Anders Eklund

Anders Eklund (22 December 1957 – 1 April 2010) was a Swedish boxer. He was nicknamed Lillen (Swedish: "Tiny"), but later chose the nickname "Viking".

Eklund was born in Gävle. He competed in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he was defeated in the quarter finals. He made his pro debut on October 7, 1982, in Copenhagen. Eklund became the EBU European Heavyweight Champion on March 9, 1985, by beating Steffen Tangstad, but lost the belt in his next fight, against Britain's Frank Bruno. He regained the title in 1987 against the Spaniard Alfredo Evangelista but lost it the same year against the Italian Francesco Damiani.

The magazine Boxing Illustrated named Eklund "A solid 10 round winning fighter" in a ranking in the early 1990s where he was deemed among the top 20. Eklund died of a heart attack on 1 April 2010, following a collapse at his Uppsala apartment. He was 52 years old.

Professional boxing record

Win 19-5-1

UD 6 17/05/1990

Loss 18-5-1

KO 1 (10), 19/10/1989 Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Win 18-4-1

UD 12 16/03/1989

Win 17-4-1

KO 3 (8), 12/12/1988

Loss 16-4-1

KO 6 (12), 09/10/1987

Win 16-3-1

KO 7 (12) 28/03/1987

Win 15-3-1

UD 8 27/02/1987

Win 14-3-1

PTS 8 17/10/1986

Win 13-3-1

KO 2 (8), 03/10/1986

Win 12-3-1

UD 8 18/04/1986

Loss 11-3-1

KO 4 (12), 01/10/1985

Win 11-2-1

TKO 4 (12) 09/03/1985

Win 10-2-1

KO 8 (8) 09/11/1984

Win 9-2-1

TKO 6 (8) 27/10/1984

Win 8-2-1

KO 1 (8), 05/10/1984

Loss 7-2-1

MD 10 13/01/1984

Win 7-1-1

TKO 5 (8), 17/12/1983

Loss 6-1-1

TKO 1 (10), 13/10/1983

Draw 6-0-1

PTS 6 06/10/1983

Win 6-0

KO 1 (8), 14/09/1983

Win 5-0

PTS 6 08/04/1983

Win 4-0

PTS 4 11/02/1983

Win 3-0

KO 3 (4), 02/12/1982

Win 2-0

PTS 4 05/11/1982

Win 1-0

PTS 4 07/10/1982