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1961 Press Photo Sweden's Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson shake hands.

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Sweden's Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson shake hands in New York today after signing a contract for their third heavyweight title match in Miami Beach on March 13. Johansson won the title from Patterson in New York in June 1959. Patterson became the first heavyweight to regain title by knocking out the Swedish boxer in New York last June.

Photo is dated 1961.

Photo measures 10 x 8.5 inches.
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