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File:Berggren, Gunnar.jpg

2024-01-16T15:36:56Z

Mrboxhist:

Spartakiad

2018-02-12T15:45:51Z

Mrboxhist:

'''Spartakiad''' refers to the [[Olympic Games]]-style world championship sporting games among European countries during the mid-1920s through the 1930s, consisting of unions of workers. These were named after the gladiator Spartacus, who had led a slave revolt in southern Italy from 73-71 BC--the waning years of the Roman Republic.

'''Oslo 17-19.February 1928''' (incomplete)

*Flyweight: 1. Rolf Karlsen, Norway
*Bantam: 1. Evert Grundtman, Sweden
*Feather: 1. Kaare Larsen, Norway 2. Albert, Finland
*Light: 1. Einar Larsen, Norway 2. Jens Gulliksen, Norway
*Welter: 1. Pavel Emelyanov, Soviet Union
*Middle: 1. Otto Nordvik, Norway
*Light heavy: 1. Viktor Mikhailov, Soviet Union
*Heavy: 1. Vladimir Ezerov, Soviet Union

'''International Spartakiad Moscow August 1928''' (complete)

*Flyweight: 1.Paaki, Finland 2. Takajev,Moscow 3.Vogel, Germany
*Bantam: 1. Brown, GB 2.Ivanov, Moscow 3.Lozonski, Moscow
*Feather: 1.Tsjelovalnikov,Moscow 2.A Yenov,Moscow 3.Thomas,GB /Pushevski,Germany
*Light: 1.Moise, GB 2.Albert,Finland 3. Toy, GB
*Welter 1. Bogayev,Moscow 2.Mozahrov,Moscow 3.Uhro Leskinen,Finland
*Middle: 1.Yakov Braun,Moscow 2. Muitikainen,Finland 3.Vertkov, Leningrad
*Lightheavy:1.[[Gunnar Barlund]], Finland 2.Mihailov,Moscow 3.Albert Moll,Finland
*Heavy: 1.A Vevel, Leningrad 2.Ezerov, Moscow 3. Friedenberg,Germany

'''Vienna 24-27 July 1931''' (incomplete)

*Flyweight: 1. [[Willi Farber]],Germany
*Lightweight: 1. Jens Gulliksen, Norway 2. Tjasto, Lithuania
*Welterweight 1.Max Voit,Germany 2 Nement,Germany
*Middleweight: 1. Ville Uhronen, Finland 2. Otto Eriksen, Norway
*Light heavy: 1. ? 5.Erling Engh,Norway
*Heavyweight: 1. Victor Mihailov,Sovjet

'''World Championship for Workers Paris 11-15 August 1934''' (incomplete)

*Feather: 1. Kaare Gundersen, Norway 2. Wolf, Germany
*Welter: 1. Jens Gulliksen, Norway 2. [[Andre Danis]], France
*Middle: 1. Einar Larsen, Norway 2. Miller, Great Britain
*Light heavy 1. Ragnvald Thoresen, Norway 2. Ehrling, Switzerland
*Heavy: 1. Kaare Jensen, Norway 2. Höglund, Sweden

'''Antwerpen 29 July-1 August 1937''' (incomplete)

*Flyweight: 1. Noshkes, Denmark 2. Aage Abrahamsen, Norway
*Bantam: 1. Levon Timorian,Sovjet 2.[[Anker Schone]], Denmark 5.Charles Braude,Norway
*Feather: 1. Kaare Gundersen, Norway 2. Antoine Rouhette, Belgium
*Welter: 1. Ogurenkov, Sovjet 3. Jens Gulliksen, Norway
*Middle: 1. 2. Erling Hongli,Norway
*Heavyweight: 1. Victor Mihailov, Sovjet 2.Kaare Jensen, Norway 3.Leif Madsen, Norway

'''Profiles:'''

* Ville Uhronen, Finland. Born 24.12 1909. Debut 1924, active until 1940. 7 times National Champion, 7 times on the National Team.

* Victor Mihailov, Sovjet, Moscow Born 1907. Sovjet Champion 1933-1939 and 1941.
Record by November 1935: 88 fights, 82 wins (41 ko) 6 losses
Record by December 1937: 105 fights 95 wins (46 ko) 8 losses 2 draws

* Victor Stepanov, Sovjet,Moscow Sovjet Champion 1934,1944 Silver 1935,1937,1939.Bronze 1938,1940 and 1943.

*Evgenji Ogurenkov,Sovjet,Moscow Sovjet Champion 1934-37 1939,1940, 1943-45 Silver 1928,1946

*Levan Timorian, Sovjet,Moscow. Born in Armenia. Sovjet Champion 36,37,38

*Sergei Tsjelovalnikov,Sovjet, Moscow Sovjet Champion 1933,1934.

*Max Voit,Germany born 1907 German Champion 1927-1933, the years when the German "Arbeitersportler Union " was active,before Hitler banned it. Voit continued his career until 1943 for Sandow Nûrnberg. His record was 500 fights 450 wins,12 losses and 38 draws.Voit was alive by 1987.
{Many thanks to Harald Bennert for researching this boxer]

See the [[Norwegian Spartakiads]], for example.

Spartakiad

2018-02-12T15:45:13Z

Mrboxhist:

'''Spartakiad''' refers to the [[Olympic Games]]-style world championship sporting games among European countries during the mid-1920s through the 1930s, consisting of unions of workers. These were named after the gladiator Spartacus, who had led a slave revolt in southern Italy from 73-71 BC--the waning years of the Roman Republic.

'''Oslo 17-19.February 1928''' (incomplete)

*Flyweight: 1. Rolf Karlsen, Norway
*Bantam: 1. Evert Grundtman, Sweden
*Feather: 1. Kaare Larsen, Norway 2. Albert, Finland
*Light: 1. Einar Larsen, Norway 2. Jens Gulliksen, Norway
*Welter: 1. Pavel Emelyanov, Soviet Union
*Middle: 1. Otto Nordvik, Norway
*Lightheavy: 1. Viktor Mikhailov, Soviet Union
*Heavy: 1. Vladimir Ezerov, Soviet Union

'''International Spartakiad Moscow August 1928''' (complete)

*Flyweight: 1.Paaki, Finland 2. Takajev,Moscow 3.Vogel, Germany
*Bantam: 1. Brown, GB 2.Ivanov, Moscow 3.Lozonski, Moscow
*Feather: 1.Tsjelovalnikov,Moscow 2.A Yenov,Moscow 3.Thomas,GB /Pushevski,Germany
*Light: 1.Moise, GB 2.Albert,Finland 3. Toy, GB
*Welter 1. Bogayev,Moscow 2.Mozahrov,Moscow 3.Uhro Leskinen,Finland
*Middle: 1.Yakov Braun,Moscow 2. Muitikainen,Finland 3.Vertkov, Leningrad
*Lightheavy:1.[[Gunnar Barlund]], Finland 2.Mihailov,Moscow 3.Albert Moll,Finland
*Heavy: 1.A Vevel, Leningrad 2.Ezerov, Moscow 3. Friedenberg,Germany

'''Vienna 24-27 July 1931''' (incomplete)

*Flyweight: 1. [[Willi Farber]],Germany
*Lightweight: 1. Jens Gulliksen, Norway 2. Tjasto, Lithuania
*Welterweight 1.Max Voit,Germany 2 Nement,Germany
*Middleweight: 1. Ville Uhronen, Finland 2. Otto Eriksen, Norway
*Light heavy: 1. ? 5.Erling Engh,Norway
*Heavyweight: 1. Victor Mihailov,Sovjet

'''World Championship for Workers Paris 11-15 August 1934''' (incomplete)

*Feather: 1. Kaare Gundersen, Norway 2. Wolf, Germany
*Welter: 1. Jens Gulliksen, Norway 2. [[Andre Danis]], France
*Middle: 1. Einar Larsen, Norway 2. Miller, Great Britain
*Light heavy 1. Ragnvald Thoresen, Norway 2. Ehrling, Switzerland
*Heavy: 1. Kaare Jensen, Norway 2. Höglund, Sweden

'''Antwerpen 29 July-1 August 1937''' (incomplete)

*Flyweight: 1. Noshkes, Denmark 2. Aage Abrahamsen, Norway
*Bantam: 1. Levon Timorian,Sovjet 2.[[Anker Schone]], Denmark 5.Charles Braude,Norway
*Feather: 1. Kaare Gundersen, Norway 2. Antoine Rouhette, Belgium
*Welter: 1. Ogurenkov, Sovjet 3. Jens Gulliksen, Norway
*Middle: 1. 2. Erling Hongli,Norway
*Heavyweight: 1. Victor Mihailov, Sovjet 2.Kaare Jensen, Norway 3.Leif Madsen, Norway

'''Profiles:'''

* Ville Uhronen, Finland. Born 24.12 1909. Debut 1924, active until 1940. 7 times National Champion, 7 times on the National Team.

* Victor Mihailov, Sovjet, Moscow Born 1907. Sovjet Champion 1933-1939 and 1941.
Record by November 1935: 88 fights, 82 wins (41 ko) 6 losses
Record by December 1937: 105 fights 95 wins (46 ko) 8 losses 2 draws

* Victor Stepanov, Sovjet,Moscow Sovjet Champion 1934,1944 Silver 1935,1937,1939.Bronze 1938,1940 and 1943.

*Evgenji Ogurenkov,Sovjet,Moscow Sovjet Champion 1934-37 1939,1940, 1943-45 Silver 1928,1946

*Levan Timorian, Sovjet,Moscow. Born in Armenia. Sovjet Champion 36,37,38

*Sergei Tsjelovalnikov,Sovjet, Moscow Sovjet Champion 1933,1934.

*Max Voit,Germany born 1907 German Champion 1927-1933, the years when the German "Arbeitersportler Union " was active,before Hitler banned it. Voit continued his career until 1943 for Sandow Nûrnberg. His record was 500 fights 450 wins,12 losses and 38 draws.Voit was alive by 1987.
{Many thanks to Harald Bennert for researching this boxer]

See the [[Norwegian Spartakiads]], for example.

Jack Campbell (Hjalmar Olsson)

2018-01-08T14:22:55Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:Swede Jack Campbell BW cropped.jpeg|left|250px]]
[[File:Swede Jack Campbell.jpg|right|thumb|original image]]
<human>162067</human>
'''Manager:''' [[John Maynard]]

August Hjalmar Olsson (1864-1927) was the first professional boxer from Sweden. He debuted in 1882 and fought as "Jack Campbell." He was managed by John Maynard in San Francisco. He toured in the United States and Europe with, among others, [[Young Mitchell (John L. Herget)]].

