Lars Olof Norling

Name: Lars Olof Norling
Alias: Lasse Norling
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
Birthplace: Traryd, Sweden
Height: 192cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Amateur record: 125 fights.
• Swedish Champion 1956 (beginners champion) 1957 (Junior) 1959-1960-1961
• Silver medal Swedish Championship 1958; lost to Lennart Risberg in finals.
• Scandinavian Champion 1959
• In the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, Norling lost to Tony Madigan of Australia on points.
• In the 1959 European Championships, he lost to silver medalist Gheorghe Negra of Rumania.
• After his pro career Norling found work as a carpenter in Universal Studios in Hollywood, building props for western TV series. (He also worked four years for the TV series "Murder She Wrote.") In a 1999 interview, Norling estimated that he had a total of 53 or 54 pro fights, winning 42. He had unlisted fights in towns like Bakersfield, calif., and Spokane, Wash.
• He married a Norwegian girl in the late 1960s and even spent a few years in Norway working as a carpenter.
• Best fighter he sparred with in his career: Eddie Cotton.
• Received $6,000 for his first fight, against Manuel Ramos.