Floyd Patterson
Sign in to saveAmerican heavyweight boxer (1935-2006)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1935-01-04
- Died
- 2006-05-11
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Pioneering in church music
- Flying Colours, Greenwich Edition
- Victory over myself
- Inside boxing
- The International Boxing Hall of Fame's basic boxing skills
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Floyd Patterson was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion between 1956 and 1962.
Known for
- Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston — Self (archive footage)2019
- The Real Rocky — Self2011
- Året var 1959 — Self (archive footage)2009
- Mike Tyson Presents: The Heavyweights1988
- Terrible Joe Moran — Himself1984
- Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II — Self1974
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self1973
- Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson II — Self1972
- Med krut i nävarna1969
- Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson I — Self1965
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 38
- Total plays
- 163
Tags
chill outvocal house
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- PGC-1α-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes
· 2003 · cited 9,131x
- Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies
· 2006 · cited 9,065x
- Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer
· 2002 · cited 8,572x
- The Scherrer Formula for X-Ray Particle Size Determination
· 1939 · cited 8,275x
- Imaging Intracellular Fluorescent Proteins at Nanometer Resolution
· 2006 · cited 7,976x
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Key facts
- Nickname
- The Gentleman of Boxing
- Born
- ( 1935-01-04 ) January 4, 1935, Waco, North Carolina , U.S.
- Died
- May 11, 2006 (2006-05-11) (aged 71), New Paltz, New York , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Weight
- Light heavyweight Heavyweight
- Reach
- 71 in (180 cm)
- Stance
- Orthodox
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 4 January 1935
- Died
- 11 May 2006
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Patterson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Waco
- Place of death
- New Paltz
- Occupation
- boxer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1952 Summer Olympics
Article
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. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He has been named among the top 15 heavyweights of all time.
In 1956 and 1960, Patterson was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. In 1995, Patterson was honored with the Barney Nagler Award by the BWAA in recognition of his long and meritorious service.
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