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Swedish heavyweight champion boxer Anders Eklund has died at the age of 52. Swedish news agency TT says Eklund died on Thursday but gave no cause of death.
A carpenter by training, Eklund took up boxing in the 1970s. After an unsuccessful Olympics in Moscow in 1980 he began a professional career.
Eklund took his first European heavyweight title in 1985 by beating Norway's Steffen Tangstad. A year later he regained the title by defeating Spanish fighter Alfredo Evangelista.
Eklund, known as ``Lillen'' (Little One) despite standing 6-foot-8 (two-meter) tall, won 19 of 25 pro fights and 57 of 81 amateur bouts.
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