Ingemar Johansson vs. Wim Snoek

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Ingemar Johansson 202 lbs beat Wim Snoek 197 lbs by KO at 1:15 in round 5 of 10

  • Date: 1962-04-15
  • Location: Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Referee: Bengt Lowendahl

Wim Snoek, the brave Dutch heavyweight who also ran a popular bar in Amsterdam, shocked the Stockholm crowd by knocking down former World heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson with a left hook in the first round. Johansson was groggy as he rose, that's not in dispute, but many felt the count was a very long one. Snoek rushed in with more hooks, but Johansson was now dancing away reducing the effect of Snoek's punches. Johansson had a small cut on his forehead as he sat down for the rest after the first round.

When Johansson got out to round 2, he looked completely recovered. With ease he blocked Snoek's predictable blows. Then in the 5th the famed right hand from Ingo dropped Snoek, and the Dutchman failed to beat the count.

The always talkative Snoek as usual brought his case to the press: The count over Johansson was a long one, he maintained. " Had I been permitted to box on, I'm sure I could have finished him off, " he told reporters. ( Boxing News, April 20, 1962 ).

  • In regards to the 1st round knockdown, the UPI wrote: "Johansson gained a few seconds respite when Swedish referee Bert Loewendahl went to great pains to wipe Ingo's gloves before letting the bout resume."
  • Snoek was actually down twice in the 5th round, having been dropped for the count of '9' earlier in the 5th before Johansson put him away for the full count at 1:15 of the round.
  • Attendance - 4,609
  • Gate - $40,000
  • Purses: Johansson - $20,000, Snoek - $4,000

Post-fight comments

  • "In the first round, Loewendahl was slow in counting and even steadied Johansson while he was still dizzy from my blow. And got another 8 or 9 seconds from the referee, who certainly took time wiping his gloves." -Wim Snoek
  • "Of course the referee had to wipe Ingo's gloves. Otherwise, there is always a risk of blindness, and we can't risk anything considering what has happened in boxing recently." -Edwin Ahlquist, Johansson's manager
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