Jack Campbell (Hjalmar Olsson)

2017-09-07T14:46:15Z

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August Hjalmar Olsson (1864-1927) was the first professional boxer from Sweden.
He was managed by John Maynard in San Francisco. Debut in 1882.
He toured in the US and Europe with among others Young Mitchell [John L Herget].

Karl Johnson

2017-02-27T20:08:09Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:Karl Jonsson.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
<boxer>144923</boxer>

Source for part of this record is ''Ringside'' by Christer Franzen

Amateurrecord: 41 (33-7-1, 8 KO) [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/karl-jonsson]
National Champ 1923

Paolo Roberto

2017-02-27T20:01:05Z

Mrboxhist:

[[file:PaoloRoberto.jpg|left|thumb]]

<boxer>7946</boxer>

Amateurrecord 4 (4-0, 4 KO) [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/paolo-roberto]

Evert Hogberg

2017-02-27T19:58:07Z

Mrboxhist:

<boxer>94978</boxer>

Older brother of EBU Champion Bo Högberg.

Amateurrecord: 69 (43-26, 10 KO) [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/evert-hogberg]
National champ 1955

Human:45378

2017-02-27T19:53:10Z

Mrboxhist:

<boxer>045378</boxer>

Real name John Hugo Widlund.

Amateurrecord: 23 (14-9, 5 KO) [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/hugo-widlund]

Stig Walterson

2017-02-27T19:49:17Z

Mrboxhist:

[[file:Walterson.jpg|left|200px|photo]]
<boxer>47491</boxer>
 
Amateur record:
168: 132 W-36 L, 24 KO's [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/stig-waltersson]

Swedish National Champion 6 times:
1959 (67 kg)
1960 (67 kg)
1961 (63,5 kg)
1962 (63,5 kg)
1963 (67 kg)
1964: (63,5 kg)

Nordic Champ:
1961 (67 kg)

National team: 19 fights

As amateur beat fellow countrymen and later pro stars [[Bo Hogberg]] (5 W - 0 L) and
[[Bo Petterson]] (4 W - 2 L). Lost three times to Norwegian light middle [[Roy Askvold]]

A book about his life outside and inside the ring.
Christer Franzén, Stig Waltersson. Visby 2012. [https://shop.books-on-demand.com/historia-arkeologi/stig-waltersson/]

Maria Lindberg

2017-02-27T19:38:38Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:Maria Lindberg.jpg|left|350px]]
<boxer>200527</boxer>
'''Manager:''' [[Maria Lindberg, info@marialindberg.net]] 
 
[[category:Swedish World Champions|Lindberg,Maria]]

Amateurrecord 7 (6-1, 1 KO) [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/maria-lindberg]
National champ 1998.

Martin Tancred

2017-02-27T19:29:31Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:Martin Tancred.jpg|left|thumb|300px]]
<human>71233</human>

Had only three amateurfights. He lost his amateurstatus when he was a second in a professional event.
Amateurrecord: [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/martin-tancred]

Martin Tancred

2017-02-27T19:27:50Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:Martin Tancred.jpg|left|thumb|300px]]
<human>71233</human>

Had only three amateurfights. He lost his amateurstatues when he was a second in a professional event.
Amateurrecord: [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/martin-tancred]

Oscar Ahlin

2017-02-27T19:19:04Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:OscarAhlin.jpg|250px|thumb|left]]
<boxer>579515</boxer>
'''Alias:''' Golden Boy
*2008 semifinalist Swedish national amateur championships
*2011 semifinalist Swedish national amateur championships

Amateurrecord: 46 (24-22, 9 KO) [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/oscar-ahlin]

Human:65901

2017-02-20T22:38:06Z

Mrboxhist: Created page with "Partial amateurrecord: [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/guerrino-donatello]"

Partial amateurrecord: [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/guerrino-donatello]

John Andersson

2016-10-15T22:04:56Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:John Andersson.jpg|left|thumb|275px]]
<boxer>13712</boxer>

Swedish National Champ: 1929 (Middle), 1931 (Light Heavy).

Represented the Swedish National team five times, with three wins.

European Bronze 1930 in Hungary.

Amateurrecord [https://mrboxhist.se/boxare/john-andersson]

John Andersson

2016-10-15T21:58:35Z

Mrboxhist:

Kwamena Turkson

2016-04-02T11:13:03Z

Mrboxhist:

[[Category:1996 Olympians|Turkson, Kwamena]][[Category:Swedish Olympians|Turkson, Kwamena]]

National champion 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999.
European bronze medal in 1996, 1998.
Partial amateur record [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/kwamena-turkson/]

Hans Thomsen

2016-04-02T11:09:34Z

Mrboxhist:

<boxer>023951</boxer>

National champion in 1969, 1970,1971, 1972. Nordic champion 1972.
Partial amateur record [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/hans-thomsen/]

Olympic Bronze Medalist in Munich 1972 at heavyweight. Beat Jean Bassomben, Cameroon, pts 4 - 1; beat Caroll Morgan, Canada, rsc 2r; lost in the semi-finals to Ion Alexe, Roumania, pts 0 - 5.

[[Category:1972 Olympians|Thomsen, Hans]][[Category:Swedish Olympians|Thomsen, Hans]][[Category:Olympic Bronze Medalists|Thomsen, Hans]]

Naim Terbunja

2016-04-02T11:06:50Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:Naim Terbunja.JPG|left|225px]]
<boxer>602329</boxer>
 

National champ in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010. Nordic champion 2009. Partial amateur record [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/naim-terbunja/].

== Olympic results ==
Represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, boxing as a Middleweight (75 kg):

*Round 1/16 - Lost to [[Matvey Korobov]] (Russia) 6-18

{{DEFAULTSORT:Terbunja, Naim}}
[[Category:2008 Olympians]]
[[Category:Swedish Olympians]]

Olle Tandberg

2016-04-02T10:57:38Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:Olle Tandberg.JPG|left|thumb|275px]]
<boxer>013622</boxer>
[[:Image:Tandberg.Ollie.jpg|Photo #2]]

National champion 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940. Partial amateur record [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/olle-tandberg/]

'''Olle Tandberg''' represented Sweden as a heavyweight at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. His results were:
**Defeated [[Art Oliver]] (United States) points
**Lost to [[Ferenc Nagy]] (Hungary) points
*European amateur champion both in 1937 in Milan, Italy and in 1939 in Dublin, Ireland.
*In 1937 Tandberg beat Schlunegger, Switzerland pts, Erling Nielsen, Norway pts, Herbert Runge, Germany (Finals)
*In 1939 he beat McMullan, Ireland pts, Herbert Runge, Germany pts, Lazzarro, Italy pts (Finals)

[[Category:Swedish Olympians|Tandberg, Olle]]
[[Category:1936 Olympians|Tandberg, Olle]]

George Scott

2016-04-02T10:54:10Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:George Scott.JPG|left|thumb|280px]]
<boxer>004077</boxer>

National champion 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991. Nordic champion 1986, 1990.
Partial amateur record [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/george-cramne-scott/]

Representing Sweden, Scott (then named Cramne) was the Olympic silver medalist at lightweight at Seoul in 1988. His results were:
*Defeated [[John Nkagala]] (Malawi) 5-0
*Defeated [[Michael Carruth]] (Ireland) KO 1
*Defeated [[Charlie Kane]] (Great Britain) 4-1
*Defeated [[Nerguy Enkbath]] (Mongolia) 3-2
*Lost to [[Andreas Zuelow]] (East Germany) 0-5

== Other Amateur Achievements ==
*'''1987''' European Championships participant at lightweight, in Torino, Italy.
**Lost to [[Dariusz Kosedowski]] (Poland) 0-5
*'''1989''' European Championships participant at lightweight, in Athens, Greece.
**Defeated [[Joerg Kaestner]] (West Germany) 5-0
**Lost to [[Kostya Tszyu]] (Soviet Union) 0-5
*'''1991''' European Championships participant at lightweight, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
**Defeated [[Jacek Bielski]] (Poland) 31-25
**Lost to [[Marco Rudolph]] (Germany) 28-34

[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists|Scott, George]]
[[Category:Swedish Olympians|Scott, George]]
[[Category:1988 Olympians|Scott, George]]

Lennart Risberg

2016-04-02T10:50:00Z

Mrboxhist:

[[file:Lennart_risberg.JPG|left|200px|Lennart Risberg]]
<boxer>016341</boxer>
 

National champion 1956, 1958.
Nordic champion in 1956.
Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/lennart-risberg/]

== Olympic games results ==
'''1956''' (as a Light heavyweight)
*Lost to [[Andrzej Wojciechowski]] (Poland) KO by 3

Swedish Radio re- broadcasted a 1979- interview with Risberg after his death:
*"To be a good a boxer one must have a strong condition, a will to win and some punching power.I had all that"
*"The very best fighters brought out the best in me, while the mediocre ones sometimes made me look bad."
*"Ingemar Johansson was more famous than me, but I didn't mind at all. He was a great guy."
*"I felt I was winning all the way agains Bobo Olson and may have gotten a little careless."
*"I don't regret being a boxer. I learned how to take care of myself."
*"My eye injuries was more a problem to the press than to myself."
*"I'm still an early riser.5 days a week during my career I went up 4:30 and ran. And then off to work."
*"Still work out a little in my old club. But have no longing for the game anymore. It ment after all very hard work through the years."
*"My best fight was against the German Dieter Wemhoner in 1960. Favorite boxer: Rocky Marciano.
Best fighter I met was as an amateur, the Czech Julius Torma. Impossible to hit him."

{{DEFAULTSORT:Risberg, Lennart}}
[[Category:1956 Olympians]]
[[Category:Swedish Olympians]]
[[Category:2013 Deaths]]

Nils Ramm

2016-04-02T10:46:06Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:RammNisse.JPG|250px|thumb|left|1932 Swedish Cloetta card #4]]<boxer>70920</boxer>

National champion in 1926, 1927. Amateur record [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/nils-ramm/]

European amateur champion at heavyweight both in Berlin, Germany 1927 outpointing Hans Sch?th of Germany in the final.

Won the Heavyweight silver medal for Sweden at the 1928 [[Olympics]] in Amsterdam. Lost due to a cut eye to Arturo Rodriguez Jurado of Argentina.

While fighting in the United States, his name was generally reported by the American press as being Nisse Ramm.

