Floyd Patterson Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Floyd Patterson, based on 7 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

7 records1952–19725 events0 places

Chronological biography

1952

Olympic Gold Medal1952

Sport / Boxing

Winner a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics fighting as a middleweight

1956

World Champion1956

Sport / Boxing

Floyd Patterson knocks out 42-year-old light heavyweight champion Archie Moore in the fifth round to win the vacant crown, 21 years and 10 months old, the youngest man to ever capture the heavyweight title

1959

World Champion1959

Sport / Boxing

Patterson made four successful title defenses but his reign comes to an end when Swedens Johansson knocked him out in the third round

1962

World Champion1962

Sport / Boxing

Sonny Liston becomes world heavyweight champion by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round

1963

Victory-Liston22 July 1963

Sport / Boxing

Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in the first round for a 2nd time in 1 year

1965

Victory-Ali22 July 1965

Sport / Boxing

Patterson challenges for the crown again but is stopped in 12 rounds by Muhammad Ali

1972

Retirement1972

Sport / Boxing

Patterson finally retires after a 1972 loss to Ali, 64 bouts, 55 wins, 8 defeats & 40 knockouts

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.