Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson III - March 13, 1961 - Entire fight - Rounds 1 - 6 & Interview

Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson III
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Floyd Patterson defends the Heavyweight Championship of the World for the first time after regaining it against Ingemar Johansson, the very man who took it and from whom he won it back. This was the last of their three historic fights. Johansson went on to regain the European Championship that was vacaned before winning the World Championship from Patterson in their first fight, he then retired in 1963. Patterson would loose the championship again to Sonny Liston in 1962, he tried to regain it three times before retireing for good in 1972.
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Their records at the time
Floyd Patterson: 36-2
Ingemar Johansson: 22-1

[@jockorogers9312]

I was a kid during this fight and I was hoping for Ingo. But over some 60 years, I got to appreciate and love Floyd Patterson. What a class act.

[@underyourskins]

These two enjoyed knocking each other over so much they became friends for life.. Two great sportsmen.

[@Jdoggy2448]

Yes Floyd Patterson was & still is loved by many in the fight world.. Awesome fighter and humble man.. He is highly missed

[@musicmandon1]

What a joy this was to hear Chris Schenkel broadcast a fight again. Chris Schenkel was as good a man as he was a broadcaster. I spoke to him by phone the day of the first bout between Matthew Franklin and John Conteh in Atlantic City. I was a high school kid, and in spite of that he gladly told me of announcing bouts in the '50s from St. Nicholas Arena in New York. ABC had the trifecta of Cosell, Schenkel and Jackson to call boxing, which they did all over the world.

[@brianmorris7333]

Floyd Patterson - I would say what a class act but the thing is it doesn't seem like an act, just a genuinely classy guy - its a shame more athletes today don't follow his example

[@darinloveland6120]

One of my favorites of all time

[@northwestprof60]

He also played numerous guest star roles on TV series (Wild Wild West for example) and always seemed to play good guys too

[@user-cu1ce1qf3r]

The fact is Ali made it.no respect,no dignity as a sportsman.

[@kevinmunday6263]

​@김광숙 Not True Floyd refused to call Him Ali and that's why He was annoyed cos Floyd kept Calling Him Clay. But both were Greats of the Ring and great amb

[@MrTrackman100]

Sonny Liston: "A leading contender for the heavyweight title"!!!!! Boy, was he!

[@gerrythiboudeaux7134]

Patterson was a real humanitarian. rest in peace Floyd.

[@RiisPark99]

Thanks for posting this

[@JB-zc2zq]

Great fight (especially the 1st round), best fight of the trilogy imo... RIP to both of those legends.

[@mstrunn]

Liston looked awesome stepping into the ring!

[@davidmoser3535]

2 great fighters, both great guys giving it all they had.I want to mention the announcer, Chris Schenkell. I watched him announce just about everything from 1960-1995. The guy was smooth as glass, great voice, didnt talk too much like Howard Cosell, who was jealous of Chris. ABC really had a great crew in the 60s and 70s. RIP Chris, one of the greats.

[@RiisPark99]

Thanks for posting this fight. These were two great sluggers who deserve more recognition.

[@aarondigby9859]

They dodged Sonny Liston for six years when Sonny was the #1 contender.

[@nobodyaskedbut]

Patterson had TWO supreme accomplishments. He became the youngest ever to win the HW title and then the very 1st to regain the HW title. He was more of a light-heavy in terms of his size and if he chose to box at that weight he may have become the all-time greatest in that division. Patterson at one time had more 1 punch KOs (6) than any other HW in history. Patterson off these accomplishments might have to be considered in the all-time top 20 or so HWs.

[@boxingboxing1990]

boxing full

[@jerryashlock5519]

I think Floyd's punching power was and has been overlooked by historians. Floyd employed many styles and was a smart fighter indeed, but also, Floyd was a banger from the inside and he paid the price for that in terms of knockdowns, k.o.'s ... Ingo looks like a very awkward opponent and think what he might have done.. had he the desire to train a la Floyd .. Floyd trained his entire life .

[@LeftHookLegend]

Also first Gold-medalist to win the Undisputed HW title

[@Ditka-89]

@@jerryashlock5519 Ingy wasn’t much on training?

[@NilezII]

The Cruiserweight division didn't exist yet, but when I look back at these smaller heavyweights, it seems overdue. The creation of the Cruiserweight division didn't coincide with the existence of talented fighters of that size.

[@uncjim]

These fights were all about Ingo's "Toonder and Lightening" as he called his right hand and whether Floyd could deal with it. These were great events. Ingo, for the year that he was champ, probably got more ink than any other sports figure. Those were very cool times.