== Olympic games results ==
'''1928''' (as a heavyweight)
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[Hans Schonrath]] (Germany) PTS
*Defeated [[Sverre Sorsdal]] (Norway) PTS
*Lost to [[Arturo J. Rodriguez Jurado]] (Argentina) KO by 1

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramms, Nils}}
[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:Swedish Olympians]]
[[Category:1928 Olympians]]

Gunnar Nilsson

2016-04-02T10:41:57Z

Mrboxhist:

<boxer>042637</boxer>

National champion 1948. Partial amateur record [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/gunnar-nilsson/]

Won the Heavyweight silver medal for Sweden at the 1948 [[Olympics]] in London.

== Olympic games results ==
'''1948''' (as a heavyweight)
*Defeated [[Mohamed Djamshidabadi]] (Iran) DQ 2
*Defeated [[Adam Faul]] (Canada) PTS
*Defeated [[Hans Mueller]] (Switzerland) KO 2
*Lost to [[Rafael Iglesias]] (Argentina) DQ 2

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Gunnar}}
[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:Swedish Olympians]]
[[Category:1948 Olympians]]
[[Category:2005 Deaths]]

Lars Myrberg

2016-04-02T10:39:32Z

Mrboxhist:

<boxer>039005</boxer>

National champion 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988.
Nordic silver medal 1988.
Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/lars-myrberg-lundgren/]

Myrberg, boxing for Sweden, was the Light welterweight bronze medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games. His results were:

*Defeated [[Handhal al-Harithy]] (Oman) RSC 1
*Defeated [[Ahmed Khanji]] (Syria) 4-1
*Defeated [[Howard Grant]] (Canada) 4-1
*Defeated [[Humberto Rodriguez]] (Mexico) KO 1
*Lost to [[Grahame Cheney]] (Australia) 0-5

[[Category:1988 Olympians|Myrberg, Lars]]
[[Category:Olympic Bronze Medalists|Myrberg, Lars]]
[[Category:Swedish Olympians|Myrberg, Lars]]

Attila Levin

2016-04-02T10:27:31Z

Mrboxhist:

<boxer>014165</boxer>
'''Manager:''' [[Gary Trevett]] 
'''Trainers:''' [[Angelo Dundee]], [[Luis Lagerman]]

National champion 1995, 1996, 1997. Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/attila-levin/]

== Amateur Highlights ==
*1996 Bronze medalist at the European Championships in Vejle, Denmark as a Super Heavyweight. Results were:
**Defeated [[Henryk Zatyka]] (Poland) points
**Defeated [[Petr Horacek]] (Czech Repubulic) TKO 1
**Lost to [[Wladimir Klitschko]] (Ukraine) points
*Represented Sweden as a Super Heavyweight at the 1996 [[Olympics|Olympic Games]] in Atlanta, Georgia. Results were:
**Defeated [[Jean-Francois Bergeron]] (Canada) TKO 1
**Lost to [[Wladimir Klitschko]] (Ukraine) TKO by 1

[[Category:Swedish Olympians|Levin Attila]]
[[Category:1996 Olympians|Levin, Attila]]

Ismael Kone

2016-04-02T10:24:36Z

Mrboxhist:

<boxer>21398</boxer>

National champion 1994, 1996, 1997. Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/ismael-kone/]

'''Trainer:''' [[Orlando Cuellar]]

Member of the 1996 Swedish Olympic Team as a Light Heavyweight. His results were as follows:
*Defeated [[Ilham Kerimov]] (Azerbaijan) 22-3
*Lost to [[Thomas Ulrich]] (Germany) 24-9

[[Category:Swedish Olympians|Kone, Ismael]]
[[Category:1996 Olympians|Kone, Ismael]]

Oscar Kjällander

2016-04-02T10:22:01Z

Mrboxhist:

<boxer>284733</boxer>

National champion 1921, 1926. Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/oscar-kjallander/]

== Olympic games results ==
'''1928''' (as a middleweight)
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[Honore Chervier]] (Canada) PTS
*Lost to [[Piero Toscani]] (Italy) PTS

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kjallander, Oscar}}
[[Category:Swedish Olympians]]
[[Category:1928 Olympians]]

Ingemar Johansson

2016-04-02T10:18:12Z

Mrboxhist:

[[File:Ingo4.jpeg|left|thumb|325px|Ingemar Johansson]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2002 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/johansson.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>012711</boxer>
'''Division:''' Heavyweight 
'''Trainers:''' [[Nils Blomberg]], [[Whitey Bimstein]], [[Al Silvani]] 
'''Manager:''' [[Edwin Ahlquist]] 
'''[[:Category:Ingemar Johansson Gallery|Ingemar Johansson Gallery]]

 
'''Ingemar Johansson''' was [[World Heavyweight Champion]] from June 26, 1959 to June 20, 1960. Johansson, a powerful right-hand puncher, is best known for his three fights against two-time champion [[Floyd Patterson]].

Press coverage of the Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johansson match of 1959 focused on Johansson's training methods primarily because Patterson, the defending champion and prohibitive favorite, was often uncomfortable around the press and provided little in the way of exciting copy. Johansson's training methods, when compared to the conventional wisdom of the time, were unorthodox. Eschewing the notion that a fighter ought to be miserable while preparing for a match, Johansson set up shop in the open air of Grossingers resort hotel. While Patterson, who trained in a barn, spent his evenings playing cards with his sparring partners, Ingemar could occasionally be seen at local night spots dancing the night away with his "secretary" Birgit. But the press erred when they characterized Johansson as less than a serious professional. They hadn't taken into account his impressive victories over [[Joe Erskine]], [[Henry Cooper]], and [[Joe Bygraves]]. They also hadn't taken into account his victory over number-one ranked [[Eddie Machen]]. It was this match, held on September 14th, 1959, that showed what Johansson could really do.

Machen arrived in Sweden expecting easy money and some low-risk prep work for a shot at Patterson's title early the following year. He received neither. Early in the first round, Johansson landed with a straight right, a punch he affectionately referred to as "Toonder and Lightning." Other called it "Ingo's Bingo" and the "Hammer of Thor." Machen went down as if shot. He managed to beat the referee's count, but Johansson scored with "Toonder" a few more times and Machen took the full count with his head resting on the ring apron. The victory should have won him instant acclaim, but it didn't. The location of the fight - Johansson's back yard - coupled with the bias typically shown against European boxers, caused the public to regard his victory as a fluke.

Another factor contributing to Johansson's slight reputation can be traced back to the 1952 [[Olympics]] at Helsinki. Matched in the final against the huge American [[Ed Sanders]], Johansson kept his distance and rarely threw a punch, prompting French referee [[Roger Vaisburg]] to disqualify him for not trying. Olympic officials then ruled that the Silver Medal would not be awarded to Johansson (he was eventually awarded the Silver Medal in 1982). Johansson was branded a coward in Sweden. Years later, in his autobiography ''Seconds Out of the Ring,'' Johansson wrote that it had all been a big mistake, that the referee hadn't understood his battle plan, which, according to Johansson, called for a strict defensive strategy over two rounds, and a surprise attack in the third. In light of future events, he may have been right. In any case, his performance at Helsinki seriously damaged his credibility. On the eve of his first fight with Patterson, Johansson was a five to one underdog.

The fight, held in New York's Yankee Stadium on June 27, 1959, began as expected, with Patterson the aggressor and Johansson on defense. Through the first two rounds, Johansson was content to move around the ring and throw soft left jabs that annoyed Patterson more than anything else. The right hand that destroyed Machen was nowhere in sight. By the third round, Patterson, according to his memoirs, was convinced that Johansson's fabled right hand, his "Toonder," didn't exist, that it was just a myth manufactured by the press.
[[File:Fleischer and Johansson.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Johansson being presented with the championship belt by [[Nat Fleischer]], founder of [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].]]
Patterson's downfall began with a simple shift in strategy. In the first two rounds, the champion avoided Johansson's jab by bobbing under it, but by the third, a complacent Patterson started picking off the jab with his right glove. About a minute into the round Johansson turned the jab into a wide left hook and Patterson moved his right glove out of position as Johansson hoped he would. Johansson then drove his own right hand straight down the middle, catching Patterson flush. The champion crashed to the canvas. Glassy eyed, he staggered up at the count of nine, out on his feet. Referee [[Ruby Goldstein]] should have stopped it right there, but instead, wiped off Patterson's gloves and waved Johansson in. Trapped in a deep fog, Patterson, believing that he had scored the knockdown, turned away from Johansson and started to walk to the neutral corner. Johansson slammed a hook to his jaw and a right to the back of his head, dropping him a second time. Five more knockdowns followed before Ruby Goldstein stopped the fight, making Ingemar Johansson the first European since [[Primo Carnera]] to win the Heavyweight Championship the World.

He was a popular champion. Unlike the moody, introspective Patterson, Johansson enjoyed the limelight. He appeared on television, made a movie, and even cut a hit record in Sweden. Many critics believed that the charismatic Swede was the best thing to happen to boxing in years. While the victor cavorted in public, the vanquished lived in a self-imposed exile. Criticized in the past for a lack of killer instinct, Patterson became a man consumed by hate, a hate that served him well in the rematch staged at New York's [[Polo Grounds]].

Many predicted a rerun of their first fight, including Johansson. He was fond of telling anyone who would listen that the next time he hit Patterson with old "Toonder" the referee might as well count to a thousand. And history was on his side as well. No former World Heavyweight Champion had ever regained the title, though many had tried.

Unfortunately for Johansson, a different Patterson showed up on the night of June 20, 1960. Fighting with an intensity missing in the first match, Patterson negated Johansson's counter punching with tremendous pressure. Johansson's "Toonder" found the mark only once, in the second round, but Patterson took it well and Johansson couldn't follow up. When in close, Patterson worked the body furiously, and when on the outside, he fired a hard left jab that had the dual effect of hurting Johansson and keeping his big right hand from exploding. Early in the fifth, a left hook dropped Johansson to the canvas for the first time in his career. He made it up at the count of nine, but he was in bad shape. Patterson attacked in a frenzy: punches poured in from every angle including 3 or 4 shots to the back of the head. During the attack, Johansson lost his equilibrium and found himself turned around, vulnerable to the same back-of-the-head blow that he struck Patterson with a year earlier. Patterson passed on the cheap shot and whirled him around with his right hand and threw his trademark punch, a leaping left hook. It was a direct hit. Johansson crashed to the floor in much the same way Patterson had when hit by "Toonder" a year earlier. But unlike Patterson, Johansson didn't get up. Many at ringside feared for his life as blood trickled out of the left corner of his mouth and it was considerable time before he regained his feet. Floyd Patterson became the first man in history to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.

