Ingemar had so few fights, just 30 as a pro. He actually was in his prime between 1956 and 1958 when he was European champion. He was in super shape and form when he beat Eddie Machen in 1958. Unbeatable I would say. When he won over Patterson, imo, he was actually not as good as the year before. Had he kept that spirit from 1957/58 Floyd would have been knocked out within 2 minutes.
Brian and some members of his family were involved in a riot inside a boxing ring in a place called Porthcawl, South Wales in 1960, when he was beaten by Wales' Dick Richardson for the European heavyweight title. Shameful scenes
Brian London was a warrior, who was afraid of no-one. Had he got a title shot at Liston he would have fought to the bitter end. Ingo in this last fight of his career wasn't "hungry" anymore and therefore slow and lazy, just waiting for the bell, which ironically as many suggest here actually saved him. A defeat would have given him a chance to fight Sonny Liston who at this day was the champ that everybody feared.
What was Brian angry about? Round was over. But so too was Ingo's boxing career. He wisely chose to retire, perhaps already sensing the neurological damage he had received in his short career, and which would hit him hard in later years. If I remember correctly, this put an end to talk about Ingo going up against Liston, but I don't think he was looking forward to that. Better to promote Sonny, which Ingo did in Sweden.
Yes Ronald you're right. Ingo had no wish to fight Liston. He had no spirit left and never became the same after having been brutally knocked out by Patterson in their 2nd bout. Before turning pro I believe that Ingo hah had about 100 amateur fights. Ingo often trained and fought in retreat, which meant he never really developed good defense skilled but just tried to block punches with his gloves and arms, but still had to take a lot of hard punches through the years which as you say of course affected his health later in life.
@@jamesjenkins1680 thst is why ingo retired he said I am finished he was only 28 I think he just had no interest offered money to come back but he said no
London was a poor mans version of Jerry Quarry. A record of 37-20 seems to indicate he gave the crowd a decent effort but was not too skilled. He was a champion in Britain at least.
Cooper was no winger. London didn't cut as easily as Cooper, and he had a more durable chin. But when you said that you said it all. London didn't have a punch in the same league as Coopers left hook. Cooper was knocked out by a peak Johansson, not this washed up has been in his last fight. In their first fight Cooper stopped London in 1 round. And if you're gonna make comparisons, lets compare how they both did against Muhammed Ali, where Cooper did incomparably better in both their fights than London's 3 round effort.
ingo had lost interest in boxing he was never a hard tariner came in bad shape fighting brian he thought he would win easy,...nobody is punch proof...if they get it...a rematch??? ingo i would pick
These guys were soon to be obliterated by the new generation of American heavyweights like Liston,Ellis,Frazier and of course Ali. They were too slow,barely fit and technically poor. Even small blokes like Hagler and Duran and Bob Foster would have beaten them.