[@aarondigby9859]

While these two were jockeying the title back and forth with the title, Sonny Liston was the #1 contender for six years, Patterson finally gave in, even though his manager Cus dMato was totally against, but the media was wondering why Sonny hadn't yet been given a title shot. Cus dMato was saying Sonny was affiliated with the mob. SMDH. the era of the small HW would soon be over.

[@saintcruzin3190]

What a first round!!!! Ingo didn't like training much. He and his beautiful lady were the toast of the town and loved to party. Fun fight....

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Sonny Liston had to be SALIVATING watching these two in the first round.

[@raddmann336]

Liston could have beaten both of them at the same time.

[@aarondigby9859]

@@raddmann336 they avoided Sonny Liston for six years when Sonny was the #1 contender. SIX YEARS.

[@earlthethird]

Definitely a classic first round!!

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Chris Schenkel doing the commentary. As a kid, he was the guy who did bowling for ABC on Saturday's when I watched with my mom. Didn't realize he called heavyweight title fights and the NBA for ABC during his career until much older.

[@robertg305]

I love Floyd Patterson's head movement!

[@darinloveland6120]

This trilogy was the start of what I think was the golden age of boxing.

[@larryjacob6986]

This video showed Floyd Patterson to be both an excellent athlete and a gentleman. His quick, coordinated moves throughout the fight showed him to be a fine athlete. His self-effacing and modest demeanor in his brief interview with Howard Cosell, and his going over to his opponent right after the fight to congratulate him for good competition showed him to be a gentleman. Admirable presentation all-around.

[@Whitegorillaboy]

These men fought all three fights with SIX OUNCE GLOVES! Can you imagine heavyweights like Tyson and Foreman using such light gloves (they fought with eight ounce gloves)?

[@paultrigo2184]

5 weeks before this fight Johansson boxed a sparring session in Miami Beach against a young heavyweight with 3 pro fights under his belt. The young boxer embarrassed Johansson and boxed his ears off. His name was Cassius Clay.

[@darinloveland6120]

Right you are Paul!! I'm gonna call you Bert sugar!

[@paultrigo2184]

Thank you Darin, that's a nice compliment.....I had the honor of meeting Bert Sugar in 1983 and he was a very intelligent, wise and funny man who exuded class and grace throughout a marvelous career

[@rascalhusky8129]

Paul Trigo Very true. I recall reading about that.

[@tralfazruk1]

Ali fanboys parrot the same drivel.

[@clevelandwilliams5922]

@@tralfazruk1 They told Ingo don’t land the right hand in sparring. So your delusional he was taking it easy

[@williewaycup1858]

Those classic patterson hooks that so often found the back of the head on the base of the skull are brain rearrangers. Ingemar was one tuff mamma jamma though especially having ribs broken near the end of round 4 and still banging away.

[@jeffreyedwindeleon5895]

There trilogy is most talk about up to this day two great & remarkable heavyweight of all time. Eventually they become best of friends. Rest in paradise to both.. 🙌💕🙏

[@michaelmitchell5098]

Floyd Patterson from MY hometown Rockville Center.

[@uncjim]

Yes, those were the days alright. Keith Jackson was a favorite of mine and kind of overlooked.

[@willis7319]

Wow I love too be there with all them legends ,,,I would be in AWE,, MY HEROS

[@MrSklav]

Ingemar was enormous fame and popular in Sweden at this time and later.

[@mishaguitar]

Back when commentators didnt need to fill every moment of silence

[@uselessjoe]

"first time in history the mandatory 8 count is in effect" but was NOT used for the 2 knockouts in the first round....

[@The_Honcho]

Seems like the ref was like “oh shit! I forgot about that”

[@pvonberg]

I loved Floyd. He was a great fighter. Actually a beefed up middleweight. Really should have been one of the greatest middleweight/cruiserweight champions of all time. In this fight Ingo got a quick count and if Ingo had been in shape he would have regained the title. Also Ingo would have given Liston a much tougher fight than Floyd because styles make fights and Ingo's big punch would have hurt Sonny. Though in the end Sonny would have prevailed, just like in the Cleveland Williams fights.

[@rascalhusky8129]

Peter Von Berg yes he was one of the best middleweights ever.

[@tralfazruk1]

You lost all credibility claiming Ingo would have given Liston a harder time. Patterson could move and had a peekabo style and a faster better jab than ingo. Ingo had to catch you coming in or if you were off balence falling back to hurt you. Liston had a far harder jab and far more power. Ingo couldn't jab like he did with Liston or it would be lights out. Liston didn't miss much with his hook. You would not have a Liston Williams fight you would have a Foreman Frazier 1 fight with far less knockdowns maybe three before the fight ended. There was a reason Ingo didn't fight Agressive real hitters. Like Joe Frazier ingo had good handlers who knew who not to fight. Frazier had no choice in fighting George thus the slaughter.

