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Günter Nurnberg vs Ingemar Johansson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Günter Nurnberg

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Ingemar Johansson

Günter Nurnberg (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Ingemar Johansson (26-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Nurnberg

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Johansson

26

Wins17 KO · 65%

2

Losses

0

Draws28 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Johansson leads 1–0

Günter Nurnberg and Ingemar Johansson have met 1 time; Johansson leads 1–0.

Günter Nurnberg and Ingemar Johansson have met 1 time; Johansson leads 1–0.
Met1955Jun 12Series
Günter NurnbergFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ingemar JohanssonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Nurnberg 1 · Johansson 4 of 5 measurable rows
NurnbergJohansson
Record†
0-126-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
92.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—65.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—65%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
1
28

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Günter Nurnberg: No height on file
Ingemar Johansson: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Günter Nurnberg: No reach on file
Ingemar Johansson: 70″
Agenot held
Günter Nurnberg: No date of birth
Ingemar Johansson: Died aged 76
Stance
Günter Nurnberg: Not recorded
Ingemar Johansson: Orthodox

Günter Nurnberg left, Ingemar Johansson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Günter Nurnberg0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Günter Nurnberg: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Nurnberg yet.

Ingemar Johansson26 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Ingemar Johansson: 26 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (65%), 8 on the cards (31%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 65%8 on the cards 31%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Günter Nurnberg 1, Ingemar Johansson 28 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Günter Nurnberg last boxed on Jun 12, 1955 — 26,069 days ago. Nurnberg had lost the most recent, to Ingemar Johansson.L

Johansson Jun 1955

Ingemar Johansson has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Floyd Patterson. Johansson last boxed on Apr 21, 1963.LWWWW

Patterson Mar 1961Bygraves Feb 1962Snoek Apr 1962Richardson Jun 1962London Apr 19632.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Günter Nurnberg and Ingemar Johansson ever fought each other?
Yes. Günter Nurnberg and Ingemar Johansson met once on June 12, 1955, and Ingemar Johansson won by KO in round 7.
The meeting

LJun 12, 1955 · Johansson · KO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nurnberg or Johansson?
Günter Nurnberg is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Ingemar Johansson is 26-2. Ingemar Johansson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Nurnberg0–10%

Johansson26–292.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nurnberg or Johansson?
Günter Nurnberg has 0 knockout wins and Ingemar Johansson has 17. Ingemar Johansson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nurnberg0

Johansson1765.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Nurnberg and Johansson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Günter Nurnberg and Ingemar Johansson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nurnberg and Johansson?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Günter Nurnberg and 28 bouts tracked for Ingemar Johansson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nurnberg1bout

Johansson28bouts

How They Win ↓

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