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Jens Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson (Swedish: [ˈɪ̌ŋː(ɛ)mar ˈjûːanˌsɔn]; 22 September 1932 – 30 January 2009) was a Swedish professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1963. He held the world heavyweight title from 1959 to 1960, and was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States.
Jan 31, 2009 · Ingemar Johansson, the Swede who stunned the boxing world by knocking out Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title in 1959, has died, a longtime friend said today.
Ingemar Johansson was a Swedish-born world heavyweight boxing champion. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) While an amateur boxer, Johansson was a member of the European Golden Gloves team in 1951.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 8, 2022 · Ingemar Johansson was World Heavyweight Champion from June 26, 1959 to June 20, 1960. Johansson, a powerful right-hand puncher, is best known for his three fights against two-time champion Floyd Patterson .
Feb 1, 2009 · Ingemar Johansson of Sweden, who knocked out Floyd Patterson in 1959 to win the world heavyweight boxing title, only to lose two more brutal title fights to him in the next two years, died late...
World Heavyweight Title. Patterson was knocked down twice in the 1st round, Johansson was then knocked down at the end of the 1st. Johansson was floored for an abbreviated count in the 6th from a punch to the back of the head. 1960-06-20. Floyd Patterson.
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In 1959 Sweden’s Ingemar Johansson knocked out champion Floyd Patterson to become the world heavyweight boxing champion. The boxing world was flabbergasted—not only had a European won, but he had done so in New York City.
