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Christian Christensen, a Danish boxer who won the European middleweight title in 1962 and lost a world championship bout to Emile Griffith a year later, died at 78.

Christensen died Friday 28th January at Hilleroed County Hospital outside Copenhagen, his promoter, Mogens Palle, said Monday.

Christensen was one of Denmark's most prominent boxers in the 1950s and 1960s. ``Gentleman Chris,'' as he was known in his home country, won the European middleweight crown February 1962 when he defeated John McCormack of Scotland. He lost the title three months later to former triple Olympic Champion Laszlo Papp of Hungary.

Christensen also beat Manchester Welterweight Jacki Braddock in 1951

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R.I.P.

Christen was one of the first fighters that Mogens Palle promoted, but Christensen was actaully Palles coach when Palle was amateur. Palle and Christensen and palle were very close friends and Palle often took care of Christensens 3 children when he were away.

Christensen in his prime:


A recent picture of him:



Some pictures from his funeral today where several well know danish "boxing people" scene were present:

Tom Bogs chatting to Mogens Palle, I see.

Manos de Oro wrote:Tom Bogs chatting to Mogens Palle, I see.

No thats Jørgen Hansen

On the first picture with people it is (from left to right) Mogens Nymann - ring announcer for alot of years, Jorgen Hansen and Jesper Jensen (EBU fllyweight champ among other things and now working for WBA)

2nd picture:
Jørgen Hansen, Jess Andreasen (Former ref and judge, now chairman of the danish pro boxing federation)

3rd picture:
Paul Gaardbo (for olympic amateur ref and now working for Team Palle) Bettina Palle, the priest and its looks like Lis Palle (Mogens' wife and Bettina's mother)

Jesper Jensen now theres a blast from the past I remember him fighting Paul Weir and Keith Knox. Good fighter.

Thanks for the captions and the correction, Freiheit, that's what I imagined Bogs to look like nowadays. Do you know what he's up to at the present time? (I've only ever seen him as a fighter)