Ingemar Johansson was a Swedish professional boxer who won the world heavyweight championship in 1959 by knocking out Floyd Patterson, becoming the first European heavyweight champion in decades. Patterson reclaimed the title from him the following year.
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Career HighlightHe held the world heavyweight title from 1959 to 1960 and was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States. 1 Classification
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, nationality there.
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1. Wikipedia, Ingemar Johansson
Wikimedia FoundationLead sentence, birth-date parenthetical
22 September 1932
Lead sentence, death-date parenthetical
30 January 2009
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was a Swedish professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1963
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He held the world heavyweight title from 1959 to 1960 and was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States.
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Jens Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson (Swedish: [ˈɪ̌ŋË(É›)mar ˈjûËanËŒsÉ”n]; 22 September 1932 – 30 January 2009) was a Swedish professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1963.
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