Johansson recovered from the beating and engaged Patterson in a third fight in Miami Beach on March 13th, 1961. Five weeks before the fight, Johansson unwittingly became part of the early [[Muhammad Ali]] legend while training in Miami Beach. On February 6, 1961, Johansson boxed six rounds with three sparring partners at Convention Hall before a crowd of about 2,000. One of the sparring partners was 19-year-old Ali, then known as Cassius Clay. With only four pro fights to his credit, young Clay treated Johansson as if he were the sparring partner. He jabbed, he danced, and he made Johansson miss repeatedly with his vaunted right hand. "He's good, this fellow," Johansson said afterward. Later in the year, Clay's promoter offered Johansson $100,000 to fight Clay. Johansson turned it down, saying, "That guy couldn't even draw a non-paying crowd, much less any real money."

He had better luck connecting against Patterson, and for a brief moment, it seemed Johansson would become the second man to regain the World Heavyweight Championship. Twice in the first round, Johansson found the mark with his right hand and twice Patterson went down. As Johansson waited in the neutral corner following the second knockdown, it was evident by the broad smile on his face that he believed he was about to repeat his performance from 1959. But his moment of glory passed when Patterson scored a knockdown of his own near the close of the round, one of the wildest in heavyweight history. Both had their moments in rounds two through five, but in the sixth, weary from Patterson's ceaseless body attack, Johansson went down and out from a Patterson hook, thus ending the three bout series.

Johansson returned to Europe, where he continued his career with knockout wins over Joe Bygraves, [[Wim Snoek]], and [[Dick Richardson]]. Talk of a challenge to [[Sonny Liston]], who had relieved Patterson of the championship on September 25, 1962, began circulating.

On April 21, 1963, Johansson took on [[Brian London]] in a bout scheduled for twelve rounds. Near the close of the last round, London, who ranked in the top ten but was held in low esteem, flattened the former champ with a right hand. The bell rang at the count of four, saving Johansson from a knockout. The referee and sole judge of the fight awarded the decision to Johansson, a decision greeted with jeers and catcalls. Johansson had gotten lucky and he knew it. He never fought again.

In 1970, Johansson made international news when he starting training in a local Swedish gym. Photos of the former champion showed him with a beer belly. One of his sparring partners, an amateur Swedish heavyweight, said that Ingo still had power in his punch. Johansson's rumored return made the pages of the [[The Ring Magazine]], [[International Boxing]], [[Boxing Illustrated]], and just about every newspaper in the free world. However, whatever Johansson was planning never amounted to a ring return. The simple fact remained, that at 37 years old, he no longer had the drive and desire to get back into fighting shape.

The highlight of Johansson's post boxing career happened in 1982 when the International Olympic Committee forgave him for his tepid performance at the Helsinki Olympics and presented him with the Silver Medal. For Johansson, it was a special moment. In that same year, Johansson took a break from his many business activities and entered the New York City Marathon along with his old nemeses, Floyd Patterson. Though severely overweight, he managed to finish the race. But, as in two of their three championship fights, he finished well behind Patterson.

[[file:Johansson.Ingemar.3.jpg|center|200px|thumb|Johansson signing autographs]]

==Amateur Record==
'''NB! The list below is not correct. Follow the link to find the complete amateur record''' [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/ingemar-johansson/ Amateur Record]

'''1948 (Feb. 17 - Dec. 30)''' 
Uno Jacobsson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 1 
Helge Olausson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Hans Fredriksson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W TKO 3 
Stig Johansson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 1 
Carl Nilsson (SW) Malmö, Sweden L PTS 3 
Gert Schyllert (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Lars Varg (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Einar Dragsten (SW) Stockholm, Sweden L PTS 3 
(Swedish Junior Championships) 

'''1949 (Jan. 23 - Dec. 11)''' 
Lars Johansson (SW) Jönköping, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bengt Åkerman (SW) Borås, Sweden W KO 1 
Sven Nordin (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Olle Bergstr?m (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bror Andersson (SW) Halmstad, Sweden L PTS 3 
Rolf Thorsrud (NO) Trollh?ttan, Sweden W TKO 3 
Hugo Nyström (SW) Eskilstuna, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bert Bergkvist (SW) Nyköping, Sweden W KO 2 
Filip Karlsson (SW) Skövde, Sweden W TKO 2 
Gert Schyllert (SW) Helsingborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Karl Frank (DK) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 3 
Lars Meurling (SW) Kalmar, Sweden W KO 2 

'''1950 (Jan. 2 - Dec. 30)''' 
Folke Sjöberg (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Swedish Junior Championships) 
Lars Varg (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 3 
(Swedish Junior Championships/Final) 
Arne Holm (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 3 
Leo Sörensen (DK) Helsingborg, Sweden W KO 2 
Knut Hwidsten (NO) Västerås, Sweden W TKO 2 
(Sweden vs. Norway Junior International) 
Villy Hansen (DK) Lund, Sweden W KO 1 
Ludvig Larsen (DK) Göteborg, Sweden W TKO 2 
Arne Holm (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships) 
Bengt Modigh (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships/Final) 
Stig Frisk (SW) Värnamo, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bengt Modigh (SW) Stockholm, Sweden L PTS 3 
Johannes Björneflaten (NO) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 2 
Aldo Pellegrini (IT) Milano, Italy W PTS 3 
(Italy vs. Sweden International) 
Aldo Pellegrini (IT) Roma, Italy W PTS 3 
(Italy vs. Sweden International 
Laurent Touzard (FR) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Leo Kroon (SW) Linköping, Sweden W PTS 3 
Henrik Boström (FN) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
Olle Axelsson (SW) Lund, Sweden W KO 3 
Bjarne Olsen (NO) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Sweden vs. Norway International) 
Lars Johansson (SW) Jönköping, Sweden W KO 2 
Herluf Hansen (DK) København, Denmark W PTS 3 
(Denmark vs. Sweden International) 
Olle Axelsson (SW) Kinna, Sweden W TKO 2 
Leo Kroon (SW) Helsingborg, Sweden W TKO 3 
Uwe Jansen (GE) Hamburg, Germany L PTS 3 
Horst Herold (GE) Wolfsburg, Germany W PTS 3 

'''1951 (Jan. 12 - Oct. 10)''' 
Peter Toch (UK) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Ilkka Koski (FN) Helsingfors, Finland W PTS 3 
Aljgirdas Schotsikas (USSR) Göteborg, Sweden L PTS 3 
Uwe Jansen (GE) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Uwe Jansen (GE) Kinna, Sweden W TKO 2 
Thörner Åhsman (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships) 
Bror Sandgren (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships/Final) 
Tommy Skovgaard (DK) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Sweden vs. Denmark International) 
[[Ernest Fann]] (US) Chicago, IL, USA W KO 3 
Norvel Lee (US) Göteborg, Sweden L PTS 3 
Tommy Skovaard (DK) København, Denmark W PTS 3 
Bjarne Lingaas (NO) Oslo, Norway L PTS 3 
(Norway vs. Sweden International) 
Thörner Åhsman (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 1 
Laurent Touzard (FR) Paris, France W PTS 3 
Aldo Pellegrini (IT) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Sweden vs Italy International) 

'''1952 (Feb. 29 - Aug. 2)''' 
Owe Wahlfeldt (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Swedish Championships) 
Gerhard Lindblom (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W TKO 2 
(Swedish Championships) 
Gert Schyllert (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Swedish Championships/Final) 
Carl Frank (DK) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Sweden vs. Denmark International) 
Laurent Touzard (FR) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Sweden vs. France International) 
Tomo Krizmanic (JU) Stockholm, Sweden L PTS 3 
Walter Kuhnert (GE) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 2 
Horymir Netuka (CZ) Helsinki, Finland W PTS 3 (3-0) (Olympic Games) 
Tomo Krizmanic (JU) Helsinki, Finland W PTS 3 (3-0) (Olympic Games) 
[[Ilkka Koski]] (FI) Helsinki, Finland W PTS 3 (2-1) (Olympic Semifinal) 
[[Ed Sanders]] (US) Helsinki, Finland L DQ 2 (Olympic Final) 

'''Total Bouts:''' 71 '''Wins:''' 61 (31 KO/TKO) '''Losses:''' 10 (9 PTS, 1 DQ) 
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== Awards & Recognition ==
*Named [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1958 and 1959.
*Named the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1959.
*Named ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' Sportsman of the Year for 1959.
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1988.
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2002.
*Ranked as the third best Swedish athlete of the 20th century by the Swedish Sports Academy in 2000.
*Ranked as the 39th [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest heavyweight of all-time]] by ''The Ring'' in 1998.
*Ranked as the 99th [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|greatest puncher of all-time]] by ''The Ring'' in 2003.

== Trivia ==
*Before becoming a boxer, Johansson worked as a street laborer and a dock worker.
*Appeared as a guest on the American television series ''What's My Line?'' on February 1, 1959. Panelist Martin Gable, although blind-folded, quickly guessed Johansson's professional boxing occupation. Johansson appeared on the show again on June 19, 1960.
*Johansson's autobiography, ''Sekonderna Lämnar Ringen'' (Seconds Out of the Ring), was published in 1960.
*Had a brief acting career in the 1950s and 1960s.
*Married and divorced three times.
*Had four children: two sons, Thomas and Patrick, and two daughters, Jean and Maria.
*Johansson owned, at different times, a successful construction company, a fishing trawler, a suite of offices in Stockholm and a hotel in Florida.

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Ingemar Johansson

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[[File:Ingo4.jpeg|left|thumb|325px|Ingemar Johansson]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2002 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/johansson.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
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'''Division:''' Heavyweight 
'''Trainers:''' [[Nils Blomberg]], [[Whitey Bimstein]], [[Al Silvani]] 
'''Manager:''' [[Edwin Ahlquist]] 
'''[[:Category:Ingemar Johansson Gallery|Ingemar Johansson Gallery]]

 
'''Ingemar Johansson''' was [[World Heavyweight Champion]] from June 26, 1959 to June 20, 1960. Johansson, a powerful right-hand puncher, is best known for his three fights against two-time champion [[Floyd Patterson]].

