Brian London v Ingo Johansson last round footage!

Awesome find big dog!

 

Ingo looks nothing like the fighter who kayoed Eddie Machen and Floyd Patterson, he looked past his prime against Brian London. Great Footage.

 

I thought he looked pretty good here actually. Definitely not some clubber with a right hand as some tend to think.

 

I also got the impression that he was out cold, but he was up before 10 wasn't he? As you say, he'd probably been finished off soon after if there was more left of the round.

 

Isn't this the third time you've posted this choklab?

 

have you seen that weird incident London had with Dick Richardson?

 

Yeah, he seemed to take some offense at that. Well, winner's mentality I guess.

 

that's got to be one of the wildest ring incidents of all time

 

Didn’t look as bad as I had read but he would have been done

 

I agree, his jab was barely a push and never once did it seem like he was even setting up the right. Disappointing, but then again this was the 12th, so maybe when he was fresher in the fight he looked better. But I agree that this was a great find and London did have an axe to grind with Ingo for some things that were said a few years earlier.

 

What was the beef between London and the referee at the end? Was Johansson saved by the bell? He seemed out of it. He never fought again.

BTW, does anyone else HATE canned/fake crowd noise? I find it thoroughly annoying.

 

This is what was written on the fight from boxrec

"The 12 round bout, billed as another step in Ingemar Johansson's march to a return shot at the heavyweight title, ended with Johansson staggering to his feet, his eyes glassy and his arms hanging at his side. Johansson, 200, apparently had the better of the dull fight until the final minute. He concentrated on his left jab to pile up points, and never landed his famous right hand. Brian London, 206, carried the fight but he could not land a solid punch until the final seconds when he stunned Johansson with a left and crashed him to the canvas with the right. The count had reached four and Johansson had just lurched to his feet when the bell rang. Referee Andrew Smythe of Ireland, the sole judge, awarded the fight to Johansson." -Associated Press

*Although Johansson was the European heavyweight champion, this bout was non-title and scheduled for 12 rounds due to the EBU deeming London an unfit challenger for the European title

Post fight comments


* "I would have stopped the fight if the bell had not saved Johansson. He could not have continued." -Referee Andrew Smythe

• "His kid sister sure must be better than that." -Brian London, in response to a remark made several years earlier by Johansson when London had signed to fight Patterson for the title. Johansson scoffed at the time, "My kid sister can beat London with one hand tied behind her back."