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By Stephan Nasstrom / The Bulletin
February 1, 2009
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Ingemar Johansson, the Swede who stunned the boxing world by knocking out Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title in 1959, has died. He was 76.
Johansson died Friday at a nursing home in Kungsbacka on the Swedish west coast, his daughter Maria Gregner said....