Record details

Total bouts: 28

Won: 26

(17 inside the limit)

Lost: 2

(2 inside the limit)

Draw: 0

No Contest: 0

No Decision: 0

See below for details

Ingemar JOHANSSON

"Ingo"

Heavyweight

Male

(Jens Ingemar Johansson)
Sweden, Göteborg
Born: 22 September 1932, Göteborg, Sweden
Died: 30 January 2009, Kungsbacka, Göteborg, Sweden
Height: 6ft 1/2in, mt 1,84

as an amateur:

1952 Helsinki, Finland, Olympic Games Heavyweight silver medal
W W.O. Luis Sosa, Uruguay
W PTS Horymir Netuka, Czechoslovakia
W PTS Tomislav Krizmanic, Yugoslavia
W PTS Ilkka Koski, Finland,
L DQ 2 Edward Sanders, USA

as an amateur fought 74 contests,
won 63 (31 inside the limit), lost 11
all reported below

Amateur Results


1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 17	Uno Jacobsson	Gothenburg, Sweden	WTKO 1
+ Feb. 19	Helge Olausson	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS
+ Feb. 20	Hans Fredriksson	Gothenburg, Sweden	WTKO 3
+ Sept. 24	Stig Johansson	Gothenburg, Sweden	WKO 1
- Oct. 15	Carl Nilsson	Malmö, Sweden	LPTS
+ Nov. 12	Gert Schyllert	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS
+ Dec. 3	Lars Erik Warg	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS
- Dec. 30	Einar Dragsten	Stockholm, Sweden	LPTS

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 23	Lars Johansson	Jönköping, Sweden	WPTS
+ Mar. 20	Bengt Akerman	Borås, Sweden	WTKO 1
+ Oct. 5	Sven Nordin	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS
+ Oct. 21	Olle Bergstroem	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS
- Oct. 23	Bror Andersson	Halmstad, Sweden	LPTS
+ Nov. 6	Roy Thorsrud	Trollhättan, Sweden	WTKO 3
Eskilstuna, Sweden, Dual Match Eskilstuna vs Gothenburg, +81 kg
+ Nov. 11	Hugo Nystroem	Eskilstuna, Sweden	WPTS
+ Nov. 13	Bert Bergqvist	Nyköping, Sweden	WKO 2
+ Nov. 20	Filip Karlsson	Borås, Sweden	WTKO 1
+ Nov. 27	Gert Schyllert	Helsingborg, Sweden	WPTS
Gothenburg, Sweden, Dual Match Gothenburg vs Aarhus,Denmark, +81 kg
+ Dec. 9	Karl Frank	Gothenburg, Sweden	WTKO 3
+ Dec. 11	Lars Meurling	Kalmar, Sweden	WPTS

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 2	Folke Sjoeberg	Stockholm, Sweden	WKO 1
+ Jan. 2	Lars Erik Warg	Stockholm, Sweden	WKO 3
+ Jan. 13	Arne Holm (SWE)	Gothenburg, Sweden	WKO 2
+ Jan. 22	Leo Sörensen	Helsingborg, Sweden	WTKO 2
Västerås, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs Norway, +81 kg
+ Jan. 29	Knud Hvidsten	Västerås, Sweden	WTKO 2
+ Feb. 3	Villy Hansen	Lund, Sweden	WKO 1
+ Feb. 10	Ludvig Larsen	Gothenburg, Sweden	WTKO 2
Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish Championships winner, +81 kg
+ Feb. 26	Arne Holm (SWE)	Stockholm, Swedeb	WPTS
+ Feb. 27	Bengt Modigh (SWE)	Stockholm, Sweden	WPTS
+ May 13	Bror Andersson	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS
+ Aug. 27	Stig Frisk	Värnamo, Sweden	WPTS
- Sept. 29	Bengt Modigh (SWE)	Stockholm, Sweden	LPTS
+ Oct. 6	Johannes Bjoerneflaten	Gothenburg, Sweden	WKO 2
Milano and Roma, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Sweden, +81 kg
+ Oct. 23	Aldo Pellegrini (ITA)	Milano, Italy	WPTS 2:1
+ Oct. 26	Aldo Pellegrini (ITA)	Roma, Italy	WPTS 3:0
Gothenburg, Sweden, Dual Match Gothenburg vs Paris, +81 kg
+ Nov. 1	Lucien Touzard (FRA)	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS
+ Nov. 12	Leo Kroon	Helsingborg, Sweden	WTKO 3
+ Nov. 14	Henrik Bostroem	Stockholm, Sweden	WKO 1
+ Nov. 15	Leo Kroon	Linköping, Sweden	WPTS
+ Nov. 29	Olle Axelsson	Lund, Sweden	WKO 3
Gothenburg, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs Norway, +81 kg
+ Dec. 1	Bjarne Olsen	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS
+ Dec. 3	Lars Johansson	Jönköping, Sweden	WKO 2
Copenhagen, Denmark, Dual Match Denmark vs Sweden, +81 kg
+ Dec. 8	Herluf Hansen	Copenhagen, Denmark	WPTS
+ Dec. 10	Olle Axelsson	Kinna, Sweden	WTKO 2
Hamburg and Wolfsburg, West Germany, Dual Match Hamburg & Wolfsburg vs Gothenburg, +81 kg
- Dec. 29	Uwe Janssen (GER)	Hamburg, West Germany	LPTS
+ Dec. 30	Horst Hervold	Wolfsburg, West Germany	WPTS

