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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 ...
Patterson was knocked down twice in the 1st round, Johansson was then knocked down at the end of the 1st. Johansson was floored for an abbreviated count in the 6th from a punch to the back of the head. Rademacher, the 1956 Olympic Heavyweight Gold Medalist, was making his professional debut.
May 9, 2024 · Floyd Patterson (born Jan. 4, 1935, Waco, N.C., U.S.—died May 11, 2006, New Paltz, N.Y.) was an American professional boxer, the first to hold the world heavyweight championship twice. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.)
Aug 12, 2023 · IBHoF Bio. Name: Floyd Patterson. Hometown: Brooklyn, New York, USA. Birthplace: Waco, North Carolina, USA. Died: 2006-05-11 (Age:71) Stance: Orthodox. Height: 183cm. Reach: 180cm. Referee: Record. Pro Boxer: Record. Amateur Boxer: Record. Matchmaker: Teddy Brenner. Manager: Cus D'Amato. Trainers: Cus D'Amato, Joey Fariello, Dan Florio, Al Silvani.
May 11, 2006 · Floyd Patterson, who turned his troubled young life around with boxing and became, despite a gentle disposition, the world heavyweight champion, died today in New Paltz, N.Y. He was 71.
With the heavyweight title vacant, Patterson decisioned Tommy Jackson in a title elimination bout and then knocked out 42-year-old light heavyweight champion Archie Moore in the fifth round to win the vacant crown. He was 21 years and 10 months old, the youngest man to ever capture the heavyweight title. At the time, Moore was the oldest man to ...
Feb 22, 2022 · Raised in an impoverished Brooklyn family, young Floyd Patterson struggled. Shy, virtually illiterate, and often truant or stealing food, Patterson ended up in reform school. Surrounded by supportive instructors, he was introduced to boxing — and it helped him rebuild his life.
