Willy Olsen

Name: Willy Olsen
Alias: Knoken- The Knuckle
Hometown: Oslo, Norway
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway
Died: 1997-12-08 (Age:67)
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur career:

• Club: Sportsklubben 1909,Oslo
• Debut 1947.
• Oslo Champion 1948 (bantam) 1949 (feather)
• Bronze in National Junior Championships 1949 (bantam)
• Silver National Championships 1951 (bantam)
• Best Oslo Boxer of the Year 1951
• National champ, featherweight 1953,light welter 1954

Fought twice on the Norwegian National Team, losing both (Sweden 1950, Denmark 1951)

Worked as a driver for the Oslo newspaper VG and was a well known figure in Akersgata, Oslo's newspaper- street. Died at the age of 61 in a dry-out institution for alcoholics.

Although he never won a pro fight, Olsen was always confident in winning. Against the much stronger Belgian Jack Sylveer in 1964 he even invited his 13- year old daughter ringside. She had to watch her father take a terrific beating.