Ingemar Johansson, former world heavyweight champion, dies in Sweden at 76
Editor | Jan 31, 2009 | Comments 0
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Ingemar Johansson, the Swede who stunned the boxing world by knocking out Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title in 1959, has died, a longtime friend said Saturday. Johansson was 76. Johansson died at a nursing home in Kungsbacka on the Swedish west coast, said Stig Caldeborn, a close friend who sparred with Johansson when they were in their teens. Caldeborn said he didn’t know the cause of death but told The Associated Press that Johansson had recently returned to the nursing home after being hospitalized with pneumonia. Johansson’s daughter, Maria Gregner, told Swedish news agency TT that the former champion died just before midnight Friday. Johansson was…
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