Record details

Sten SUVIO

"Stepa"

Welterweight

Male

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

No amateur results

Professional record


1936
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Nov. 18	Dave McCleave	Harringay, Great Britain	L 8

1937
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 20	Peter KleinhÃ¼tten	Düsseldorf, Germany	KO 4
+ Jan. 30	Peter KleinhÃ¼tten	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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 22	Hans Heuser	Viipuri, Finland	W 8

1943
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 16	Poul Kops	Helsinki, Finland	KO 5


1944 Inactive

1945
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Oct. 19	Henry Nielsen	Gothenburg, Sweden	Draw 8

1946
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 10	Francisco Molina	Orebro, Sweden	TKO 6
+ Apr. 26	Areski Boina	Helsinki, Finland	TKO 7

Summary