Swedish boxer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingemar_Johansson" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ingemar Johansson">Ingemar Johansson</a> becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Patterson" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Floyd Patterson">Floyd Patterson</a> on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Stadium" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yankee Stadium">Yankee Stadium</a>.