Background
Bogs was born to Poul Bogs, the 1947-1950 Danish champion in shot put.
Bogs was born to Poul Bogs, the 1947-1950 Danish champion in shot put.
He reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Nojim Maiyegun of Nigeria. Bogs turned professional shortly after the games and was active during the 1960s and 1970s, building up an unbeaten record of 53 wins and one draw. Bogs was stopped in five rounds.
Bogs later moved back up to the light-heavyweight division and notched wins over contenders Vicente Rondon and Mike Quarry.
He lost to John Conteh in a bid to regain the European light-heavyweight title, and retired from boxing in 1974.
Bogs defeated Duran and went on to successfully defend his middleweight title three times before losing a rematch to Duran in 1970.