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Floyd Patterson è stato un pugile statunitense, campione del mondo dei pesi massimi tra il 1956 e il 1962, con un'interruzione nel 1959. Considerato il Re Elegante dei pesi massimi, è una delle figure più significative, nella sua categoria di peso, di ogni epoca.
- 183 cm
- Stati Uniti
- Pesi massimi e Pesi mediomassimi
- 20 settembre 1972
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.
No.ResultRecordOpponent64Loss55–8–163Win55–7–1Pedro Agosto62Win54–7–161Win53–7–1Charlie HarrisRademacher, the 1956 Olympic Heavyweight Gold Medalist, was making his professional debut. Rademacher was knocked down six times, Patterson was knocked down in the 2nd round. Walls was down once in the 1st and twice in the 2nd. Brad was knocked down twice.
9 mag 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
12 ago 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 ...
11 mag 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.
Floyd Patterson took an excellent amateur record to the 1952 Olympics, as in 1951-52 he had won six major amateur titles, including the National AAU and New York Golden Gloves championships. His gold medal was easily won with a first round knockout over Romanian, Vasile Tita.
