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297:1982 Munich
85:Nationality
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1561:References
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1298:Felt Forum
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961:James Cook
538:James Cook
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165:Wins by KO
102:Statistics
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1628:from
1585:Tammi
1546:Hanko
1383:Loss
1276:Loss
1246:Loss
1170:Vaasa
1123:10–3
1081:Draw
988:Draw
941:Skive
804:title
765:Draw
531:Loss
484:Date
478:Type
315:Tarmo
181:Draws
1609:ISBN
1527:1–0
1524:Win
1492:2–0
1489:Win
1467:3:00
1454:3–0
1451:Win
1419:4–0
1416:Win
1392:PTS
1386:4–1
1352:5–1
1349:Win
1318:6–1
1315:Win
1304:, US
1279:6–2
1255:TKO
1249:6–3
1225:TKO
1219:7–3
1216:Win
1192:PTS
1186:8–3
1183:Win
1159:PTS
1153:9–3
1150:Win
1120:Win
1060:PTS
1051:Win
1030:TKO
1021:Win
1008:Bern
997:PTS
954:Win
929:PTS
920:Win
897:3:00
892:RTD
883:Win
857:3:00
852:RTD
843:Win
813:Win
746:2:59
732:Win
702:Win
683:2:28
678:TKO
669:Win
650:1:10
636:Win
615:TKO
606:Win
576:Win
564:For
547:0:58
542:RTD
498:Win
348:and
346:1978
319:Tare
157:Wins
96:Tare
69:Died
40:Born
1650:at
1640:at
1534:PTS
1465:5,
1461:RTD
1426:TKO
1358:KO
1324:KO
1213:10
1180:11
1147:12
1129:KO
1117:13
1095:10
1091:PTS
1078:14
1063:10
1048:15
1018:16
1000:10
985:17
970:10
951:18
917:19
880:20
840:21
822:KO
810:22
798:IBF
781:12
762:23
741:KO
729:24
711:UD
699:25
666:26
648:5,
645:KO
633:27
603:28
585:KO
573:29
528:30
507:UD
495:31
465:No.
433:16
1663::
1583:.
1569:^
1538:6
1521:1
1503:2
1499:KO
1486:2
1448:3
1430:5
1413:4
1395:8
1380:5
1361:2
1346:6
1312:7
1300:,
1290:8
1286:MD
1273:8
1258:5
1243:9
1228:3
1195:8
1162:8
1132:2
1105:,
966:UD
932:6
868:,
777:SD
714:8
588:1
510:8
455:3
447:2
444:8
436:2
372:.
321:"
168:16
160:24
152:31
60:,
1615:.
317:"
184:3
176:4
52:)
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