Let me hijack this thread for a moment to get you guys interested in commenting on who you would consider the "Greatest Scandinavian Fighter"...I'll get the ball rolling by nominating Ingemar Johansson...any opinions before we return to the actual theme of this thread?
If you include Denmark, then you'd also have to include Battling Nelson. Pete Sanstol was a world bantamweight title claimant in the 1930's. Beat Panama Al Brown among others.
Griffith Mosley Holmes Mabuza Joval Louis Augustus Does Casamayor count? Technically if you dig far back enough, we're all from the cradle of civilization.