Ilkka Koski was the best Finnish heavyweight boxer of the 1950s, winning the Finnish heavyweight title seven times (1951-1956, 1958). During his amateur career, Koski boxed at two Olympics, winning a bronze at the home ground in 1952, after losing his semi-final bout to Sweden’s Ingemar Johansson and losing his first-round match to Italian Mino Bozzano at the 1956 Olympics. In 1958, Koski turned professional and retired from boxing after a serious injury in 1962 with a career professional record of 7 wins (KO 3), 1 loss (KOby 1) and 1 draw. Koski was selected to the Finnish Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.
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