[@The_Honcho]

@@tralfazruk1 Saying Ingo would give Liston a harder time is like saying a Labrador would give a bear a harder time than a cat like it’s a badge of honor.

[@tralfazruk1]

@@The_Honcho I guess your agreeing with me. My point was Ingo was protected like Frazier. His manager knew his fighters limitations and set Ingo up to succeed. Ingo wisely retired and didn't look back and rejected some good money to come back.

[@josephshields2922]

Floyd outgew the Lightheavywtight divison at 2o and made 8 million dollars as a 2 time heavyweight champ which was a record!

[@alvalankerofficial]

Floyd didn't look satisfied with that KO, looks like he wanted to knock him out in more impressive fashion, because Ingemar could've beaten the count. Ingemar probably knew a repeat of the 2nd fight was coming and didn't want to get knocked completely unconscious again so he just didn't get up.

[@clevelandwilliams5922]

No he slipped simple

[@robertg305]

Great rivalry

[@sasukeuchiha8648]

27:15 When Johansson got caught by a left hook and stunned

[@pvonberg]

I would also like to add that Floyd would have given a better account of himself against Liston if he had stayed away and boxed instead of walking right into him. And why he made exactly the same mistake the second time is beyond me. In any case Liston again would still have won, it just would have taken him longer.

[@crashstitches79]

The Liston fights to Patterson are like the Dennis Hallman fights to Matt Hughes. Some dudes just got your number.

[@dreman1970]

You can hear in Patterson's voice during that interview with Costello that he KNEW Liston was gonna kick his butt...he was scared of Liston and it showed in the 2 fights....

[@anthonyminor3160]

Exactly, he was scared of Liston he would never have beaten him.

[@aarondigby9859]

@@anthonyminor3160 neither one of these guys would've beat Liston.

[@thomasmacdonough288]

Meh that'd just be delaying the inevitable, plus Liston's piston jab would still provide major problems for Floyd if he tried to outbox, being that he was giving up a foot of reach.

[@gerrythiboudeaux7134]

I was surprised at how articulate rocky marciano was

[@jerryashlock5519]

My understanding of Rocky was that he worked to overcome a simple speech pattern and that, in fact, he was an articulate dinner speaker after his boxing retirement . I like that he opened the interview with "hiya!" .... I understand he was liked by everyone who came to know him.

[@badleeshahghani415]

They were both great boxers

[@victorcozart3625]

How many fights did they have

[@fehrcarlo2381]

Always thought at the time that the "Mob" had their claws in in important fights, and fights like this one and the Clay - Liston II seems to prove me right!

[@olive6405]

While neither fighter would be consider an ATG I think they are probably second only to Ali and Frazier when it comes to rivalry in the heavyweight division.

[@jerryashlock5519]

I have to agree Leo ... they were both awkward and smart boxers who loved to air it out ... Ingo's right was so quick and fast that you can tell Floyd didn't see it ... And Floyd was a banger... just watch his fights ... he moved forward and took the punishment and more often than not .. connected with his lightning left hook. Great styles make great fights ... per angelo dundee... Angie was correct

[@darinloveland6120]

For all you young peeps out there who think racism is the end all be all, I give you the BROWN BOMBER JOE LOUIS. we have come such a long way. Appriciate it or we lose our country. We all are nowEqual under the law thanks to athletes like these champions. Black and white

[@chitlika]

Two Gentlemen knocking hell out of each other. nobody spat nobody swore or badmouth the other guy HOW REFRESHING !

[@clarenceedwards2866]

What I find a bit puzzling is this claim by the commentator that these men were tired after 6 rounds. If that was the case it would appear that they did not train properly for this fight. I can recall many other fights where boxers fought up to and over 10 rounds before you would hear the commentator mention anything about tiredness.

[@ReemusBoxing]

i break down on fights, including floyds weaknesses that johansson used to beat him, watch it!

[@eddyflanagan153]

One bloody good gentleman 👏 👌

[@andoyodnorib]

Although Floyd Patterson was small for a heavyweight at 196 lbs.only, He was able to knock out Indemar Johannson in 6th round ! ! !

[@dimges]

I remember that before the fighting against Johansson, Patterson on preparing shad 30 feet timber?

[@kenclayton5088]

How good was the ring announcer ?

[@t.swallgren9204]

It's obvious that in 1961 Sonny Liston was already the best heavyweight boxer.

[@clevelandwilliams5922]

He was best heavyweight for the two years that trilogy was been fought.

