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leen 1961 jansen -lrb- right -rrb- vs. nelis oostrum in 27 january 2014 bergen op zoom , the netherlands huizenaar , rotterdam rotterdam , the netherlands 280px boxing 03 august 1930 nelis oostrum vs leen jansen 1961.jpg leen jansen

leen jansen

leonardus -lrb- `` leen '' -rrb- eustachius jansen -lrb- 3 august 1930 -- 27 january 2014 -rrb- was a boxer from the netherlands , who competed for his native country at the 1952 summer olympics in helsinki , finland .
there he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men 's middleweight -lrb- − 75 kg -rrb- division by eventual winner floyd patterson of the united states .
after the summer olympics jansen became a professional .
he boxed a total number of 71 matches , of which he won sixty fights -lrb- 27 kos -rrb- .
his last fight was on 2 october 1967 in his home town of rotterdam , where he was defeated on points by johnny halafihi of tonga .
since 1980 he lived in sint-maartensdijk with his daughter and dog .
there he taught boxing through his 80s .
on 27 january 2014 , jansen died in the hospital of bergen op zoom at the age of 83 .
