What's my Line? Ingemar Johansson

[cheeriosinabowl]

This guy surely had to beat the women off with a stick. Lucky guy.

[phillytheflyerable]

class act!

[BesonXL]

There is one WML-episode with miss Birgit Lundgren, Ingemar's fiancee and later second wife. Search for "Correspondent for Swedish Newspaper".

[Richard40171]

Since J. was world champ the night before the fight and his first defense was against Floyd, who knocked him out in 5, this must have been '60. I'm surprised that Cerf seemed to pronounce the initial J when he addressed the champ. Floyd of course would have a far greater challenge against a man named Sonny.

[mxylpx]

One of the last gentlemen of the fight game...great man!

[deepcosmiclove]

Dorothy was really checking out Ingemar's body, unashamedly so.

[capablemachine]

beautiful handwriting

[SmappleMcWingers]

Does anyone know which fight this was before? That is, what was the date?

[perfuzz]

Ok, boxing was better back then, I'll give you that, but TV. Oh dear!?

[frank47hammer]

Rather shocking that he did the show the night before the fight. Ingemar got koed by Patterson in the 5th, one of the most horrifying in boxing history. I've seen it a couple of times, but won't watch it again. It even scared Patterson. Oddly, Patterson really liked Ingemar and they remained very good friends for life. Patterson used to fly to Europe each year to visit him.

[SwineForkbeard]

It always makes me uncomfortable to watch old clips of people cheering on Ingemar Johansson and betting that he'd win the fight, because I suspect alot of people at that time wanted the white guy to win even if he was a foreigner.

[TheWhiteywash]

@SwineForkbeard OH Yeah, Then it's okay if blacks root for someone because they black, but wrong if whites do it!

Limp wristed liberal thinking!

[Playan1982]

R.I.P Ingo..

[wukillah92]

haha well that was quick.

[TheYouSubscriber]

R.I.P Ingo

REDBERGSLID BOXAREN!!!!

[thenewgeneration123]

so how much was 8 dollars worth then?

[deepcosmiclove]

@thenewgeneration123 With 8 dollars you could drink all night and leave a tip.

[ericssson]

best looking boxer for sure

[anglocub]

Well, did Ingemar win the fight? Does anybody know? Just curious.  Thanks.

[47roller]

No,Floyd Patterson knocked him out in the fifth round and won back the heavyweight title.

[anglocub]

Thank you for letting me know. That's kind of you.

[levizer]

that was the first time anyone had ever been heavyweight champion twice, teh next to be so was Muhammad Ali who actually were 3 time champion...

[NonStopRocker]

Arlene was lookin at him like she wanted him!

[newsense87]

Great find and great post, cheers mate.

[scaryguy26]

Han äger  nog där han är nu med !!

[SpaceAce92]

Vila i frid, Ingemar!

[junkieland]

we live on in celluloid. ingemar enjoy the pantheon of champions.

[sdmike12]

RIP Ingo! GBG!!!

[stripcartoon]

jag tanka altid pa dig Ingo

[LaSoldat]

Vila i frid, Ingo.

[sittingbullet]

Vila i frid Ingemar

[romanista85]

r.i.p. en svensk ikon! Du kommer aldrig bli glömd.

[zillertaller]

En riktig kraftkarl har gått bort från oss..Vila i frid INGO!!!

[Edinovich]

Vila I Fred, Ingemar.

[coripearson]

R.I.P

[romunge]

RIP Ingemar

[achmedlolol]

haha så stilig han var

RIP Ingemar

[Henkilainen]

R.I.P INGEMAR "INGO" JOHANSSON

[ellerboda]

Ingo is still on his feet outside Göteborg (Sweden) 76 year of age, but suffering from Altzheimers.

In 1982-83 both Floyd and Ingo particpated in Stockholm Marathon - Floyd beated Ingemar Johansson both times......

[Ryohazukisama]

Unfortunately he passed away last night =( RIP!

[JimmyCFO]

Damn, what a HOT man, this guy is HOT HOT HOT

[SueBeaWho]

I couldn't agree more!!! ooh, la la!

[Lava1964]

I think the most noteworthy part of this clip is that Floyd Patterson's name isn't even mentioned by anyone.

[mrphilosophical]

why is that so ?

[Lava1964]

One would think that when a mystery challenger is a participant in an upcoming heavyweight title fight the other fellow in the ring might be mentioned.

[soulierinvestments]

This illustrates boxing's popularity: they didn't put an explanatory title along with his name.

Gil Fates discussed this sequence in his book about What's My Line titled "What's My Line?" He remembered Eammon Andrews, BBC WML host / BBC Sports reporter, asking Ingo "Why aren't you home in bed?" Instead, this clip shows Arlene asking the question. Fates reported Ingo saying his first WML appearance brought him luck before winning the championship. He might have said that backstage.

[Lava1964]

This must be from June 19, 1960. Johansson was knocked out in five rounds by Floyd Patterson the next night and lost his title.

[soulierinvestments]

Dorothy lost her eight bucks.