NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles · 15 rounds

Floyd
Patterson
VS
Ingemar
Johansson

Johansson · TKO 3/15

Jun 26, 1959 · Yankee Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸

Patterson going in35-1-0

Johansson going in21-0-0

Confirmation✓✓ two sources

MethodTKO

Round3 of 15 · 2:03

TitleNYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles

Sources

English Wikipedia
side a · observed 2026-10-11
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Patterson

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English Wikipedia
side b · observed 2026-10-11
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingemar_Johansson

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