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Greatest Knockouts: Patterson vs. Johansson - ESPN.com  Sep 28, 2006 ... Patterson-Johansson III in 1961 was the best fight in the triology. ... to wear the heavyweight crown, as well as the first Olympic medal winner to win the title. ... Sweden, to fight European heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson. ... He made it to his feet, but a right-left dropped him to the canvas again.
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Clue Watch: Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson  Fikkle Fame  Nov 21, 2015 ... 05/26/2008 HEAVYWEIGHTS $400: Ingemar Johansson won the heavyweight title from him in 1959 but lost 2 rematches 11/21/2005...
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Ingemar Johansson - BoxRec  Apr 2, 2016 ... Ingemar Johansson was World Heavyweight Champion from June 26, 1959 to ... Press coverage of the Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johansson match of 1959 focused on ... The victory should have won him instant acclaim, but it didn't. ... Through the first two rounds, Johansson was content to move around the...
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Floyd Patterson - Wikipedia  Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935  May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who ... He was the first Olympic gold medalist to win a professional heavyweight title. ... Patterson met Ingemar Johansson of Sweden, the number one contender, .... In a rematch four months later, Patterson lost a controversial 12-round...
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Ingemar Johansson - Wikipedia  Jens Ingemar Johansson was a Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world. Johansson was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States. In 1959 he defeated Floyd Patterson by TKO in the third round, after flooring ... When he retired in 1963 he had a record of 26 wins, 17 by KO, and only two...
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Muhammad Ali Biography Biography Online  He won the World Heavyweight Boxing championship three times, and won the North ... Ali later changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam and subsequently ... In Louisville, October 29, 1960, Cassius Clay won his first professional fight. ... Lamar Clark (who had won his previous 40 bouts by knockout), Doug Jones,...
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History - 1990s - The Championships, Wimbledon 2017 - Official ...  The Swede went on to win the US Open in 1991 and 1992. ... since Bjorn Borg, and the first American to win Wimbledon since John McEnroe in 1984. ... John McEnroe collected his fifth Wimbledon men's doubles title as he and Michael ... By doing so, Martinez became the first  and to date only  Spanish woman to lift the...
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ESPN.com: 'Brown Bomber' was a hero to all  Louis was heavyweight champion of the world in an era when the ... His undefeated streak ended on June 19, 1936 when Schmeling detected a chink in ... James Braddock, knocking out "The Cinderella Man" in the eighth round. ... There were reports of messages to Schmeling from Hitler warning him that he had better win...
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Rocky Marciano - Wikipedia  Rocky Marciano was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955, and held the world heavyweight title from 1952 to 1956. He went undefeated in his career and defended the title six times, against Jersey Joe Walcott, Roland La Starza, Ezzard Charles (twice), .... This, however, did not matter because he was able to take the shots.
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Marvin Hagler, WBA/WBC Middleweight World Champion 1980-1987  Marvin Hagler, WBA/WBC Middleweight World Champion 1980-1987 | See more ... Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Tommy Hearns Two World Class Boxers. ..... This is one of five weight classes that he has won a boxing title making him the first...
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66: Duran says 'no mas' vs. Leonard in title fight - ESPN.com  Jul 5, 2004 ... It was their second championship bout of 1980 and Roberto Duran and his ... Then, in the eighth round, Duran suddenly quit. ... in New Orleans on November 25, 1980, for a rematch against Leonard, he fully expected to keep his belt. ... round, a weary Duran, the tough and leathery Panamanian fighter,...
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J! Archive - Show #5471, aired 2008-05-26  May 26, 2008 ... This state's been "on my mind" since it entered the Union 3 times, ... Between 1937 & 1942, he successfully defended his heavyweight title 21 ... $200, 21 ... Ingemar Johansson won the heavyweight title from him in 1959 but...
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Ilie Nastase | OnTennis.com  Ilie Nastase (born July 19, 1946, in Bucharest, Romania) is a former ... Nastase won the Masters tournament four times, in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975. ... In 1972, they reached the Davis Cup final, the challenge round having been abolished. ... His first final at an important tournament was in 1969 in Stockholm, where he...
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George Foreman - Fact Monster  Olympic heavyweight champ (1968); world heavyweight champ (1973-74 and 94-95); lost title to Muhammad Ali (KO-8th) in '74; recaptured it on Nov. 5, 1994 at age 45 with a 10-round KO of WBA/IBF champ Michael Moorer, becoming the ... named AP Male Athlete of Year 20 years after losing title to Ali; stripped of WBA title...
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Marvin Hagler, WBA/WBC Middleweight World Champion 1980-1987  Marvin Hagler, WBA/WBC Middleweight World Champion 1980-1987 | See more about ... Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Tommy Hearns Two World Class Boxers. ..... the first Black man to win boxing titles in five different weight classes, 1987.
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Muhammad Ali is a three-time World Heavyweight champion.  Ali was not widely expected to defeat Sonny Liston who was favorite to win ... stating he had a shoulder injury Ali became the youngest boxer ever to take .... In February 1978, Ali lost the heavweight title to 1976 Olympics Champion Leon Spinks. ... for the WBA version of the Heavyweight title, winning it for a record third time.
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Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston - Wikipedia  The two fights between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston for boxing's World Heavyweight ... Ali (then Clay) won when Liston gave up at the opening of the seventh round (after being clearly .... that he had fought a total of just over six minutes during a 35-month stretch. One of ..... I swear The Beatles could beat the two of 'em!
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Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield (1st meeting) - BoxRec  Apr 27, 2016 ... 1996-11-09 : Mike Tyson 222 lbs lost to Evander Holyfield 215 lbs by ... World Boxing Association Heavyweight Title (1st defense by Tyson); Photo 2, ... The second time Tyson and Holyfield were scheduled to fight was November 8, 1991, ... He regained the WBC heavyweight title with a third-round TKO of...
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Rod Laver wins Grand Slam - Sep 10, 1962 - HISTORY.com  Please try again later. .... On this day in 1962, Rod Laver defeats fellow Australian Roy Emerson in four sets to ... In 1969, Laver became the first man to win the Grand Slam twice. He won a total of 11 Grand Slam events in his career, in addition to 47 other ... He is generally considered the best men's tennis player in history.
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Muhammad Ali Biography - life, children, name, history, mother, old ...  World Biography  A-An; Muhammad Ali Biography ... Muhammad Ali was the only professional boxer to win the heavy-weight championship three times. ... Among the many things Ali learned was how to move with the grace and ease of a dancer .... In 1999 Ali became the first boxer to ever appear on a Wheaties cereal box.
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Clue Watch: Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson  Fikkle Fame  Nov 21, 2015 ... Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johannson were two heavyweight ... Ingemar Johansson won the heavyweight title from him in 1959 but lost 2 rematches ... he KO'd Ingemar Johansson, 6/20/60, he became 1st man to regain...