[@aljordan5193]

has Johansson ever heard of a feint, uppercut or bodypunch. All he does is jab , and looks to land a straight right to the chin . If he threw an accassional feint off the jab and a accassional right to the body and or threw a right uppercut when patterson got inside, it would have made a big difference.

[@darinloveland6120]

Cus DamAtto. Name should ring a bell. He is the man who made mike Tyson the undisputed heavyweight champ. Floyd was youngest champ until Tyson became champ

[@LeviJohansen]

@RiisPark99 you're welcome!

[@floyjoy]

The theatre organ played on.

[@markwarnberg9504]

Must have been very frustrating for Ingmar, he landed some good solid punches but Floyd refused to go down. The required 8-count rule was one of the best things in boxing, it saved the sport.

[@MrSklav]

To quick count. Ingemar up at 8 second.

[@larryjacob6986]

Sorry, he was up after eight seconds.

[@ronmetcalfe6214]

My first boxing hero.

[@willis7319]

Both look ready too go after the 3 round, first solid punch that land wins great rubber march

[@eulissbenoit816]

Patterson got total revenge for the first fight

[@darinloveland6120]

When men were men and had class

[@peterwood-jenkins3634]

NO CLASS both fighters were poor boxers One punch Johansen and Peek a boo Patterson

[@checkyerself]

johansson throw that straight right!!?! i didn't see one for last three rounds ..

[@f.w.2054]

Patterson goes on to Liston and Johansson gets a one way ticket to palookaville!

[@rockyoumentally]

That was a war..

[@Ditka-89]

What’s funny is Rocky Marciano contemplated coming out of retirement if Ingy won this one. If only he had won just to see the Brockton Brawler one more time..

[@markant9534]

+5:01 Triple jab from Floyd here, that`s what Parker`s corner asked him to do on saturday but he didn`t do it once.

[@dreman1970]

listen to Patterson's interview with Cosell..he almost sounds like he KNEW Liston was gonna whip his ass

[@hallvardvalde3882]

I've never been fully convinced Floyd went into the Liston fight at 100%. Heck he even brought in a mask to wear when he left the stadium, as if he knew he was gonna lose

[@CodeineSkeeter]

Based on floyds hair he was doing everything in his power to look like a unicorn

[@johngerard3218]

Had Ingo trained harder, he may well have one this one. He sure had his chances.

[@crashstitches79]

What makes you think his camp was less than optimal?

[@stwads]

Ingo looked overweight & under trained here. Puffing & blowing much too soon. The ref's count was a bit suss though. These two became close friends later on. Genuinely nice people!

[@tinahamby-wolfe3582]

Day after my birthday for Matthew

[@dangoss7180]

Poor Sonny Liston watching two guys not as good as him fight for the title......for the third time!

[@Ma007rk]

Looking at this fight, it just doesn't look like Ingamar Johansson was in as good of shape as he was the first 2. He looks to be between 10 or 15 pounds heavier than he was in the second fight. Just imagine if somebody like Ernie Shavers hit Ingamar Johansson. It would probably have killed him.

[@jansteffen2814]

Rould out after 7 sec!? American judge against a boxer from Europe...

[@MrGG1959]

They actually fought in a 24 foot ring in the rematch, and with 10 ounce gloves. The shots should have been called by the Champion (Duran), but when it came to Leonard the sport always bowed to him. I agree with your opinion of Ray. I attended the first fight in Montreal.

[@diyfreediver]

I feel like I’m in My Life as a Dog.

[@bolt4694]

Ingo looked pudgy and under trained. He didn't expect to win. Just a payday.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

Watching at the first round, you'd never think this was the heavyweight champion of the world fighting the former champion. They look like a couple of clowns.

[@tinahamby-wolfe3582]

See sports don't care what color u are and we all love to watch fill the seats beside your neighborh no matter where they are from thank u Mandela

[@davidpollard3298]

Never seen Cosell without a wig before. Bald git. Also saw Eamonn Andrews (Irishman working for the BBC) in the ring afterwards.

[@CodeineSkeeter]

They was booing ol max lol

[@Tiebox]

Rabbit punch for the win.

[@ashton77]

Just look at the SMOKE in there Probably cut a few peoples lives short in that venue that night.

[@rascalhusky8129]

the Swede looks out of shape.

[@carlosalberto3525]

Died

[@malikali2685]

NO OUICK COUNT

[@DamnedEra]

It's not smoke it's just the video

[@giovanniticconi8201]

Non era un pugile all Ltezza di pspatterdon

[@colemcleod941]

Rabbit punch.

[@user-hb4ud6oh5e]

Patterson,joehanssen were lucky maricano retired early he would have knockout both of them