On May 19, 1957, Ingemar Johansson (16-0, 9 KOs) and Henry Cooper (14-4, 11 KOs) meet in the ring in a 15-round heavyweight bout.
Ingemar Johansson is coming in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Peter Bates, 4 months and 21 days ago. Henry Cooper is on a 2-fight losing streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round KO loss to Joe Bygraves, 3 months ago.
This should be a confident win for Ingemar Johansson at 99-1 winning odds. Henry Cooper really doesn't have much to present against Johansson.
Ingemar Johansson stopped Henry Cooper via KO in the 5th round. Johansson improves his record to 17-0 (10 KOs), while Cooper adds a loss to his record at 14-5.