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Sten Suvio
Male
"Stepa"
Welterweight, Finland, Helsinki
Born: 25 November 1911, Hannila, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Died: 19 October 1998, Helsinki, Finland
Height: 5ft 7in, mt 1,70
as an amateur:
1936 Berlin, Germany, Olympic Games welterweight gold medal
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Amateur results| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1936 | |
| Berlin, Germany, Olympic Games gold medal, 66.700 kg | + Aug. 10 | Keikan Ri | Berlin, Germany | WPTS 4 | | + Aug. 11 | Leonard Cook | Berlin, Germany | WPTS 4 | | + Aug. 13 | Imre Mandi | Berlin, Germany | WPTS 4 | | + Aug. 14 | Gerhard Pedersen | Berlin, Germany | WPTS 4 | | + Aug. 15 | Michael Murach | Berlin, Germany | WPTS 4 |
Professional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1936 | | - Nov. 18 | Dave McCleave | Harringay, Great Britain | L 8 | | 1937 | | + May 10 | Tony Greb | New York, United States | W 6 | | + May 21 | Bruno Tretter | Brooklyn, United States | KO 4 | | + June 4 | Mickey Salem | Brooklyn, United States | KO 2 | | + June 18 | Billy Connerty | Brooklyn, United States | KO 2 | | + July 1 | Bobby Cummings | Brooklyn, United States | W 6 | | + July 22 | Patsy Downey | Brooklyn, United States | KO 2 | | + Aug. 17 | Eddie Guerra | Brooklyn, United States | W 6 | | - Sept. 2 | Spider Hewitt | Brooklyn, United States | L 8 | | 1938 | | + Feb. 11 | Gunnar Andersson | Gothenburg, Sweden | W 10 | | = Mar. 17 | Bruno Ahlberg | Helsinki, Finland | Draw 12 | | vacant Finnish Welterweight Title | | + May 5 | Hans Drescher | Copenhagen, Denmark | W 10 | | + Sept. 2 | Hans Holdt | Copenhagen, Denmark | KO 8 | | - Nov. 11 | Hans Drescher | Copenhagen, Denmark | L 8 | | + Dec. 30 | Uno Alsterlind | Gothenburg, Sweden | W 6 | | 1939 | | + Jan. 20 | Peter Kleinhütten | Düsseldorf, Germany | KO 4 | | + Jan. 30 | Peter Kleinhütten | Krefeld, Germany | KO 3 | | + Feb. 1 | Ange Cucchiarini | Paris, France | TKO 7 | | + Feb. 7 | Victor Fortes | Paris, France | W 10 | | + Feb. 13 | Albert Beaugrand | Orleans, France | W 10 | | - June 3 | Gustav Eder | Leipzig, Germany | L 12 | | + July 2 | Willy Prodel | Stuttgart, Germany | W 8 | | - Aug. 25 | Gustav Eder | Berlin, Germany | L 12 | | 1940 | | + Sept. 13 | Walter Mueller | Hamburg, Germany | W 10 | | + Sept. 15 | Eduard Peter | Braunschweig, Germany | W 8 | | + Sept. 22 | Erich Wiskandt | Wroclaw, Poland | KO 2 | | - Dec. 1 | Henry Nielsen | Copenhagen, Denmark | L 8 | | 1941 | | + Jan. 31 | Hans Holdt | Gothenburg, Sweden | W 8 | | + Feb. 7 | Carl Baumgarten | Geneva, Switzerland | KO 4 | | - Feb. 11 | Amedeo Dejana | Milano, Italy | L 10 | | + Feb. 26 | Vittorio Venturi | Roma, Italy | W 10 | | 1942 | | + Nov. 22 | Hans Heuser | Viipuri, Finland | W 8 | | 1943 | | + Apr. 16 | Poul Kops | Helsinki, Finland | KO 5 | 1944
Inactive | | 1945 | | = Oct. 19 | Henry Nielsen | Gothenburg, Sweden | Draw 8 | | 1946 | | = Apr. 5 | Henry Nielsen | Copenhagen, Denmark | Draw 6 | | + May 4 | Onni Saari | Helsinki, Finland | TKO 7 | | Finnish Welterweight Title | | + Nov. 22 | Walter Momber | Paris, France | W 10 | | + Dec. 8 | Areski Boina | Orebro, Sweden | W 6 | | 1947 | | + Jan. 19 | Olavi Kaartinen | Helsinki, Finland | W 6 | | + Apr. 25 | Sture Froeberg | Stockholm, Sweden | W 6 | | + Sept. 30 | Gote Andersson | Helsinki, Finland | KO 1 | | 1948 | | - Mar. 24 | Alf James | Johannesburg, South Africa | L 10 | | - May 5 | George Angelo | Johannesburg, South Africa | L 10 | | + May 14 | Piet van Staden | Durban, South Africa | W 10 | | 1949 | | + Apr. 10 | Francisco Molina | Orebro, Sweden | TKO 6 | | + Apr. 26 | Areski Boina | Helsinki, Finland | TKO 7 |
Summary
Total bouts: 46, Won: 34 (15 inside the limit), Lost: 9 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 0
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