Ingemar Johansson

Jens Ingemar Johansson was a Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world. Johansson was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States. In 1959 he defeated Floyd Patterson by TKO in the third round, after flooring Patterson seven times in that round, to win the World Heavyweight Championship. As a result, Johansson was awarded the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year the only nonAmerican to do so in the belts entire 27year existence and was named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and Sports Illustrated magazines Sportsman of the Year. He holds notable victories over Floyd Patterson, Eddie Machen, Joe Bygraves , Henry Cooper, Brian London, Dick Richardson, and Joe Erskine among others.

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