He won the Swedish championship five years in a row, took a silver medal in the Olympic games in Seoul 1988.

He became a pro boxer and trained for the legendary Angelo Dundee and won the world champion belt for WBU.

[1][2] He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he won the silver medal in the lightweight (– 60 kg) division.

[1] He also won five Swedish Championships before becoming a pro in the United States in 1991.

He came back to win his second fight by split decision against former 1988 Olympic boxing bronze medalist Lars Myrberg at the K-1 Rumble of the Kings 2009 in Stockholm.