Ingemar Johansson Versus

[ThatOne]

George Chuvalo

Joe Frazier

Ken Norton

George Foreman

Earnie Shavers

Ron Lyle

Bob Foster

Ernie Terrell

Sonny Liston

Jerry Quarry

Oscar Bonavena

Chris Byrd

Sam Peter

John Ruiz

Tommy Morrison

[HomicideHenry]

George Chuvalo

Joe Frazier

Ken Norton

George Foreman

Earnie Shavers

Ron Lyle

Bob Foster

Ernie Terrell

Sonny Liston

Jerry Quarry

Oscar Bonavena

Chris Byrd

Sam Peter

John Ruiz

Tommy Morrison

The ones in bold and italic, are the dead locks for Johansson to have beaten. The ones in bold are ones I'd favor Johansson over. The ones in italic, are ones that Johansson may have lost to. The ones under no such font change, are the ones he couldnt beat.

[Ezzard]

Is he fighting them on their pro-debuts?

[HomicideHenry]

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[boxing_fanatic_87]

KO 4 Bob Foster
L12 Tommy Morrison
L12 John Ruiz
L KO 8 Sam Peter
L12 Chris Byrd
L KO 2 Sonny Liston
KO 6 Oscar Bonavena
L 12 George Chuvalo
L KO 1 George Foreman
L KO 4 Joe Frazier
L KO 1 Earnie Shavers
L KO 6 Ken Norton
W 12 Ron Lyle
KO 7 Ernie Terrell
L KO 9 Jerry Quarry

So in my opinion he goes 4-11 (3) against these guys. Not too good.

[Grimm]

George Chuvalo

Joe Frazier

Ken Norton

George Foreman

Earnie Shavers

Ron Lyle

Bob Foster

Ernie Terrell

Sonny Liston

Jerry Quarry

Oscar Bonavena

Chris Byrd

Sam Peter

John Ruiz

Tommy Morrison

Maybe Foster and the last three.

[ThatOne]

KO 4 Bob Foster
L12 Tommy Morrison
L12 John Ruiz
L KO 8 Sam Peter
L12 Chris Byrd
L KO 2 Sonny Liston
KO 6 Oscar Bonavena
L 12 George Chuvalo
L KO 1 George Foreman
L KO 4 Joe Frazier
L KO 1 Earnie Shavers
L KO 6 Ken Norton
W 12 Ron Lyle
KO 7 Ernie Terrell
L KO 9 Jerry Quarry

So in my opinion he goes 4-11 (3) against these guys. Not too good.

I agree with your list except for Ringo. He couldn't stop Ringo if his life depended on it.

[boxing_fanatic_87]

You may be right, I respect Bonavena quite a bit, but he seems to get hit a lot and I'm not sure he'd be able to take a flush right hand from Johansson especially several of them.

[Mr E]

I think you fellas under-rate Ingo a little. My takes:

KO 2 over Bob Foster
KO 6 over Tommy Morrison
W12 over John Ruiz
W12 over Sam Peter
L12 to Chris Byrd
KO by 5 to Sonny Liston
W12 over Oscar Bonavena
W12 over George Chuvalo
KO by 1 to George Foreman
KO by 6 to Joe Frazier
KO 2 over Earnie Shavers
TKO by 10 to Ken Norton
TKO by 7 to Ron Lyle
L12 to Ernie Terrell
L12 to Jerry Quarry

So, I have him going 7-8.

[Mr E]

You may be right, I respect Bonavena quite a bit, but he seems to get hit a lot and I'm not sure he'd be able to take a flush right hand from Johansson especially several of them.

And don't forget, though Bonavena seemed impervious to Frazier's vaunted left-hook, he went down a couple times from Jimmy Ellis's right hand. And Ingo's right was a LOT better than Ellis's was.

[boxing_fanatic_87]

That's for sure.