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Some of the most epic moments in Swedish combat sports history!
1. Ingemar Johansson becomes heavyweight boxing champion, 1959
Ingemar Johansson knocks out Floyd Patterson at Yankee Stadium
Among all the classic moments in Swedish sports, it’s hard to not put heavyweight boxer Ingemar Johansson’s 1959 win over Floyd Patterson at the top of the bill.
”Ingo” entered the ring in Yankee Stadium as a 5–1 underdog, but after giving Patterson an exceptionally brutal battering the fight was stopped in the third round, and Sweden had their first, and so far only, heavyweight boxing world champion.
There was a massive hype surrounding the bout, but sadly, the board of the Swedish Public Service decided to not broadcast the event on radio nor national television as professional boxing was (and still is to a certain point) considered to be something ugly in the country.
However, three million Swedes, which was more than 1/3 of the population at the time, listened to the title fight live via Radio Luxembourg, where commentator Lars-Henrik Ottoson guided them through the greatest Swedish combat sports moment of all time.
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