Joni Nyman

Name: Joni Nyman
Alias: Joltin' Joni
Birth Name: Joni Kalevi Nyman
Hometown: Pori, Finland
Birthplace: Pori, Finland
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record


Nyman won a bronze medal in the welterweight competion of the 1984 Olympics.

Olympic results

1984 (as a welterweight)

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Georges Ngangue (Cameroon) 5-0
• Defeated Kieran Joyce (Ireland) 4-1
• Defeated Dwight Frazier (Jamaica) 5-0
• Lost to An Young-Su (South Korea) 2-3

1988 (as a welterweight)

• Defeated Manny Sobral (Canada) 4-1
• Defeated Søren Antman (Sweden) 5-0
• Defeated Dimus Chisala (Zambia) 5-0
• Lost to Kenny Gould (United States) 0-5