Press coverage of the Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johansson match of 1959 focused on Johansson's training methods primarily because Patterson, the defending champion and prohibitive favorite, was often uncomfortable around the press and provided little in the way of exciting copy. Johansson's training methods, when compared to the conventional wisdom of the time, were unorthodox. Eschewing the notion that a fighter ought to be miserable while preparing for a match, Johansson set up shop in the open air of Grossingers resort hotel. While Patterson, who trained in a barn, spent his evenings playing cards with his sparring partners, Ingemar could occasionally be seen at local night spots dancing the night away with his "secretary" Birgit. But the press erred when they characterized Johansson as less than a serious professional. They hadn't taken into account his impressive victories over [[Joe Erskine]], [[Henry Cooper]], and [[Joe Bygraves]]. They also hadn't taken into account his victory over number-one ranked [[Eddie Machen]]. It was this match, held on September 14th, 1959, that showed what Johansson could really do.

Machen arrived in Sweden expecting easy money and some low-risk prep work for a shot at Patterson's title early the following year. He received neither. Early in the first round, Johansson landed with a straight right, a punch he affectionately referred to as "Toonder and Lightning." Other called it "Ingo's Bingo" and the "Hammer of Thor." Machen went down as if shot. He managed to beat the referee's count, but Johansson scored with "Toonder" a few more times and Machen took the full count with his head resting on the ring apron. The victory should have won him instant acclaim, but it didn't. The location of the fight - Johansson's back yard - coupled with the bias typically shown against European boxers, caused the public to regard his victory as a fluke.

Another factor contributing to Johansson's slight reputation can be traced back to the 1952 [[Olympics]] at Helsinki. Matched in the final against the huge American [[Ed Sanders]], Johansson kept his distance and rarely threw a punch, prompting French referee [[Roger Vaisburg]] to disqualify him for not trying. Olympic officials then ruled that the Silver Medal would not be awarded to Johansson (he was eventually awarded the Silver Medal in 1982). Johansson was branded a coward in Sweden. Years later, in his autobiography ''Seconds Out of the Ring,'' Johansson wrote that it had all been a big mistake, that the referee hadn't understood his battle plan, which, according to Johansson, called for a strict defensive strategy over two rounds, and a surprise attack in the third. In light of future events, he may have been right. In any case, his performance at Helsinki seriously damaged his credibility. On the eve of his first fight with Patterson, Johansson was a five to one underdog.

The fight, held in New York's Yankee Stadium on June 27, 1959, began as expected, with Patterson the aggressor and Johansson on defense. Through the first two rounds, Johansson was content to move around the ring and throw soft left jabs that annoyed Patterson more than anything else. The right hand that destroyed Machen was nowhere in sight. By the third round, Patterson, according to his memoirs, was convinced that Johansson's fabled right hand, his "Toonder," didn't exist, that it was just a myth manufactured by the press.
[[File:Fleischer and Johansson.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Johansson being presented with the championship belt by [[Nat Fleischer]], founder of [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].]]
Patterson's downfall began with a simple shift in strategy. In the first two rounds, the champion avoided Johansson's jab by bobbing under it, but by the third, a complacent Patterson started picking off the jab with his right glove. About a minute into the round Johansson turned the jab into a wide left hook and Patterson moved his right glove out of position as Johansson hoped he would. Johansson then drove his own right hand straight down the middle, catching Patterson flush. The champion crashed to the canvas. Glassy eyed, he staggered up at the count of nine, out on his feet. Referee [[Ruby Goldstein]] should have stopped it right there, but instead, wiped off Patterson's gloves and waved Johansson in. Trapped in a deep fog, Patterson, believing that he had scored the knockdown, turned away from Johansson and started to walk to the neutral corner. Johansson slammed a hook to his jaw and a right to the back of his head, dropping him a second time. Five more knockdowns followed before Ruby Goldstein stopped the fight, making Ingemar Johansson the first European since [[Primo Carnera]] to win the Heavyweight Championship the World.

He was a popular champion. Unlike the moody, introspective Patterson, Johansson enjoyed the limelight. He appeared on television, made a movie, and even cut a hit record in Sweden. Many critics believed that the charismatic Swede was the best thing to happen to boxing in years. While the victor cavorted in public, the vanquished lived in a self-imposed exile. Criticized in the past for a lack of killer instinct, Patterson became a man consumed by hate, a hate that served him well in the rematch staged at New York's [[Polo Grounds]].

Many predicted a rerun of their first fight, including Johansson. He was fond of telling anyone who would listen that the next time he hit Patterson with old "Toonder" the referee might as well count to a thousand. And history was on his side as well. No former World Heavyweight Champion had ever regained the title, though many had tried.

Unfortunately for Johansson, a different Patterson showed up on the night of June 20, 1960. Fighting with an intensity missing in the first match, Patterson negated Johansson's counter punching with tremendous pressure. Johansson's "Toonder" found the mark only once, in the second round, but Patterson took it well and Johansson couldn't follow up. When in close, Patterson worked the body furiously, and when on the outside, he fired a hard left jab that had the dual effect of hurting Johansson and keeping his big right hand from exploding. Early in the fifth, a left hook dropped Johansson to the canvas for the first time in his career. He made it up at the count of nine, but he was in bad shape. Patterson attacked in a frenzy: punches poured in from every angle including 3 or 4 shots to the back of the head. During the attack, Johansson lost his equilibrium and found himself turned around, vulnerable to the same back-of-the-head blow that he struck Patterson with a year earlier. Patterson passed on the cheap shot and whirled him around with his right hand and threw his trademark punch, a leaping left hook. It was a direct hit. Johansson crashed to the floor in much the same way Patterson had when hit by "Toonder" a year earlier. But unlike Patterson, Johansson didn't get up. Many at ringside feared for his life as blood trickled out of the left corner of his mouth and it was considerable time before he regained his feet. Floyd Patterson became the first man in history to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.

Johansson recovered from the beating and engaged Patterson in a third fight in Miami Beach on March 13th, 1961. Five weeks before the fight, Johansson unwittingly became part of the early [[Muhammad Ali]] legend while training in Miami Beach. On February 6, 1961, Johansson boxed six rounds with three sparring partners at Convention Hall before a crowd of about 2,000. One of the sparring partners was 19-year-old Ali, then known as Cassius Clay. With only four pro fights to his credit, young Clay treated Johansson as if he were the sparring partner. He jabbed, he danced, and he made Johansson miss repeatedly with his vaunted right hand. "He's good, this fellow," Johansson said afterward. Later in the year, Clay's promoter offered Johansson $100,000 to fight Clay. Johansson turned it down, saying, "That guy couldn't even draw a non-paying crowd, much less any real money."

He had better luck connecting against Patterson, and for a brief moment, it seemed Johansson would become the second man to regain the World Heavyweight Championship. Twice in the first round, Johansson found the mark with his right hand and twice Patterson went down. As Johansson waited in the neutral corner following the second knockdown, it was evident by the broad smile on his face that he believed he was about to repeat his performance from 1959. But his moment of glory passed when Patterson scored a knockdown of his own near the close of the round, one of the wildest in heavyweight history. Both had their moments in rounds two through five, but in the sixth, weary from Patterson's ceaseless body attack, Johansson went down and out from a Patterson hook, thus ending the three bout series.

Johansson returned to Europe, where he continued his career with knockout wins over Joe Bygraves, [[Wim Snoek]], and [[Dick Richardson]]. Talk of a challenge to [[Sonny Liston]], who had relieved Patterson of the championship on September 25, 1962, began circulating.

On April 21, 1963, Johansson took on [[Brian London]] in a bout scheduled for twelve rounds. Near the close of the last round, London, who ranked in the top ten but was held in low esteem, flattened the former champ with a right hand. The bell rang at the count of four, saving Johansson from a knockout. The referee and sole judge of the fight awarded the decision to Johansson, a decision greeted with jeers and catcalls. Johansson had gotten lucky and he knew it. He never fought again.

In 1970, Johansson made international news when he starting training in a local Swedish gym. Photos of the former champion showed him with a beer belly. One of his sparring partners, an amateur Swedish heavyweight, said that Ingo still had power in his punch. Johansson's rumored return made the pages of the [[The Ring Magazine]], [[International Boxing]], [[Boxing Illustrated]], and just about every newspaper in the free world. However, whatever Johansson was planning never amounted to a ring return. The simple fact remained, that at 37 years old, he no longer had the drive and desire to get back into fighting shape.

The highlight of Johansson's post boxing career happened in 1982 when the International Olympic Committee forgave him for his tepid performance at the Helsinki Olympics and presented him with the Silver Medal. For Johansson, it was a special moment. In that same year, Johansson took a break from his many business activities and entered the New York City Marathon along with his old nemeses, Floyd Patterson. Though severely overweight, he managed to finish the race. But, as in two of their three championship fights, he finished well behind Patterson.

[[file:Johansson.Ingemar.3.jpg|center|200px|thumb|Johansson signing autographs]]

==Amateur Record==
'''NB! The list above is not correct. Follow the link to find the complete amateur record''' [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/ingemar-johansson/ Amateur Record]

'''1948 (Feb. 17 - Dec. 30)''' 
Uno Jacobsson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 1 
Helge Olausson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Hans Fredriksson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W TKO 3 
Stig Johansson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 1 
Carl Nilsson (SW) Malmö, Sweden L PTS 3 
Gert Schyllert (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Lars Varg (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Einar Dragsten (SW) Stockholm, Sweden L PTS 3 
(Swedish Junior Championships) 

'''1949 (Jan. 23 - Dec. 11)''' 
Lars Johansson (SW) Jönköping, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bengt Åkerman (SW) Borås, Sweden W KO 1 
Sven Nordin (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Olle Bergstr?m (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bror Andersson (SW) Halmstad, Sweden L PTS 3 
Rolf Thorsrud (NO) Trollh?ttan, Sweden W TKO 3 
Hugo Nyström (SW) Eskilstuna, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bert Bergkvist (SW) Nyköping, Sweden W KO 2 
Filip Karlsson (SW) Skövde, Sweden W TKO 2 
Gert Schyllert (SW) Helsingborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Karl Frank (DK) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 3 
Lars Meurling (SW) Kalmar, Sweden W KO 2 

