Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion between 1956 and 1962. At the age of 21, he became the youngest boxer in history to win the title, and was also the first heavyweight to regain the title after losing it. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He is recognised as one of the best heavyweights of all time.[4][5][6]
In 1956 and 1960, Patterson was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
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^"The tale of the tape offers a physical comparison between challenger". 9 March 2016.
^03/03/1961-New York: The tale of the tape offers a physical comparison between challenger Ingemar Johansson (left) and heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson (right). They meet for the third time for the heavyweight title in Miami, Florida, on March 13th.
FloydPatterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight...
he became the world heavyweight champion in 1962 after knocking out FloydPatterson in the first round, repeating the knockout the following year in defense...
born outside the United States. Johansson won the title by defeating FloydPatterson via third-round stoppage, after flooring him seven times in that round...
two fights, and Liston's destruction of former heavyweight champion FloydPatterson in two first-round knock outs, Clay was an 8:1 underdog. Despite this...
adopted son of former Golden Gloves and world heavyweight champion FloydPatterson, turned Golden Gloves success into a solid pro career. He won the WBC...
against former heavyweight champion FloydPatterson on November 22, 1965. Before the match, Ali mocked Patterson, who was widely known to call him by...
defeat of Deontay Wilder, Fury became the third heavyweight, after FloydPatterson and Muhammad Ali, to hold The Ring magazine title twice, and is widely...
range fighters. Commonly known Peek-A-Boo fighters include: Joe Hadley FloydPatterson Leon Spinks José Torres Mike Tyson A southpaw fights with a left-handed...
Heavyweight Boxers never to be Champion. He beat Heavyweight Champion FloydPatterson and top contenders Ron Lyle, Earnie Shavers, Brian London, Thad Spencer...
Goldstein, and nobody was hitting him." Goldstein also refereed the first FloydPatterson-Ingemar Johansson world heavyweight championship fight in Yankee Stadium...
1959: Ingemar Johansson vs. FloydPatterson, round 3 1960: FloydPatterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II, round 5 1961: FloydPatterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III...
championship. Two all-time great heavyweight champions, Ezzard Charles and FloydPatterson, started out as light heavyweights. Charles defeated Archie Moore and...
1959, and twice challenged for the world heavyweight title, losing to FloydPatterson in 1959 and Muhammad Ali in 1966, both times via knockout. He was one...
Stadium between Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson and American boxer FloydPatterson. No charges were filed against Salerno. Salerno divided his time between...
(TKO 10). Another points win over London brought an offer to fight FloydPatterson for his world heavyweight title, but this was turned down by Cooper...
1959 when Ingemar Johansson won the Heavyweight Championship from FloydPatterson on June 26, 1959. After only a month of training in nearly four years...
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