Johnny Romsaas vs. Hugo Kohler

Johnny Romsaas 168 lbs beat Hugo Kohler 164 lbs by PTS in round 8 of 8

• Date: 1965-11-23
• Location: Messehallen, Oslo, Norway

Unbeaten Johnny Romsaas,Oslo,Norway gained a highly disputed 8 round verdict over the strong and seasoned Bosnian-Austrian Hugo Kohler. The tempo was high from the start,both men gave and took punches, taking risks with diving in for a quick KO-win. But it was all done in beautiful style. Kohler came on strong from the 5th round, confusing Romsaas with switching to south-paw and whipping in hard rights over the Norwegian's shoulder. Romsaas won the 7th with two fisted series,but had to go down for a 9 count in the last round.

A very dubious verdict, wrote the veteran journalist Leif K. Nilsen in Aftenposten.