'''1950 (Jan. 2 - Dec. 30)''' 
Folke Sjöberg (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Swedish Junior Championships) 
Lars Varg (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 3 
(Swedish Junior Championships/Final) 
Arne Holm (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 3 
Leo Sörensen (DK) Helsingborg, Sweden W KO 2 
Knut Hwidsten (NO) Västerås, Sweden W TKO 2 
(Sweden vs. Norway Junior International) 
Villy Hansen (DK) Lund, Sweden W KO 1 
Ludvig Larsen (DK) Göteborg, Sweden W TKO 2 
Arne Holm (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships) 
Bengt Modigh (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships/Final) 
Stig Frisk (SW) Värnamo, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bengt Modigh (SW) Stockholm, Sweden L PTS 3 
Johannes Björneflaten (NO) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 2 
Aldo Pellegrini (IT) Milano, Italy W PTS 3 
(Italy vs. Sweden International) 
Aldo Pellegrini (IT) Roma, Italy W PTS 3 
(Italy vs. Sweden International 
Laurent Touzard (FR) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Leo Kroon (SW) Linköping, Sweden W PTS 3 
Henrik Boström (FN) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
Olle Axelsson (SW) Lund, Sweden W KO 3 
Bjarne Olsen (NO) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Sweden vs. Norway International) 
Lars Johansson (SW) Jönköping, Sweden W KO 2 
Herluf Hansen (DK) København, Denmark W PTS 3 
(Denmark vs. Sweden International) 
Olle Axelsson (SW) Kinna, Sweden W TKO 2 
Leo Kroon (SW) Helsingborg, Sweden W TKO 3 
Uwe Jansen (GE) Hamburg, Germany L PTS 3 
Horst Herold (GE) Wolfsburg, Germany W PTS 3 

'''1951 (Jan. 12 - Oct. 10)''' 
Peter Toch (UK) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Ilkka Koski (FN) Helsingfors, Finland W PTS 3 
Aljgirdas Schotsikas (USSR) Göteborg, Sweden L PTS 3 
Uwe Jansen (GE) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Uwe Jansen (GE) Kinna, Sweden W TKO 2 
Thörner Åhsman (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships) 
Bror Sandgren (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships/Final) 
Tommy Skovgaard (DK) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Sweden vs. Denmark International) 
[[Ernest Fann]] (US) Chicago, IL, USA W KO 3 
Norvel Lee (US) Göteborg, Sweden L PTS 3 
Tommy Skovaard (DK) København, Denmark W PTS 3 
Bjarne Lingaas (NO) Oslo, Norway L PTS 3 
(Norway vs. Sweden International) 
Thörner Åhsman (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 1 
Laurent Touzard (FR) Paris, France W PTS 3 
Aldo Pellegrini (IT) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Sweden vs Italy International) 

'''1952 (Feb. 29 - Aug. 2)''' 
Owe Wahlfeldt (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Swedish Championships) 
Gerhard Lindblom (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W TKO 2 
(Swedish Championships) 
Gert Schyllert (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Swedish Championships/Final) 
Carl Frank (DK) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Sweden vs. Denmark International) 
Laurent Touzard (FR) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Sweden vs. France International) 
Tomo Krizmanic (JU) Stockholm, Sweden L PTS 3 
Walter Kuhnert (GE) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 2 
Horymir Netuka (CZ) Helsinki, Finland W PTS 3 (3-0) (Olympic Games) 
Tomo Krizmanic (JU) Helsinki, Finland W PTS 3 (3-0) (Olympic Games) 
[[Ilkka Koski]] (FI) Helsinki, Finland W PTS 3 (2-1) (Olympic Semifinal) 
[[Ed Sanders]] (US) Helsinki, Finland L DQ 2 (Olympic Final) 

'''Total Bouts:''' 71 '''Wins:''' 61 (31 KO/TKO) '''Losses:''' 10 (9 PTS, 1 DQ) 
Palais 17.12.02/RSbg 

== Awards & Recognition ==
*Named [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1958 and 1959.
*Named the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1959.
*Named ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' Sportsman of the Year for 1959.
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1988.
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2002.
*Ranked as the third best Swedish athlete of the 20th century by the Swedish Sports Academy in 2000.
*Ranked as the 39th [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest heavyweight of all-time]] by ''The Ring'' in 1998.
*Ranked as the 99th [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|greatest puncher of all-time]] by ''The Ring'' in 2003.

== Trivia ==
*Before becoming a boxer, Johansson worked as a street laborer and a dock worker.
*Appeared as a guest on the American television series ''What's My Line?'' on February 1, 1959. Panelist Martin Gable, although blind-folded, quickly guessed Johansson's professional boxing occupation. Johansson appeared on the show again on June 19, 1960.
*Johansson's autobiography, ''Sekonderna Lämnar Ringen'' (Seconds Out of the Ring), was published in 1960.
*Had a brief acting career in the 1950s and 1960s.
*Married and divorced three times.
*Had four children: two sons, Thomas and Patrick, and two daughters, Jean and Maria.
*Johansson owned, at different times, a successful construction company, a fishing trawler, a suite of offices in Stockholm and a hotel in Florida.

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before=[[Floyd Patterson]]|
title=[[World Heavyweight Champion]] [[NBA World Heavyweight Champion]] [[NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Floyd Patterson]]|
years=1959 Jun 26 – 1960 Jun 20
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[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

Rolf Gustafsson

2016-04-02T10:13:14Z

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National champion in 1928. Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/rolf-gustafsson/]

The source for most of this record is ''Ringside'' by Christer Franzen

== Olympic games results ==
'''1928''' (as a featherweight)
*Lost to [[Georges Boireau]] (France) PTS

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gustafsson, Rolf}}
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[[Category:1928 Olympians]]

Anthony Yigit

2016-04-02T10:08:17Z

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[[File:Anthony Yigit.jpg|left|325px]]
<boxer>642464</boxer>

Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/anthony-yigit/]
National champion 2010, 2012.
Nordic champion 2012.

 
== Olympic results ==
Represented Sweden at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, boxing as a Light Welterweight (64 kg):

*Round 1/16 - Defeated Francisco Vargas (Puerto Rico) 13-9
*Round 1/8 - Lost to [[Denis Berinchik]] (Ukraine) 23-24

== Other Amateur Highlights ==
'''2009''' European Youth Championships participant in Szczecin, Poland at 60 kg.
*Defeated [[Jan Deling]] (Slovakia) 16-0
*Lost to [[Miroslav Serban]] (Czech Republic) 1-3
'''2010''' Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament Bronze medalist in Ankara, Turkey at 64 kg.
*Defeated [[Yasin Colakoglu]] (Turkey) 5-0
*Defeated [[Romal Amanov]] (Azerbaijan) +4-4
*Defeated [[Mohamed Elmechhabi]] (Morocco) +2-2
*Lost to [[Yakup Sener]] (Turkey) 0-1
'''2010''' European Championships quarter-finalist in Moscow, Russia at 64 kg.
*Defeated [[Evgeniy Romashkevich]] (Belarus) 4-2
*Lost to [[Alexandr Solyanikov]] (Russia) 4-13
'''2011''' European Championships quarter-finalist in Istanbul, Turkey at 64 kg.
*Defeated [[Stipan Prtenjaca]] (Croatia) 24-9
*Defeated [[Chabane Fehim]] (France) 17-15
*Lost to [[Gaybatulla Hajialiyev]] (Azerbaijan) 14-18
'''2011''' World Championships participant in Baku, Azerbaijan at 64 kg.
*Defeated [[Sang-Hyuk Park]] (South Korea) 29-11
*Defeated [[Mohamed Elmechhabi]] (Morocco) 18-10
*Lost to [[Everton Lopes]] (Brazil) 10-22 (qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games)
'''2011''' Olympic Test Event Silver medalist in London, England at 64 kg.
*Defeated [[Avak Uzlyan]] (Russia) 17-15
*Defeated [[Dario Vangeli]] (Italy) 10-6
*Lost to [[Josh Taylor]] (Scotland) 14-15
'''2012''' Nordic Championships Gold medalist in Stockholm, Sweden at 64 kg.
*Defeated [[Stian Thorstensen]] (Norway) 21-6
*Defeated [[Walid Ali]] (Denmark) 28-13
'''2012''' Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament Silver medalist in Havana, Cuba at 64 kg.
*Defeated [[Fatih Keles]] (Turkey) 18-11
*Defeated [[Cesar Villarraga]] (Colombia) 22-13
*Lost to [[Roniel Iglesias]] (Cuba) 28-52

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yigit, Anthony}}
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[[Category:Swedish Olympians]]

Anders Eklund

2016-04-02T10:03:57Z

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[[:Image:Eklund.Anders.jpg|Photo #2]]

'''Anders Eklund''' was affiliated with [[Team Palle]].

== Amateur Credentials ==
*Amateur Record 79 (55-25). Amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/anders-eklund/]
National champion in 1982.
Nordic champion 1980, 1982.

*1980 Moscow Olympic Games: Lost to [[Istvan Levai]] (Hungary) in the 1st round on a 4-1 decision.
*Scandavian Amateur Super Heavyweight Champion (1980, 1982)
*1982 Swedish Amateur Super Heavyweight Champion
*1982 Munich World Championships: Lost to Peter Hussing (Germany)

[[Category:Swedish Olympians|Eklund, Anders]]
[[Category:1980 Olympians|Eklund, Anders]]
[[Category:2010 Deaths|Eklund, Anders]]

Christer Corpi

2016-04-02T09:56:42Z

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<boxer>41406</boxer>

Corpi represented Sweden at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic games.

National champ in 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986. Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/christer-corpi/]
Nordic Champion in 1980, 1982. Nordic silver medal in 1986.

== Olympic results ==
'''1980''' (as a middleweight)
*Defeated [[Gbodelle Etienne Loco]] (Benin) DQ 2
*Lost to [[Manfred Trauten]] (East Germany) RSC 2

'''1984''' (as a Light heavyweight)
*Defeated [[Arcadio Fuentes]] (Puerto Rico) KO 1
*Lost to [[Jean-Paul Nanga]] (Cameroon) 1-4

[[Category:Swedish Olympians|Corpi, Christer]]
[[Category:1980 Olympians|Corpi, Christer]]
[[Category:1984 Olympians|Corpi, Christer]]

Allan Carlsson

2016-04-02T09:52:04Z

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'''Carl Allan Carlsson-Ekbäck''' (November 8, 1910 – November 17, 1983) was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

National Champion in 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936. Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/allan-carlsson/].

In 1932 he won the bronze medal in the featherweight class after winning the third place fight against Gaspare Alessandri. He was born in Längbro, Örebro.

