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Floyd Patterson... Ingemar Johansson wins boxing heavyweight title...
Floyd Patterson... Ingemar Johansson wins boxing heavyweight title...
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June 27, 1959
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, June 27, 1959
* Ingemar Johansson wins boxing heavyweight title
* Floyd Patterson
This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 5: "Johansson Is Winner In Title Fight" with smaller subheads and two column photo of Johansson.
Other news of the day. Little spine wear, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Jens Ingemar Johansson[2] (September 22, 1932 – January 30, 2009) was a Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world. He defeated Floyd Patterson to win the World Heavyweight Championship. As a result, Johansson won the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year in 1959 and was named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year".
Category: The 20th Century
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