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Dick Richardson vs Ingemar Johansson

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Meetings on record

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Dick Richardson and Ingemar Johansson met 0 times, on dates the sources do not establish.

SOURCE·Dick Richardson (boxer) and Ingemar Johansson — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Dick RichardsonIngemar Johansson
—Reach70.1″ (178 cm)
75″ (190.5 cm)Height72″ (183 cm)
—Reach advantage-2.73%
31–14Record26–2
77%Finish rate65%
—Longest unbeaten run22
—Recorded bouts29
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Dick Richardson

Ingemar Johansson

19501960win v Robert Masson, 1952win v Raymond Degl'lnnocenti, 1953, kowin v Erik Jensen, 1953, decisionwin v Lloyd Barnett, 1953win v Emile Bentz, 1953, kowin v Werner Wiegand, 1954win v Hein ten Hoff, 1955, kowin v Günter Nurnberg, 1955, kowin v Uber Bacilieri, 1955win v Aldo Pellegrini, 1955win v Kurt Schiegl, 1955, kowin v Ansell Adams, 1955, decisionwin v Peter Bates, 1956, kowin v Franco Cavicchi, 1956, kowin v Hans Friedrich, 1956, decisionwin v Joe Bygraves, 1956, decisionwin v Archie McBride, 1957, decisionwin v Henry Cooper, 1957, kowin v Eddie Machen, 1958, kowin v Heinz Neuhaus, 1958, kowin v Joe Erskine, 1958, kowin v Floyd Patterson, 1959, koloss v Floyd Patterson, 1960, koloss v Floyd Patterson, 1961, koresult not stated v Muhammad Ali, 1961win v Dick Richardson, 1962, kowin v Wim Snoek, 1962, kowin v Joe Bygraves, 1962, kowin v Brian London, 1963, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1952–1963
1960 win vs Robert Masson (1952)win vs Raymond Degl'lnnocenti (1953)win vs Erik Jensen (1953)win vs Lloyd Barnett (1953)win vs Emile Bentz (1953)win vs Werner Wiegand (1954)win vs Hein ten Hoff (1955)win vs Günter Nurnberg (1955)win vs Uber Bacilieri (1955)win vs Aldo Pellegrini (1955)win vs Kurt Schiegl (1955)win vs Ansell Adams (1955)win vs Peter Bates (1956)win vs Franco Cavicchi (1956)win vs Hans Friedrich (1956)win vs Joe Bygraves (1956)win vs Archie McBride (1957)win vs Henry Cooper (1957)win vs Eddie Machen (1958)win vs Heinz Neuhaus (1958)win vs Joe Erskine (1958)win vs Floyd Patterson (1959)loss vs Floyd Patterson (1960)loss vs Floyd Patterson (1961)? vs Muhammad Ali (1961)win vs Dick Richardson (1962)win vs Wim Snoek (1962)win vs Joe Bygraves (1962)win vs Brian London (1963)
winlossdraw / NC1952–1963

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