BOXER

Ingemar Johansson

1932 - 2009

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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. Johansson won the title by defeating Floyd Patterson via third-round stoppage, after flooring him seven times in that round. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ingemar Johansson has received more than 764,710 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ingemar Johansson is the 21st most popular boxer (down from 20th in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 220th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Ingemar Johansson ranks 21 out of 496. Before him are Primo Carnera, Roberto Durán, Larry Holmes, Teófilo Stevenson, Rubin Carter, and László Papp. After him are Floyd Patterson, Vitali Klitschko, Ken Norton, Mate Parlov, Nino Benvenuti, and James J. Braddock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Ingemar Johansson ranks 101. Before him are Manmohan Singh, Dudley R. Herschbach, Michael Smith, Delphine Seyrig, Oleg Protopopov, and Wojciech Kilar. After him are Joe Zawinul, Antonio Tejero, Rodion Shchedrin, Paolo Villaggio, Wolf Vostell, and Amrish Puri. Among people deceased in 2009, Ingemar Johansson ranks 59. Before him are Achille Compagnoni, Israel Gelfand, Mario Benedetti, Takashi Takabayashi, Sverre Fehn, and Toni Sailer. After him are Susan Atkins, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, J. G. Ballard, Clive Granger, Alicia de Larrocha, and Shih Kien.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ingemar Johansson ranks 223 out of 1,879. Before him are Canute II of Sweden (1200), Jussi Björling (1911), Henrik Larsson (1971), Eva Ekeblad (1724), Thomas Bartholin (1616), and Karin Boye (1900). After him are Georg Brandt (1694), Per Gessle (1959), Hans Rosling (1948), Lena Olin (1955), Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), and Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899).

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Among BOXERS In Sweden

Among boxers born in Sweden, Ingemar Johansson ranks 1. After him are Nils Ramm (1903), Otto von Porat (1903), Lars Myrberg (1964), Badou Jack (1983), and Yang Wenlu (1991).

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