Gunnar Barlund/(Forgotten Heavyweight contenders)

[Brutu]

A heavyweight contender from Finland.
Active from 1934-1948.
How good was he?
In his prime,how good of a fight would he have been against Joe Louis?

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:10534

[Cutman Scabbers]

Didn't Hemingway write a short story about him?

[Brutu]

Is it just me or does Gunnar Barlund kind of look like actor Sean Penn on growth hormones and steroids?