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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.
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Apr 1, 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.)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 11, 2006 · 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...
Aug 12, 2023 · Patterson became the youngest ever World Heavyweight Champion at 21 years, 10 months and 26 days. His record was surpassed by Mike Tyson, who won the WBC Heavyweight Championship at 20 years, 4 months and 23 days in 1986. In his fifth title defense, Patterson lost the championship to Ingemar Johansson by a third-round TKO on June 26, 1959.
May 11, 2006 · Floyd Patterson, who regained the heavyweight title from Ingemar Johansson in 1960 and lost it to Sonny Liston in 1962, died at his home in New York. He was 71 and had Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer. He was a former Olympic champion, a boxer who got knocked down the most times in history, and a former chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission.
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Floyd Patterson was an American boxer who won the world heavyweight title twice and fought Muhammad Ali three times. See his full record, stats, bouts, and biography on BoxRec, the comprehensive database of boxing results.
May 12, 2006 · NEW YORK — Floyd Patterson, a gentleman boxer who emerged from a troubled boyhood to become the world heavyweight champion, died Thursday at his home in New Paltz, New York. He was 71.The cause...
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