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Bookmark or Share- Floyd Patterson - WikipediaFloyd 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 | Encyclopedia.comThe second youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history, Floyd Patterson was born in 1935 in Waco, North Carolina, one of eleven children of Thomas and Anabelle Patterson, and grew up in the slums of Brooklyn.
- Floyd Patterson - BoxRecPatterson 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.
- Floyd Patterson - BoxRecRademacher, 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.
- Floyd Patterson | Heavyweight Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist ...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.)
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