== Olympic results ==
*Defeated [[Katsuo Kameoka]] (Japan) PTS
*Defeated [[Johnny Hines]] (United States) PTS
*Lost to [[Carmelo Ambrosio Robledo]] (Argentina) PTS (semi-final match)
*Defeated [[Gaspar Alessandri]] (Italy) PTS (bronze medal match)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carlsson, Allan}}
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[[Category:1932 Olympians]]
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Haakan Brock

2016-04-02T09:48:22Z

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National champion in 1983, 1984. Amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/hakan-brock/].
Nordic champion in 1984.

Represented Sweden as a heavyweight at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His results were:
*Defeated [[Magne Havnaa]] (Norway) RSC 2
*Defeated [[Alex Stewart]] (Jamaica) 5-0
*Lost to [[Angelo Musone]] (Italy) 0-5

[[Category:1984 Olympians|Brock, Haakan]]
[[Category:Swedish Olympians|Brock, Haakan]]

Oscar Andrén

2016-04-02T09:43:49Z

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<boxer>74246</boxer>

National champion in 1923, 1925. Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/oscar-andren/].

European amateur featherweight champion, Stockholm 1925.

== Olympic games results ==
'''1924''' (as a bantamweight)
*Defeated [[Mario González (Uruguay)|Mario Gonzalez]] (Uruguay) PTS
*Defeated [[Joseph Lazarus]] (United States) DQ 2
*Defeated [[Antonio Sanchez]] (Spain) PTS
*Lost to [[Salvatore Tripoli]] (United States) PTS (semifinal)
*Lost to [[Jean Ces]] (France) (France) PTS

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andren, Oscar}}
[[Category:Swedish Olympians]]
[[Category:1924 Olympians]]

Erik Ågren

2016-04-02T09:38:45Z

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'''Erik Ågren''' (January 3, 1916 – July 3, 1985) was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the lightweight class after winning the third place fight against [[Poul Kops]].

In 1939 in Chicago at welterweight representing [[US Golden Gloves vs. Europe 1931-1954|Europe vs. the US Golden Gloves Team]] he won by ko in the 2nd vs. [[Howard Porter]].

In 1939 he won the silver medal in the European Championships in Dublin.

National champ in 1937-1938-1939-1940-1941. Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/erik-agren/]

== Olympic Results ==
*'''1936''' Lightweight representative for Sweden at the [[Olympics]] in Berlin, Germany. Results were:
**Defeated [[Lorenzo Delgado]] (Mexico) PTS
**Defeated [[Marino Facchin]] (Italy) PTS
**Defeated [[Andy Scrivani]] (United States) PTS
**Lost to [[Nikolai Stepulov]] (Estonia) PTS )
**Defeated [[Poul Kops]] (Denmark) walk-over

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agren, Erik}}
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[[Category:Olympic Bronze Medalists]]

Thure Ahlkvist

2016-04-02T09:29:42Z

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National champ in 1929. Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/thure-ahlqvist/].

== Olympic games results ==
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[Gaston Mayor]] (France) PTS
*Defeated [[Nat Bor]] (United States) PTS
*Lost to [[Laurie Stevens]] (South Africa) PTS (gold medal match)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahlkvist, Thure}}
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Henry Hallberg

2016-04-02T09:20:16Z

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[[:File:AkeHallbergPS.jpg|Photo #2]]

National champ in 1934. Partil amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/henry-hallberg/]

Gunnar Berggren

2016-04-02T09:14:56Z

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Berggren was National champ 1925-1926-1927-1928. Partial amateurrecord [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/gunnar-berggren/].

He represented Sweden as a Lightweight at the European Championships in Berlin 1927, winning a bronze medal.

Berggren represented Sweden as a lightweight at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic games, winning a bronze medal. His results were:
*Defeated [[Pierre Godart]] (Belgium) points
*Defeated [[Robert Charles Smith]] (South Africa) points
*Defeated [[Jorge Diaz Hernandez]] (Chile) walk-over
*Lost to [[Steve Halaiko]] (United States) points
*Defeated [[Hans Nielsen]] (Denmark) points, in bronze medal match

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berggren, Gunnar}}
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[[Category:1928 Olympians]]
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Gunnar Berggren

2016-04-02T09:07:56Z

Mrboxhist:

<boxer>93982</boxer>

Berggren was National champ 1925-1926-1927-1928.
Berggren represented Sweden as a Lightweight at the European Championships in Berlin 1927, winning a bronze medal.

Berggren represented Sweden as a lightweight at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic games, winning a bronze medal. His results were:
*Defeated [[Pierre Godart]] (Belgium) points
*Defeated [[Robert Charles Smith]] (South Africa) points
*Defeated [[Jorge Diaz Hernandez]] (Chile) walk-over
*Lost to [[Steve Halaiko]] (United States) points
*Defeated [[Hans Nielsen]] (Denmark) points, in bronze medal match

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berggren, Gunnar}}
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[[Category:1928 Olympians]]
[[Category:Swedish Olympians]]

Ingemar Johansson

2015-07-07T08:46:36Z

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[[File:Ingo4.jpeg|left|thumb|325px|Ingemar Johansson]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2002 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/johansson.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
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'''Division:''' Heavyweight 
'''Trainers:''' [[Nils Blomberg]], [[Whitey Bimstein]], [[Al Silvani]] 
'''Manager:''' [[Edwin Ahlquist]] 
'''[[:Category:Ingemar Johansson Gallery|Ingemar Johansson Gallery]]

 
'''Ingemar Johansson''' was [[World Heavyweight Champion]] from June 26, 1959 to June 20, 1960. Johansson, a powerful right-hand puncher, is best known for his three fights against two-time champion [[Floyd Patterson]].

Press coverage of the Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johansson match of 1959 focused on Johansson's training methods primarily because Patterson, the defending champion and prohibitive favorite, was often uncomfortable around the press and provided little in the way of exciting copy. Johansson's training methods, when compared to the conventional wisdom of the time, were unorthodox. Eschewing the notion that a fighter ought to be miserable while preparing for a match, Johansson set up shop in the open air of Grossingers resort hotel. While Patterson, who trained in a barn, spent his evenings playing cards with his sparring partners, Ingemar could occasionally be seen at local night spots dancing the night away with his "secretary" Birgit. But the press erred when they characterized Johansson as less than a serious professional. They hadn't taken into account his impressive victories over [[Joe Erskine]], [[Henry Cooper]], and [[Joe Bygraves]]. They also hadn't taken into account his victory over number-one ranked [[Eddie Machen]]. It was this match, held on September 14th, 1959, that showed what Johansson could really do.

Machen arrived in Sweden expecting easy money and some low-risk prep work for a shot at Patterson's title early the following year. He received neither. Early in the first round, Johansson landed with a straight right, a punch he affectionately referred to as "Toonder and Lightning." Other called it "Ingo's Bingo" and the "Hammer of Thor." Machen went down as if shot. He managed to beat the referee's count, but Johansson scored with "Toonder" a few more times and Machen took the full count with his head resting on the ring apron. The victory should have won him instant acclaim, but it didn't. The location of the fight - Johansson's back yard - coupled with the bias typically shown against European boxers, caused the public to regard his victory as a fluke.

Another factor contributing to Johansson's slight reputation can be traced back to the 1952 [[Olympics]] at Helsinki. Matched in the final against the huge American [[Ed Sanders]], Johansson kept his distance and rarely threw a punch, prompting French referee [[Roger Vaisburg]] to disqualify him for not trying. Olympic officials then ruled that the Silver Medal would not be awarded to Johansson (he was eventually awarded the Silver Medal in 1982). Johansson was branded a coward in Sweden. Years later, in his autobiography ''Seconds Out of the Ring,'' Johansson wrote that it had all been a big mistake, that the referee hadn't understood his battle plan, which, according to Johansson, called for a strict defensive strategy over two rounds, and a surprise attack in the third. In light of future events, he may have been right. In any case, his performance at Helsinki seriously damaged his credibility. On the eve of his first fight with Patterson, Johansson was a five to one underdog.

The fight, held in New York's Yankee Stadium on June 27, 1959, began as expected, with Patterson the aggressor and Johansson on defense. Through the first two rounds, Johansson was content to move around the ring and throw soft left jabs that annoyed Patterson more than anything else. The right hand that destroyed Machen was nowhere in sight. By the third round, Patterson, according to his memoirs, was convinced that Johansson's fabled right hand, his "Toonder," didn't exist, that it was just a myth manufactured by the press.
[[File:Fleischer and Johansson.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Johansson being presented with the championship belt by [[Nat Fleischer]], founder of [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].]]
Patterson's downfall began with a simple shift in strategy. In the first two rounds, the champion avoided Johansson's jab by bobbing under it, but by the third, a complacent Patterson started picking off the jab with his right glove. About a minute into the round Johansson turned the jab into a wide left hook and Patterson moved his right glove out of position as Johansson hoped he would. Johansson then drove his own right hand straight down the middle, catching Patterson flush. The champion crashed to the canvas. Glassy eyed, he staggered up at the count of nine, out on his feet. Referee [[Ruby Goldstein]] should have stopped it right there, but instead, wiped off Patterson's gloves and waved Johansson in. Trapped in a deep fog, Patterson, believing that he had scored the knockdown, turned away from Johansson and started to walk to the neutral corner. Johansson slammed a hook to his jaw and a right to the back of his head, dropping him a second time. Five more knockdowns followed before Ruby Goldstein stopped the fight, making Ingemar Johansson the first European since [[Primo Carnera]] to win the Heavyweight Championship the World.

He was a popular champion. Unlike the moody, introspective Patterson, Johansson enjoyed the limelight. He appeared on television, made a movie, and even cut a hit record in Sweden. Many critics believed that the charismatic Swede was the best thing to happen to boxing in years. While the victor cavorted in public, the vanquished lived in a self-imposed exile. Criticized in the past for a lack of killer instinct, Patterson became a man consumed by hate, a hate that served him well in the rematch staged at New York's [[Polo Grounds]].

Many predicted a rerun of their first fight, including Johansson. He was fond of telling anyone who would listen that the next time he hit Patterson with old "Toonder" the referee might as well count to a thousand. And history was on his side as well. No former World Heavyweight Champion had ever regained the title, though many had tried.

