{"product_id":"ingemar-johansson-swedish-heavyweight-boxing-champion-paperback","title":"Ingemar Johansson: Swedish Heavyweight Boxing Champion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ingemar Johansson's right hand--dubbed \"The Hammer of Thor\"--was the most fearsome in boxing, and Johansson's three fights with Floyd Patterson rank among the sport's classic rivalries. Yet most fans know little about the Swedish playboy who won the world heavyweight championship with a shocking third round knockout of Patterson and held it for six days short of a year (1959-1960).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e During his reign, the raffish \"Ingo\" hit fashionable nightspots on two continents, romanced Elizabeth Taylor, and refused to kowtow to the mobsters who controlled boxing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This first-ever biography of Johansson chronicles his fistic triumphs as a Goteborg teen prodigy, his humiliating disqualification for \"cowardice\" at the 1952 Olympics, his storybook romances with Birgit Lundgren and Edna Alsterlund and his post-career life and tragic early dementia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIngemar Johansson's right hand--dubbed \"The Hammer of Thor\"--was the most fearsome in boxing, and Johansson's three fights with Floyd Patterson rank among the sport's classic rivalries. Yet most fans know little about the Swedish playboy who won the world heavyweight championship with a shocking third round knockout of Patterson and held it for six days short of a year (1959-1960).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e During his reign, the raffish \"Ingo\" hit fashionable nightspots on two continents, romanced Elizabeth Taylor, and refused to kowtow to the mobsters who controlled boxing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This first-ever biography of Johansson chronicles his fistic triumphs as a Goteborg teen prodigy, his humiliating disqualification for \"cowardice\" at the 1952 Olympics, his storybook romances with Birgit Lundgren and Edna Alsterlund and his post-career life and tragic early dementia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer and retired educator. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 25, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451873804466,"sku":"9780786498475","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f47cc3abece4a9e2055152d529e6c07b.webp?v=1778802609","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/ingemar-johansson-swedish-heavyweight-boxing-champion-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}