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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 losing it.
Floyd Patterson was a heavyweight boxer who won the world title twice and fought Muhammad Ali three times. See his full boxing record, including bouts, results, dates, venues and referees.
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.
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 · Floyd Patterson ranked 27th of all-time in Hamilton’s Historical Order of Merit published on December 31, 2013. Notes. Born in a cabin in Waco, North Carolina, on January 4, 1935. He was the third eldest of 11 children. Grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Patterson was a frequent truant who fell behind in school.
May 21, 2024 · Join Rainy Day Boxing for an in depth career tribute to the fastest heavyweight of all time, Floyd Patterson.Rainy Day Boxing Patreon https://www.patreon.co...
Floyd Patterson was a gold medalist at the 1952 Olympic Games and the youngest heavyweight champion in history. He also became the first boxer to regain a heavyweight title and served as a New York State Athletic Commission chairman.
