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  1. Jens Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson [a] (Swedish: [ˈɪ̌ŋː(ɛ)mar ˈjûːanˌsɔn]; [3] 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.

  2. Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson I - Floyd Patterson defends the Heavyweight Championship of the World for the fifth time against the European Champion, Ingemar Johansson of Sweden.

  3. 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.

  4. Jul 19, 2012 · Ingemar Johansson vs Floyd Patterson I. katis999. 68.9K subscribers. Subscribed. 1K. 161K views 11 years ago. 26th of June, 1959...........Yankee Stadium, New York World Heavyweight...

  5. Ingemar Johansson vs Floyd Patterson II - Ingemar Johansson chocked the world as he became the first European to win the Heavyweight Championship of the World in 25 years, he now defends it...

  6. 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. Machen down three times. Spectator record for Swedish Boxing.

  7. 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...

  8. 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.

  9. He captured the European heavyweight title in 1956 and successfully retained it twice, including a win over Henry Cooper. However, his sensational first round knockout over top contender Eddie Machen put Johansson in line for a shot at Floyd Patterson's heavyweight title.

  10. Ingemar Johansson: When the Giant Slept. 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.

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