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Floyd Patterson Signed
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Vintage Boxing autograph from Floyd Patterson.
Signed 11x14 ofFloyd Patterson in his first fight against
Ali. This items comes with a photo of Patterson at the signing.
Due to ill Health Floyd Patterson does not sign autographs
any more.
Floyd Patterson
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Floyd Patterson was the first Olympic Gold
Medallist to win the World Heavyweight Championship; and
he was the youngest boxer (21 years 11 months) to win that
title and also the first Heavyweight Champion to regain
the title.
An intelligent boxer, Patterson was not ideally
built for a heavyweight. He stood barely 6 feet tall and
weighed only 190 pounds with a short reach of 71 inches
and a small 12 and three quarter inch fist. His short reach
made it imperative for him to leap at opponents, sometimes
with both feet off the floor in order to land his punches.
It was a style that exposed him to counter blows, and in
seven of his title fights he was put down 16 times.
In his first 36 contests after turning pro
he was beaten only once. In 1956 he fought Archie Moore
for the title left vacant by the retirement of Rocky Marciano
and won by a knockout in round 5. He defended the title
against several challengers but in 1959 was stopped by Ingemar
Johansson in 3 rounds after being floored seven times by
the Swede powerful right hand.
Floyd Patterson made history by regaining
the title from Johansson by knockout in 5 rounds. Patterson
eventually lost the title to the tough Sonny Liston by knockout
in the first round. He fought a rematch with Liston with
the same result. Patterson continued boxing for another
five years and even made another bid to regain his title
by challenging Muhammad Ali only to lose by stoppage in
round 12.
