 Nov 1998 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
14 Шаблон:Yes2Win 14–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Paul D'Alessandro TKO 5 (6), Шаблон:Small 24 Oct 1998 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
13 Шаблон:Yes2Win 13–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Danny Defevere TKO 2 (8) 2 May 1998 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
12 Шаблон:Yes2Win 12–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Bahre Ahmeti Шаблон:Abbr 8 14 Mar 1998 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
11 Шаблон:Yes2Win 11–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Vedran Akrap PTS 10 14 Feb 1998 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
10 Шаблон:Yes2Win 10–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Mimoun Khadda KO 2 (8) 20 Dec 1997 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
9 Шаблон:Yes2Win 9–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Djaafar Filali KO 3 (6) 11 Oct 1997 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
8 Шаблон:Yes2Win 8–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Gyorgy Mizsei Шаблон:Abbr 6 7 Sep 1997 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
7 Шаблон:Yes2Win 7–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Youssef Bakhouche TKO 2 14 Jun 1997 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
6 Шаблон:Yes2Win 6–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Stefan Magyar TKO 2 26 Apr 1997 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
5 Шаблон:Yes2Win 5–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Lajos Patko KO 1 (6), Шаблон:Small 8 Mar 1997 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
4 Шаблон:Yes2Win 4–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Gejza Stipak TKO 1 11 Jan 1997 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
3 Шаблон:Yes2Win 3–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Anton Lascek TKO 1 16 Dec 1996 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
2 Шаблон:Yes2Win 2–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Francesco Fiorentino Шаблон:Abbr 2 13 Dec 1996 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small
1 Шаблон:Yes2Win 1–0 Шаблон:Flagicon Ferousi Ilunga Шаблон:Abbr 3 5 Oct 1996 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Small

References

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  1. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet 4 November 2001, the pink sport pages
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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