Waldemar Holberg
BORN May 29 1883; Copenhagen, Denmark DIED March 16 1927; Copenhagen, Denmark (Some sources report May 18 1927 in Vienna, Austria) HEIGHT 5-5 WEIGHT 133-148 lbs Holberg was a muscular, sturdy scrapper who battled some very good men of his time and held his own
He was the Danish amateur featherweight champion in 1902 and won the Danish amateur lightweight championships in 1903, 1905, 1907 and 1908; Waldemar represented Denmark in the 1908 Olympics as a lightweight, losing a 4-round decision to future welterweight champion, Matt Wells, in his first fight
During his career, Holberg defeated such men as Bobby Dobbs, Ray Bronson and Frank Picato
*** AMATEUR BOUTS *** 1902 -Holberg won the Amateur Featherweight Championship of Denmark 1903 -Holberg won the Amateur Lightweight Championship of Denmark 1905 -Holberg won the Amateur Lightweight Championship of Denmark 1907 -Holberg won the Amateur Lightweight Championship of Denmark 1908 -Holberg won the Amateur Lightweight Championship of Denmark Matt Wells L 3 -Olympics Lightweight Boxing Competition *** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***1908 Dec 2 Frede Hansen Copenhagen, Denmark KO 6 Dec 6 Johannes Hindsberg Copenhagen, Denmark W Dec 10 Henning Hansen Copenhagen, Denmark W Dec 16 Holger Hansen Copenhagen, Denmark D 1909 Feb 12 Jack Jordan Copenhagen, Denmark W 10 Feb 21 "Young" Joe Gans Copenhagen, Denmark W 10 -Two minute rounds were fought Apr 25 Holger Hansen Copenhagen, Denmark D 6 -Some sources report 4/26/09 May 29 Frank Copenhagen, Denmark KO 1 Jun 29 Henning Hansen Copenhagen, Denmark TK 5 Jul 25 Dick Nelson Copenhagen, Denmark LT 5 1910 Jan 27 Billy Jackson Budapest, Hungary KO 5 Apr 7 Evan Dyk Amsterdam, Netherlands KO 5 Apr 28 M. Müller Hamburg, Germany KO 3 Sep 4 Alf Elreich Mannheim, Germany KO 4 Sep 9 M. Lechleitner Mannheim, Germany KO 2 Sep 12 Alf Elreich Mannheim, Germany KO 6 Dec 5 H. Paullian KO 4 Dec 15 Erik Mosuk Berlin, Germany KO 2 Dec 19 Eugen Legard Berlin, Germany KO 7 Dec 20 Jack Jordan Copenhagen, Denmark W 10 1911 Apr 23 Kid McGordon Vienna, Austria W 15 Jul 23 Paul Mond Berlin, Germany KO 4 Aug 20 Jimmie Buttler Copenhagen, Denmark KO 4 -Some sources report "Vienna, Austria" Aug 22 Jack Slim Berlin, Germany D 15 Sep 3 Holger Hansen Copenhagen, Denmark KO 4 -Some sources report 11/11/11 Sep 17 Billy Gordon Copenhagen, Denmark KO 15 Dec 9 Jerry Petersen Vienna, Austria KO 10 1912 Feb 3 Bobby Dobbs Vienna, Austria W 20 Jun 30 Dick Nelson Copenhagen, Denmark D 20 -Some sources report "L 20" Aug 24 Dick Lee London, England D 10 Sep 30 Jack Ward Birmingham, England KO 1 Nov 4 Bill Johnson Birmingham, England LF 10 Dec 16 Bill Johnson Birmingham, England LF 11 Dec 20 Paul Brevieres Paris, France LF 6 1913 Jul 12 Hughie Mehegan Sydney, NSW, Aus LK 17 -Lightweight Championship of Australia Aug 30 Herb McCoy Sydney, NSW, Aus L 20 Sep 13 Harry Thomas Brisbane, Que, Aus LF 20 -Some sources report "LF 19" Oct 1 Harry Puie Brisbane, Que, Aus KO 6 Oct 18 Hock Keys Brisbane, Que, Aus L 20 Nov 1 Charlie Woods Sydney, NSW, Aus L 20 -Some sources report 12/13/13 Nov 15 Len Porter Brisbane, Que, Aus TK 8 Nov 29 Frank Picato Melbourne, Vic, Aus TK 11 -Some sources report a 11/22/13 bout Dec 20 Alf Goodwin Melbourne, Vic, Aus LF 14 1914 Jan 1 Ray Bronson Melbourne, Vic, Aus W 20 -Welterweight Championship of the World Jan 24 Tom McCormick Melbourne, Vic, Aus LF 6 -Welterweight Championship of the World Apr 10 -Holberg married in New York, NY Dec 2 Dick Nelson Copenhagen, Denmark L 20 -Some sources report 12/06/14 1915 Feb 14 Dick Nelson Copenhagen, Denmark LK 15 Mar 20 Sapper McNeil London, England LF 13 -Some sources report "Sapper O'Neill" Apr 12 Charlie Woods London, England W 15 Apr 24 Dai Roberts London, England LK 7 Jun 12 Jim Prendy London, England L 10 Jul 19 Billy Williams London, England L 20 Oct 7 Willie Farrell Liverpool, England L 15 1916 Jan 3 Willie Farrell Hoxton, England LK 7 Feb 21 Jack Greenstock London, England L 10 Aug 11 Emil Kjellberg Stockholm, Sweden TK 7 -Some sources report "W 10" Sep 10 Calle Svensson Stockholm, Sweden W 10 Sep 17 Billy Gordon Copenhagen, Denmark KO 15 Sep 24 Calle Svensson Stockholm, Sweden TK 7 -Some sources report "TK 8" 1917 Jun 6 Johan Ekeroth Oslo, Norway TK 11 -Some sources report "TK 10" on 6/09/17 Nov 18 Willy Carlsen Oslo, Norway KO 2 1918 Feb 2 Sam Brown Oslo, Norway KO 11 Feb 26 Frithjof Hansen Oslo, Norway KO 6 Apr 9 Dick Nelson Oslo, Norway W 15 Nov 2 Fred Boston Oslo, Norway KO 6 Dec 15 Holger Hansen Oslo, Norway TK 7 1919 Feb 2 Johan Ekeroth Oslo, Norway W 10 May 26 Georg Brustad Trondheim, Norway L 15 Aug 1 Johan Ekeroth Copenhagen, Denmark WF 15 Sep 13 Emanuel Jacobsen Copenhagen, Denmark LF 5 -Some sources report "LF 4" 1921 Feb 22 Holger Hansen Stockholm, Sweden W 12 -Some sources report "W 10" Feb 24 Holger Hansen Gothenburg, Sweden W 12 Jul 7 Willi Spörl Vienna, Austria LT 7 Aug 29 Hans Hirschberger Vienna, Austria LT 9
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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