Floyd Patterson
Professional Boxer, Boxer
1935 – 2006
Who was Floyd Patterson?
Floyd Patterson was an American professional boxer and former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. At 21, Patterson became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight title. He was also the first heavyweight boxer to regain the title. He had a record of 55 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by knockout. He won the gold medal at the 1952 Olympic Games as a middleweight.
Although Mike Tyson later became the youngest boxer to win a world heavyweight title Patterson remains the youngest Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. Patterson was trained by legendary trainer Cus D'Amato.
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- Born
- Jan 4, 1935
Waco - Siblings
- Spouses
- Sandra Hicks Patterson
( - 1969/09) - Janet Sequist
(1965/03/01 - 2006/05/11)
- Sandra Hicks Patterson
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- North Carolina
- Brooklyn
- Died
- May 11, 2006
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on July 23, 2013
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