30 Jan 2009

Ingemar Johansson Dies

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Jens Ingemar Johansson (September 22, 1932 – January 30, 2009) was a Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world. 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 won the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year in 1959 and was named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingemar_Johansson

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Added Wed, Jul 22 2009 at 5:18AM UTC by

Aimee Lucido

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