Record details

Gunnar BARLUND

"Guni"

Heavyweight

Male

(Gunnar Baerlund)
((Gunnar Bärlund)
(Gunnar Richard Bernhard Bärlund)
Finland, based in USA, Valley Stream, New York
Born: 9 January 1911, Helsinki, Finland
(some sources report: 14 April 1910)
Died: 2 August 1982, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Height: 6ft 1 1/2, mt 1,86

as an amateur:

1932 Los Angeles, California, Olympic Games light-heavyweight
1934 Budapest, Hungary, European Championships
light-heavyweight gold medal

No amateur results

Professional record


1934
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 14	Jeff Wilson	Gothenburg, Sweden	KO 1
- Oct. 5	Arno Koelblin	Gothenburg, Sweden	LDQ 6
+ Nov. 9	Federico Malibran	Gothenburg, Sweden	TKO 2
+ Dec. 7	Rienus De Boer	Gothenburg, Sweden	W 10

1935
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 16	Arno Koelblin	Helsinki, Finland	KO 8
+ June 25	Ben Foord	Wembley, Great Britain	W 6
+ Sept. 8	Charley Smith	Gothenburg, Sweden	KO 4
+ Sept. 20	Vincenz Hower	Neukoelln, Germany	W 10
+ Oct. 5	Werner Selle	Cologne, Germany	TKO 1
+ Oct. 18	Presidio Pavesi	Gothenburg, Sweden	KO 3
+ Dec. 20	Joe La Roe	Helsinki, Finland	KO 3

1936
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 12	Hans Schoenrath	Prenzlauer Berg, Germany	W 10
+ Mar. 20	Gustave Limousin	Gothenburg, Sweden	W 10
+ Apr. 17	Domenico Ceccarelli	Gothenburg, Sweden	TKO 6
+ May 25	Pat Marrinan	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Oct. 9	Sandy McDonald	New York, United States	TKO 2
+ Oct. 21	Abe Feldman	New York, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 2	Frank Connolly	New York, United States	KO 9

1937
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 20	Tom Beaupre	New York, United States	W 10
- Feb. 24	Nathan Mann	New York, United States	L 10
- Mar. 10	Bob Olin	New York, United States	L 10
- June 28	Maurice Strickland	Kensington, Great Britain	LDQ 7
+ Oct. 15	Eddie Coderre	New York, United States	TKO 1
+ Nov. 12	Hans Havlicek	New York, United States	KO 9
+ Dec. 29	Alberto Santiago Lovell	New York, United States	W 10

1938
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 4	Buddy Baer	New York, United States	TKO 7
+ Apr. 19	Chuck Crowell	Los Angeles, United States	W 10
+ May 6	Jim McVey	San Francisco, United States	KO 2
- Oct. 3	Lou Nova	New York, United States	TKO by 7
- Dec. 9	Roscoe Toles	New York, United States	L 10

1939
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 24	Paul Hartnek	Minneapolis, United States	L 10
+ Mar. 28	Jack Jersey	Rochester, United States	TKO 3
+ Mar. 31	Charley Neaves	Minneapolis, United States	KO 2
+ Apr. 28	Otis Thomas	Minneapolis, United States	W 10
+ June 8	Tony Musto	Chicago, United States	W 10
- June 26	Jack Roper	Los Angeles, United States	TKO by 8
+ Aug. 25	Junior Munsell	Hollywood, United States	W 10
+ Oct. 6	Jack Roper	Hollywood, United States	W 10
+ Nov. 28	Henry Cooper	Bronx, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 7	Eddie Simms	Saint Louis, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 23	Italo Colonello	Brooklyn, United States	TKO 7

1940
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 11	Jim Thompson	Pittsburgh, United States	W 10
- Mar. 12	Nathan Mann	Bronx, United States	L 10
+ Apr. 5	Sonny Boy Walker	San Francisco, United States	KO 8
+ June 13	Jorge Brescia	Brooklyn, United States	W 10
+ July 4	Henry Cooper	Brooklyn, United States	KO 7
+ July 25	Italo Colonello	Brooklyn, United States	TKO 3
+ Aug. 15	Joe O'Gatty	Fitchburg, United States	W 10
- Sept. 10	Melio Bettina	Bronx, United States	L 10
- Oct. 7	Abe Simon	New York, United States	L 10
+ Nov. 8	Charley Ketchuck	Scranton, United States	TKO 9

1941
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 9	Harry Bobo	Baltimore, United States	L 10
+ Feb. 21	Altus Allen	Chicago, United States	W 10
- Apr. 4	Billy Conn	Chicago, United States	TKO by 8

1942
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 27	Tami Mauriello	Bronx, United States	TKO by 8

1943
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 14	Dusty Wilkerson	Philadelphia, United States	TKO by 7
+ July 15	Tommy Campanella	Brooklyn, United States	W 8
+ Aug. 14	Indian Foran	Lansford, United States	KO 2
- Sept. 29	Tami Mauriello	Syracuse, United States	TKO by 8
+ Nov. 23	Gilbert Stromquist	Hartford, United States	TKO 5
+ Dec. 3	Lindy Elliott	Milwaukee, United States	KO 3
- Dec. 17	Gus Dorazio	Denver, United States	L 10

1944
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 27	Bill Weinberg	Boston, United States	TKO by 8
- Mar. 20	Buddy Scott	New Orleans, United States	L 10
+ May 1	Buddy Scott	New Orleans, United States	W 12
+ July 5	Bill Petersen	Jacksonville, United States	KO 8
+ July 18	Johnny Denson	Galveston, United States	TKO 5
- July 28	Buddy Scott	Jacksonville, United States	L 10
- Nov. 16	Yancey Henry	Baltimore, United States	L 10
+ Nov. 28	Vince Pimpinella	Miami, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 15	Jimmy Carollo	Galveston, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 19	Frank Androff	Houston, United States	W 10

1945
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 8	Joe Baksi	Miami, United States	TKO by 10
- May 11	Lou Nova	New York, United States	L 10
- June 8	Larry Lane	Saint Paul, United States	L 10
- Sept. 17	Tami Mauriello	New Orleans, United States	TKO by 3

1946
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 13	Phil Muscato	Buffalo, United States	L 10
- Apr. 16	Joe Muscato	Buffalo, United States	L 10
= July 8	Joe Matisi	Johnson City, United States	Draw 10
+ Aug. 13	Joe Matisi	Johnson City, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 14	Eddie Jackson	Elmira, United States	W 10

1947
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 23	Nils Andersson	Stockholm, Sweden	W 10
- Apr. 15	Piet Wilde	Gothenburg, Sweden	LDQ 10
+ June 6	Denis Juliani	Helsinki, Finland	TKO 6
+ Sept. 10	Howard Chard	Binghamton, United States	W 10
- Oct. 7	Tommy Gomez	Jacksonville, United States	KO by 5

1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 3	Bill Wilson	Charlotte, United States	L 10

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