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Gothenburg, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs English Army, +81 kg
+ Jan. 12	Peter Toch	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS
Helsinki, Finland, Dual Match Finland vs Sweden, +81 kg
+ Jan. 28	Ilkka Koski (FIN)	Helsinki, Finland	WPTS
Gothenburg, Sweden, Dual Match Gothenburg vs Soviet Union, +81 kg
- Feb. 5	Algirdas Socikas (LTU)	Gothenburg, Sweden	LPTS
Gothenburg and Kinna, Sweden, Dual Match Gothenburg vs Hamburg, +81 kg
+ Feb. 16	Uwe Janssen (GER)	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS
+ Feb. 18	Uwe Janssen (GER)	Kinna, Sweden	WTKO 2
Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish Championships winner, +81 kg
+ Mar. 3	Thoerner Ahsman (SWE)	Stockholm, Sweden	WPTS
+ Mar. 4	Bror Sandgren	Stockholm, Sweden	WPTS
Stockholm, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs Denmark, +81 kg
+ Mar. 18	Tommy Skovgaard (DEN)	Stockholm, Sweden	WPTS
Chicago, Illinois and Washington, District of Columbia, Dual Match USA vs Europe, +79,400 kg
+ Mar. 30	Ernest Fann	Chicago, Illinois	WTKO 3
- Apr. 5	Norvel Lee (USA)	Washington, District of Columbia	LWO
Gothenburg, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs USA, +81 kg
- Aug. 31	Norvel Lee (USA)	Gothenburg, Sweden	LPTS
+ Sept. 14	Tommy Skovgaard (DEN)	Copenhagen, Denmark	WPTS
Oslo, Norway, Dual Match Norway vs Sweden, +79,400 kg
- Sept. 28	Bjarne Lingaas (NOR)	Oslo, Norway	LPTS
+ Oct. 5	Thoerner Ahsman (SWE)	Gothenburg, Sweden	WKO 1
Paris, France, Dual Match Paris vs Gothenburg, +79,400 kg
+ Oct. 14	Lucien Touzard (FRA)	Paris, France	WPTS
Gothenburg, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs Italy, +81 kg
+ Oct. 26	Aldo Pellegrini (ITA)	Gothenburg, Sweden	WPTS

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish Championships winner, +81 kg
+ Feb. 29	Owe Wahlfeldt	Stockholm, Sweden	WKO 1
+ Mar. 2	Gerhard Lindblom	Stockholm, Sweden	WTKO 2
+ Mar. 3	Gert Schyllert	Stockholm, Sweden	WKO 1
Stockholm, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs Denmark, +81 kg
+ Mar. 16	Karl Frank	Stockholm, Sweden	WKO 1
Stockholm, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs France, +81 kg
+ Mar. 30	Lucien Touzard (FRA)	Stockholm, Sweden	WTKO 1
Gothenburg, Sweden, Dual Match Sweden vs Yugoslavia, +81 kg
- Apr. 20	Tomislav Krizmanic	Gothenburg, Sweden	LPTS 2:1
+ May 1	Walter Kuhnert	Gothenburg, Sweden	WKO 1
Helsinki, Finland, Olympic Games silver medal, +81 kg
+ July 29	Luiz Amadeo Sosa	Helsinki, Finland	WWO
+ July 30	Horimir Netuka (SVK)	Helsinki, Finland	WPTS 3:0
+ July 31	Tomislav Krizmanic	Helsinki, Finland	WPTS 3:0
+ Aug. 1	Ilkka Koski (FIN)	Helsinki, Finland	WPTS 2:1
- Aug. 2	Ed Sanders (USA)	Helsinki, Finland	LDQ 2

Professional record


1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 5	Robert Masson	Gothenburg, Sweden	KO 4

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 6	Emile Bentz	Gothenburg, Sweden	KO 2
+ Mar. 6	Lloyd Barnett	Gothenburg, Sweden	W 8
+ Mar. 12	Erik Jensen	Copenhagen, Denmark	W 6
+ Dec. 3	Raymond Degl'Innocenti	Gothenburg, Sweden	KO 2

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 5	Werner Wiegand	Gothenburg, Sweden	TKO 5

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 6	Ansell Adams	Gothenburg, Sweden	W 8
+ Feb. 13	Kurt Schiegl	Stockholm, Sweden	TKO 5
+ Mar. 4	Aldo Pellegrini	Gothenburg, Sweden	WDQ 5
+ Apr. 3	Uber Bacilieri	Stockholm, Sweden	W 8
+ June 12	Guenter Nurnberg	Dortmund, Germany	KO 7
+ Aug. 28	Hein Ten Hoff	Gothenburg, Sweden	KO 1

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 24	Joe Bygraves	Gothenburg, Sweden	W 8
+ Apr. 15	Hans Friedrich	Stockholm, Sweden	W 10
+ Sept. 30	Franco Cavicchi	Bologna, Italy	KO 13
(Won European Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 28	Peter Bates	Gothenburg, Sweden	KO 2

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 19	Henry Cooper	Stockholm, Sweden	KO 5
(Retained European Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 13	Archie McBride	Gothenburg, Sweden	W 10

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 21	Joe Erskine	Gothenburg, Sweden	TKO 13
(Retained European Heavyweight Title)
+ July 13	Heinz Neuhaus	Gothenburg, Sweden	TKO 4
+ Sept. 14	Eddie Machen	Gothenburg, Sweden	KO 1

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 26	Floyd Patterson	Bronx, USA	TKO 3
(Won World Heavyweight Title)

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 20	Floyd Patterson	New York, USA	KO by 5
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 13	Floyd Patterson	Miami Beach, USA	KO by 6
(For World Heavyweight Title)

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 9	Joe Bygraves	Gothenburg, Sweden	TKO 7
+ Apr. 15	Wim Snoek	Stockholm, Sweden	KO 5
+ June 17	Dick Richardson	Gothenburg, Sweden	KO 8
(Regained European Heavyweight Title)

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 21	Brian London	Stockholm, Sweden	W 12