Unfortunately for Johansson, a different Patterson showed up on the night of June 20, 1960. Fighting with an intensity missing in the first match, Patterson negated Johansson's counter punching with tremendous pressure. Johansson's "Toonder" found the mark only once, in the second round, but Patterson took it well and Johansson couldn't follow up. When in close, Patterson worked the body furiously, and when on the outside, he fired a hard left jab that had the dual effect of hurting Johansson and keeping his big right hand from exploding. Early in the fifth, a left hook dropped Johansson to the canvas for the first time in his career. He made it up at the count of nine, but he was in bad shape. Patterson attacked in a frenzy: punches poured in from every angle including 3 or 4 shots to the back of the head. During the attack, Johansson lost his equilibrium and found himself turned around, vulnerable to the same back-of-the-head blow that he struck Patterson with a year earlier. Patterson passed on the cheap shot and whirled him around with his right hand and threw his trademark punch, a leaping left hook. It was a direct hit. Johansson crashed to the floor in much the same way Patterson had when hit by "Toonder" a year earlier. But unlike Patterson, Johansson didn't get up. Many at ringside feared for his life as blood trickled out of the left corner of his mouth and it was considerable time before he regained his feet. Floyd Patterson became the first man in history to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.

Johansson recovered from the beating and engaged Patterson in a third fight in Miami Beach on March 13th, 1961. Five weeks before the fight, Johansson unwittingly became part of the early [[Muhammad Ali]] legend while training in Miami Beach. On February 6, 1961, Johansson boxed six rounds with three sparring partners at Convention Hall before a crowd of about 2,000. One of the sparring partners was 19-year-old Ali, then known as Cassius Clay. With only four pro fights to his credit, young Clay treated Johansson as if he were the sparring partner. He jabbed, he danced, and he made Johansson miss repeatedly with his vaunted right hand. "He's good, this fellow," Johansson said afterward. Later in the year, Clay's promoter offered Johansson $100,000 to fight Clay. Johansson turned it down, saying, "That guy couldn't even draw a non-paying crowd, much less any real money."

He had better luck connecting against Patterson, and for a brief moment, it seemed Johansson would become the second man to regain the World Heavyweight Championship. Twice in the first round, Johansson found the mark with his right hand and twice Patterson went down. As Johansson waited in the neutral corner following the second knockdown, it was evident by the broad smile on his face that he believed he was about to repeat his performance from 1959. But his moment of glory passed when Patterson scored a knockdown of his own near the close of the round, one of the wildest in heavyweight history. Both had their moments in rounds two through five, but in the sixth, weary from Patterson's ceaseless body attack, Johansson went down and out from a Patterson hook, thus ending the three bout series.

Johansson returned to Europe, where he continued his career with knockout wins over Joe Bygraves, [[Wim Snoek]], and [[Dick Richardson]]. Talk of a challenge to [[Sonny Liston]], who had relieved Patterson of the championship on September 25, 1962, began circulating.

On April 21, 1963, Johansson took on [[Brian London]] in a bout scheduled for twelve rounds. Near the close of the last round, London, who ranked in the top ten but was held in low esteem, flattened the former champ with a right hand. The bell rang at the count of four, saving Johansson from a knockout. The referee and sole judge of the fight awarded the decision to Johansson, a decision greeted with jeers and catcalls. Johansson had gotten lucky and he knew it. He never fought again.

In 1970, Johansson made international news when he starting training in a local Swedish gym. Photos of the former champion showed him with a beer belly. One of his sparring partners, an amateur Swedish heavyweight, said that Ingo still had power in his punch. Johansson's rumored return made the pages of the [[The Ring Magazine]], [[International Boxing]], [[Boxing Illustrated]], and just about every newspaper in the free world. However, whatever Johansson was planning never amounted to a ring return. The simple fact remained, that at 37 years old, he no longer had the drive and desire to get back into fighting shape.

The highlight of Johansson's post boxing career happened in 1982 when the International Olympic Committee forgave him for his tepid performance at the Helsinki Olympics and presented him with the Silver Medal. For Johansson, it was a special moment. In that same year, Johansson took a break from his many business activities and entered the New York City Marathon along with his old nemeses, Floyd Patterson. Though severely overweight, he managed to finish the race. But, as in two of their three championship fights, he finished well behind Patterson.

[[file:Johansson.Ingemar.3.jpg|center|200px|thumb|Johansson signing autographs]]

==Amateur Record==
'''1948 (Feb. 17 - Dec. 30)''' 
Uno Jacobsson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 1 
Helge Olausson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Hans Fredriksson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W TKO 3 
Stig Johansson (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 1 
Carl Nilsson (SW) Malmö, Sweden L PTS 3 
Gert Schyllert (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Lars Varg (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Einar Dragsten (SW) Stockholm, Sweden L PTS 3 
(Swedish Junior Championships) 

'''1949 (Jan. 23 - Dec. 11)''' 
Lars Johansson (SW) Jönköping, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bengt Åkerman (SW) Borås, Sweden W KO 1 
Sven Nordin (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Olle Bergstr?m (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bror Andersson (SW) Halmstad, Sweden L PTS 3 
Rolf Thorsrud (NO) Trollh?ttan, Sweden W TKO 3 
Hugo Nyström (SW) Eskilstuna, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bert Bergkvist (SW) Nyköping, Sweden W KO 2 
Filip Karlsson (SW) Skövde, Sweden W TKO 2 
Gert Schyllert (SW) Helsingborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Karl Frank (DK) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 3 
Lars Meurling (SW) Kalmar, Sweden W KO 2 

'''1950 (Jan. 2 - Dec. 30)''' 
Folke Sjöberg (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Swedish Junior Championships) 
Lars Varg (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 3 
(Swedish Junior Championships/Final) 
Arne Holm (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 3 
Leo Sörensen (DK) Helsingborg, Sweden W KO 2 
Knut Hwidsten (NO) Västerås, Sweden W TKO 2 
(Sweden vs. Norway Junior International) 
Villy Hansen (DK) Lund, Sweden W KO 1 
Ludvig Larsen (DK) Göteborg, Sweden W TKO 2 
Arne Holm (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships) 
Bengt Modigh (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships/Final) 
Stig Frisk (SW) Värnamo, Sweden W PTS 3 
Bengt Modigh (SW) Stockholm, Sweden L PTS 3 
Johannes Björneflaten (NO) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 2 
Aldo Pellegrini (IT) Milano, Italy W PTS 3 
(Italy vs. Sweden International) 
Aldo Pellegrini (IT) Roma, Italy W PTS 3 
(Italy vs. Sweden International 
Laurent Touzard (FR) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Leo Kroon (SW) Linköping, Sweden W PTS 3 
Henrik Boström (FN) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
Olle Axelsson (SW) Lund, Sweden W KO 3 
Bjarne Olsen (NO) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Sweden vs. Norway International) 
Lars Johansson (SW) Jönköping, Sweden W KO 2 
Herluf Hansen (DK) København, Denmark W PTS 3 
(Denmark vs. Sweden International) 
Olle Axelsson (SW) Kinna, Sweden W TKO 2 
Leo Kroon (SW) Helsingborg, Sweden W TKO 3 
Uwe Jansen (GE) Hamburg, Germany L PTS 3 
Horst Herold (GE) Wolfsburg, Germany W PTS 3 

'''1951 (Jan. 12 - Oct. 10)''' 
Peter Toch (UK) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Ilkka Koski (FN) Helsingfors, Finland W PTS 3 
Aljgirdas Schotsikas (USSR) Göteborg, Sweden L PTS 3 
Uwe Jansen (GE) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
Uwe Jansen (GE) Kinna, Sweden W TKO 2 
Thörner Åhsman (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships) 
Bror Sandgren (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Swedish Championships/Final) 
Tommy Skovgaard (DK) Stockholm, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Sweden vs. Denmark International) 
[[Ernest Fann]] (US) Chicago, IL, USA W KO 3 
Norvel Lee (US) Göteborg, Sweden L PTS 3 
Tommy Skovaard (DK) København, Denmark W PTS 3 
Bjarne Lingaas (NO) Oslo, Norway L PTS 3 
(Norway vs. Sweden International) 
Thörner Åhsman (SW) Göteborg, Sweden W KO 1 
Laurent Touzard (FR) Paris, France W PTS 3 
Aldo Pellegrini (IT) Göteborg, Sweden W PTS 3 
(Sweden vs Italy International) 

'''1952 (Feb. 29 - Aug. 2)''' 
Owe Wahlfeldt (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Swedish Championships) 
Gerhard Lindblom (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W TKO 2 
(Swedish Championships) 
Gert Schyllert (SW) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Swedish Championships/Final) 
Carl Frank (DK) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Sweden vs. Denmark International) 
Laurent Touzard (FR) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 1 
(Sweden vs. France International) 
Tomo Krizmanic (JU) Stockholm, Sweden L PTS 3 
Walter Kuhnert (GE) Stockholm, Sweden W KO 2 
Horymir Netuka (CZ) Helsinki, Finland W PTS 3 (3-0) (Olympic Games) 
Tomo Krizmanic (JU) Helsinki, Finland W PTS 3 (3-0) (Olympic Games) 
[[Ilkka Koski]] (FI) Helsinki, Finland W PTS 3 (2-1) (Olympic Semifinal) 
[[Ed Sanders]] (US) Helsinki, Finland L DQ 2 (Olympic Final) 

'''Total Bouts:''' 71 '''Wins:''' 61 (31 KO/TKO) '''Losses:''' 10 (9 PTS, 1 DQ) 
Palais 17.12.02/RSbg 

'''NB! The list above is not correct. Follow the link to find the complete amateur record''' [http://www.mrboxhist.se/boxare/ingemar-johansson/ Amateur Record]

== Awards & Recognition ==
*Named [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1958 and 1959.
*Named the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1959.
*Named ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' Sportsman of the Year for 1959.
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1988.
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2002.
*Ranked as the third best Swedish athlete of the 20th century by the Swedish Sports Academy in 2000.
*Ranked as the 39th [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest heavyweight of all-time]] by ''The Ring'' in 1998.
*Ranked as the 99th [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|greatest puncher of all-time]] by ''The Ring'' in 2003.

== Trivia ==
*Before becoming a boxer, Johansson worked as a street laborer and a dock worker.
*Appeared as a guest on the American television series ''What's My Line?'' on February 1, 1959. Panelist Martin Gable, although blind-folded, quickly guessed Johansson's professional boxing occupation. Johansson appeared on the show again on June 19, 1960.
*Johansson's autobiography, ''Sekonderna Lämnar Ringen'' (Seconds Out of the Ring), was published in 1960.
*Had a brief acting career in the 1950s and 1960s.
*Married and divorced three times.
*Had four children: two sons, Thomas and Patrick, and two daughters, Jean and Maria.
*Johansson owned, at different times, a successful construction company, a fishing trawler, a suite of offices in Stockholm and a hotel in Florida.

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