Ingemar Johansson
"Ingo"
- Born
- 1932
- Died
- 2009
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Career
- 1952–1963
Floored Floyd Patterson seven times to win the title.
Titles & Honours
- World Heavyweight Champion (1959–1960)
Career Timeline
1952–1963- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Robert Masson · W KO
- Title history
Title reign begins
World Heavyweight Champion (1959–1960). Year from profile title history; exact title-winning bout not identified.
- Signature fight
vs Floyd Patterson
W TKO · Yankee Stadium , New York City, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Dick Richardson · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Brian London · W PTS. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952-12-05 | W | Robert Masson | KO | 4 | Exhibition and Congress Centre , Gothenburg , Sweden |
| 1953-02-06 | W | Emile Bentz | KO | 2 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1953-03-06 | W | Lloyd Barnett | PTS | 8 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1953-03-12 | W | Erik Jensen | PTS | 6 | K.B. Hallen , Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1953-12-03 | W | Raymond Degl'lnnocenti | KO | 2 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1954-11-05 | W | Werner Wiegand | TKO | 5 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1955-01-06 | W | Ansell Adams | PTS | 8 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1955-02-13 | W | Kurt Schiegl | TKO | 5 | Kungliga tennishallen , Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1955-03-04 | W | Aldo Pellegrini | DQ | 5 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1955-04-03 | W | Uber Bacilieri | UD | 8 | Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1955-06-12 | W | Günter Nurnberg | KO | 7 | Westfalenhalle , Dortmund , Germany |
| 1955-08-28 | W | Hein ten Hoff | KO | 1 | Ullevi , Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1956-02-24 | W | Joe Bygraves | PTS | 8 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1956-04-15 | W | Hans Friedrich | PTS | 10 | Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1956-09-30 | W | Franco Cavicchi | KO | 13 | PalaDozza , Bologna , Italy |
| 1956-12-28 | W | Peter Bates | KO | 2 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1957-05-19 | W | Henry Cooper | KO | 5 | Råsunda Stadium , Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1957-12-13 | W | Archie McBride | PTS | 10 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1958-02-21 | W | Joe Erskine | TKO | 13 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1958-07-13 | W | Heinz Neuhaus | TKO | 4 | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1958-09-14 | W | Eddie Machen | KO | 1 | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1959-06-26 | W | Floyd Patterson | TKO | 3 | Yankee Stadium , New York City, U.S. |
| 1960-06-20 | L | Floyd Patterson | KO | 5 | Polo Grounds , New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1961-03-13 | L | Floyd Patterson | KO | 6 | Exhibition Hall , Miami Beach, Florida , U.S. |
| 1962-02-09 | W | Joe Bygraves | TKO | 7 | Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1962-04-15 | W | Wim Snoek | KO | 5 | Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1962-06-17 | W | Dick Richardson | KO | 8 | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1963-04-21 | W | Brian London | PTS | 12 | Johanneshovs Isstadion , Stockholm, Sweden |
Showing 28 of 28 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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