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Floyd Patterson
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Person · Open Library
- 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
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1965
- Active to
- 2014
Discography
- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn1967
- A Saucerful of Secrets1968
- Ummagumma1969
- Atom Heart Mother1970
- Meddle1971
- The Dark Side of the Moon1973
- Wish You Were Here1975
- Animals1977
- The Wall1979
- The Final Cut1983
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 38
- Total plays
- 163
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer
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- The Scherrer Formula for X-Ray Particle Size Determination
· 1939 · cited 8,318x
- Imaging Intracellular Fluorescent Proteins at Nanometer Resolution
· 2006 · cited 7,994x
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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
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.cmgww.com/sports/patterso
- Image
- Floyd Patterson on the cover of Boxing Illustrated September 1962.jpg
- Height
- 183
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- Commons category
- Floyd Patterson
- date of birth
- 1935-01-04
- date of death
- 2006-05-11
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 64
- number of wins
- 55
- number of losses
- 8
Sources (8)
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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.