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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 came back from an embarrassing loss to become the first boxer to regain the heavyweight title, died Thursday. He was 71. Patterson died at his home, having suffered from ...
May 11, 2006 · Floyd Patterson, a former heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medallist, died at his home in New York on Thursday at age 71. He had Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer, his family...
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...
Dec 13, 2023 · Patterson logged five knockouts in five bouts for his gold medal, and began boxing professionally after the Games as a light heavyweight boxer. He finished his career with a record of 55-8-1, including 40 knockouts. Patterson was also the first to hold the world heavyweight championship twice.
Patterson won a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics while fighting as a middleweight. When he turned pro, he began fighting as a light heavyweight. The first loss of his career was a controversial decision to former 175-pound champ Joey Maxim. When Rocky Marciano retired in 1956, Patterson seized his opportunity. With the heavyweight title vacant ...
May 12, 2006 · Ed Gordon remembers boxer Floyd Patterson, who died Thursday at his home in New Paltz, N.Y., after years of battling Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer. He was 71. Though never considered...
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