Mads Larsen (born 9 February 1973) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He held the IBO super middleweight title from 1997 to 1999. He challenged once for the unified WBA (Super) and IBF super middleweight titles in 2003. At regional level, he held the EBU European super middleweight title in 2003.
Professional career In October 1993, Larsen turned professional winning his first fight in Storebaelthallen, Korsoer, Denmark on the undercard of a bill that included Danish stars Johnny Bredahl, Jimmy Bredahl and Brian Nielsen. In that fight Larsen beat England's Martin Jolley with a knockout in the fourth round.
Title fights After 18 fights and a record of 17 wins and 1 loss (on cuts), Larsen won his first title belt, the vacant IBO world super middleweight title, in May 1997 with a fourth-round knockout win over American Shannon Landberg.
Larsen went on to win his next 10 straight fights, including three defenses of his IBO title. In his next fight in March 1999, Larsen retained his IBO title and also picked up the WBF title with a win over Thulani "Sugar Boy" Malinga with a tenth-round knockout on home turf at the Falconer Centret, Copenhagen.
Ottke fight Larsen won his next fifteen fights and remained unbeaten when he signed for his highest profile fight in September 2003 at the Messehalle, Erfurt, Thuringia, in Germany when he challenged fellow unbeaten fighter, the German, Sven Ottke for his WBA and IBF super middleweight titles. However, Larsen suffered the second defeat of his career when Ottke beat Larsen. After a hard-fought fight Larsen lost on points by a majority decision.
Larsen then won a European super middleweight title only one month later, beating German Danilo Haussler on points.
Break from boxing Following a shoulder injury as well as a promotion dispute, Larsen spent over three years out of the ring and returned in May 2007 after he signed with Sauerland Promotions. Since his return, Larsen has won all his fights and had an EBU title fight scheduled for 16 January 2010 in Aarhus, Denmark. His opponent was originally planned to be Dimitri Sartison, who lost to Mikkel Kessler in a WBA title bout in June 2008.
Larsen made an unsuccessful comeback bid in January 2010, suffering a TKO to Brian Magee. After the fight, Larsen was accused of doping on the basis of a blood-sample, but was later cleared of all charges by the Danish Boxing Association
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes55Loss51–4 Luke BlackledgeKO4 (8), 12 Jun 201254Loss51–3 Brian MageeTKO7 (12), 30 Jan 201053Win51–2 Roberto CoccoTKO7 (10), 20 Dec 200852Win50–2 Ross ThompsonUD829 Mar 200851Win49–2 Emiliano CayetanoUD827 Oct 200750Win48–2 Nader HamdanUD818 Aug 200749 Win47–2 Hector Javier VelazcoUD823 Jun 200748Win46–2 Vasily AndriyanovUD88 May 200747Win45–2 Danilo HäusslerUD124 Oct 200346Loss44–2 Sven Ottke126 Sep 200345Win44–1 Andy LiebningKO5 (8), 11 Apr 2003 44Win43–1 Roberto CoelhoUD88 Nov 2002 43Win42–1 Rogerio CacciatoreKO2 (8), 25 Oct 2002 42Win41–1 Chris WalshTKO3 (8), 4 Oct 2002 41Win40–1 Mohamed SiluvangiUD815 Mar 2002 40Win39–1 Ramon Arturo BritezUD88 Feb 2002 39Win38–1 Jose SpearmanKO6 (8), 16 Nov 2001 38Win37–1 Anthony StephensKO2 (8), 9 Mar 2001 37Win36–1 Lloyd BryanTKO7 (8)9 Feb 2001 36Win35–1 Nick RupaTKO4 (8)1 Dec 2000 35Win34–1 Anton RobinsonKO1 (8), 3 Nov 2000 34Win33–1 Danny PhippenKO1 (8), 6 Oct 2000 33Win32–1 Omar Eduardo GonzalezKO6 (12), 26 Nov 1999 32Win31–1 Roni MartinezKO1 (8)29 Oct 1999 31Win30–1 Simon BrownRTD5 (8), 1 Oct 1999 30Win29–1 Thulani MalingaRTD9 (12), 19 Mar 1999 29Win28–1 Peter VenancioKO7 (12)16 Oct 1998 28Win27–1 Lee FortuneTKO6 (8), 4 Sep 1998 27Win26–1 Rob BleakleyTKO4 (8), 1 May 1998 26Win25–1 Bruno Ruben GodoyKO7 (12), 20 Mar 1998 25Win24–1 Hugo SclarandiUD827 Feb 1998 24Win23–1 Ray DomengeKO3 (8), 13 Feb 1998 23Win22–1 Soon BotesTKO7 (12), 14 Nov 1997 22Win21–1 Roger TurnerTKO2 (8), 3 Oct 1997 21Win20–1 Carl JonesKO1 (8), 12 Sep 1997 20Win19–1 Melvin WynnKO2 (8), 5 Jul 1997 19Win18–1 Shannon LandbergKO4 (12), 2 May 1997 18Win17–1 Allen SmithKO3 (8), 14 Mar 1997 17Win16–1 Larry KenneyKO3 (6)14 Feb 1997 16Win15–1 Jerry BrownKO1 (6), 24 Jan 1997 15Win14–1 Tyrone JacksonUD618 Oct 1996 14Win13–1 Lee CrockerKO1 (6)31 May 1996 13Loss12–1 Trevor AmbroseTKO2 (6)11 May 1996 12Win12–0 Eduardo JaquezKO3 (8), 26 Apr 1996 11Win11–0 Jose CataneoKO1 (8), 29 Mar 1996 10Win10–0 Hunter Clay3 (8), 12 Jan 1996 9Win9–0 Norberto BuenoKO3 (8), 24 Nov 1995 8Win8–0 Kevin Whaley-ElKO3 (8)20 Oct 1995 7Win7–0 Tony McCrimmionTKO4 (6), 9 Jun 1995 6Win6–0 Will JonesKO1 (6)28 Apr 1995 5Win5–0 Ernie LoveridgeTKO3 (6), 17 Mar 1995 4Win4–0 Paul Matthews4 (6), 11 Nov 1994 3Win3–0 Horace FlearyUD67 Oct 1994 2Win2–0 Marvin O'Brien65 Dec 1993 1Win1–0 Martin Jolley3 (4), 29 Oct 1993
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