Sport & Note

Oiva PURHO

Male

Light-Heavyweight, Finland
Born: 11 December 1912
Died: 12 October 1967
Southpaw

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1943
+ Jan. 29	Hans Drescher	Copenhagen, Denmark	W 8
- Apr. 16	Anton Raadik	Helsinki, Finland	L 6
+ May 30	Uno Alsterlind	Solna, Sweden	TKO 3
1944
+ Jan. 7	Hannes Koivunen	Helsinki, Finland	W 6
+ Apr. 21	Gerhard Pedersen	Gothenburg, Sweden	W 6
+ Dec. 1	Anton Raadik	Gothenburg, Sweden	W 8
1945
= Oct. 19	John Nilsson	Gothenburg, Sweden	Draw 6
1946
+ Apr. 5	Svend Aage Christensen	Copenhagen, Denmark	W 6
+ May 4	Hannes Koivunen	Helsinki, Finland	W 10
Finnish Light Heavyweight Title
+ Nov. 22	Aaron Wilson	Gothenburg, Sweden	W 8
+ Dec. 8	Jacques Beneto	Malmo, Sweden	KO 8
1947 Inactive
1948
+ Sept. 16	Andre Lefranc	Helsinki, Finland	W 10
= Nov. 5	Carl Nielsen	Copenhagen, Denmark	Draw 8
+ Nov. 19	Knud Christoffersen	Copenhagen, Denmark	KO 1
1949
+ Jan. 17	Liazi Ben Embarek	Helsinki, Finland	W 10
+ Feb. 4	Gabriel Bigotte	Stockholm, Sweden	W 8
- Feb. 18	Emile Bentz	Copenhagen, Denmark	KO by 4
1950
+ Jan. 9	Arne Sundin	Helsinki, Finland	W 8

Total bouts: 18, Won: 14 (3 inside the limit), Lost: 2 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0