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	USATODAY.com - Ex-heavyweight boxer Floyd Patterson, 71, dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Floyd Patterson, the first two-time heavyweight champion, is remembered as a great fighter who was widely respected as a great gentleman.
		The defining fight of Patterson's career was his fifth-round KO of Johansson in their 1960 rematch, making him the first heavyweight champion to regain the title.
		Patterson, who ended his fighting career in 1972, remained an important figure in his sport, both as a trainer and as chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, a position he held until recently.
	usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2006-05-11-floyd-patterson-obit_x.htm?... (601 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Boxing \| Heavyweight great Patterson dies
		Patterson was a relatively slight heavyweight, who made up for his lack of physical prowess by developing a defensive style known as 'peek-a-boo' which enabled him to get the better of much bigger opponents.
		Patterson was knocked down seven times in the third round as he lost his title, but recovered to regain it one year later with a fourth-round knockout win.
		Patterson was unsuccessful in two attempts to regain the world title for a second time, stopped by Muhammad Ali in the final round in 1965 and dropping a decision to Jimmy Ellis for the WBA title in 1968.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/boxing/4763233.stm (712 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Boxing \| Floyd Patterson
		Floyd Patterson, who has died aged 71, following Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer, not only became the youngest world heavyweight champion at 21; he also became the first fighter to regain the title by knocking out Sweden's Ingemar Johansson in the second of their three fights in 1960.
		Patterson, the exemplary role model, had been usurped by the ogre-like Liston, and many of the former convict's countrymen greeted his coronation with dismay.
		Patterson continued to be involved with sport, founded an amateur club and counselled children for the New York state office of children and family services.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /boxing/story/0,,1773305,00.html (1100 words)

	Floyd Patterson (1935-2006)
		Patterson, who weighed only 189 pounds for the first fight, was a tenacious boxer who often fought bigger opponents and almost as often found himself on the canvas.
		Patterson, one of 11 children, was in enough trouble as a youngster to be sent to the Wiltwyck School for Boys.
		Patterson fought as a light heavyweight until becoming a heavyweight in 1956.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /memorial/06/patterson.html (870 words)

	IBHOF / Floyd Patterson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Patterson made four successful title defenses but his reign came to an end in June of 1959 when Sweden's Johansson knocked him out in the third round.
		Patterson's tenure as champ ended for good when Sonny Liston knocked him out in one round in 1962 and then again in a rematch 10 months later.
		Patterson would challenge for the crown again in 1965 but was stopped in 12 rounds by Muhammad Ali.
	www.ibhof.com /floyd.htm (273 words)

	Floyd Patterson 1935-2006
		In that heavyweight title held in Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Patterson was knocked down twice in the 1st round, Johansson was then dropped at the end of the 1st and the Swedish challenger Johansson was floored for the ten-count count at 2:45 of the sixth round.
		It was widely rumored that Patterson had brought sunglasses and a hat to disguise himself in public prior to the rematch with Liston.
		Patterson, however, would continue boxing for another seven years before losing a rematch to Ali for the North American Boxing Federation heavyweight title in 1972, when the fight was stopped on cuts with swelling around Patterson's eyes.
	www.boxingtimes.com /specials/2006/060511patterson_floyd.html (602 words)

	Floyd Patterson - Comment - Times Online
		IF FLOYD PATTERSON cannot be ranked among the great heavyweight champions he was perhaps considerably better than the indelible impression of frailty left by his violent eclipse at the hands of Sonny Liston in 1962.
		As a young boy Patterson was involved with child gangs in acts of petty street crime and after several brushes with the police was sent to a school for disturbed city delinquents out in rural New York State.
		Patterson had done well from the ring and retired to his estate in the Catskills, financing a local boxing club and serving as chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission.
	www.timesonline.co.uk /article/0,,60-2176624,00.html (1481 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson dead at 71
		Floyd Patterson was small for a heavyweight, but that never stopped him from taking on the giants of his time.
		Patterson was so embarrassed at being knocked out in the first round of his first fight with Liston that he donned fake glasses and a beard to avoid being recognized.
		Patterson resigned in 1998 after it was reported that a three-hour videotape of a deposition he gave in a lawsuit revealed he couldn't recall important events in his boxing career.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20060511-1434-box-obit-patterson.html (1079 words)

	ABC News: Former Boxer Floyd Patterson Dies at 71
		Patterson, who came back from an embarrassing loss to become the first boxer to regain the heavyweight title, died Thursday, May 11, 2006.
		Patterson would come back to beat Johansson and become the first man to regain the heavyweight title, then would beat him again in a third fight despite being knocked down twice in the first round.
		Patterson said years later that President Kennedy had urged him not to fight Liston, who was reputed to be handled by mobsters.
	abcnews.go.com /GMA/wireStory?id=1953513 (493 words)

	Floyd Patterson, 71, world champion, dies - Sports - International Herald Tribune
		NEW YORK Floyd Patterson, a gentleman boxer who emerged from a troubled boyhood to become the world heavyweight champion, died Thursday at his home in New Paltz, New York.
		Floyd Patterson (he had no middle name) was born Jan. 4, 1935, in a cabin in North Carolina, the third of 11 children.
		Patterson stopped the 42-year-old Moore in five rounds and to become champion at age 21.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/05/12/sports/PATTERSON.php (769 words)

	ESPN.com - BOXING - Ex-heavyweight champ Patterson dies at 71
		Floyd Patterson, an undersized champion who avenged an embarrassing loss to Ingemar Johansson by beating him a year later to become the first boxer to regain the heavyweight title, died Thursday.
		Patterson was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991.
		Patterson, who weighed only 189 pounds for the first fight, was a tenacious boxer who often fought bigger opponents -- and almost as often found himself on the canvas.
	sports.espn.go.com /sports/boxing/news/story?id=2441248 (1467 words)

	Floyd Patterson - WikiPaltz
		Patterson was a charter member of the SUNY New Paltz Foundation as well as a boxing instructor for the university's Physical Education Department.
		On May 21, 2000, Floyd Patterson was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the State University of New York at New Paltz.
		"Floyd Patterson was an incredible athlete and an even more incredible human being whose kindness and generosity shined through to all those around him as he devoted his life to helping improve the lives of countless individuals." Hinchey said.
	www.wikipaltz.com /wiki/FLOYD_PATTERSON (1721 words)

	Floyd Patterson
		Floyd Patterson was raised in Brooklyn, got into trouble early, and at age ten was sent to a juvenile facility, where he learned to box.
		But the Swede knocked Patterson to the mat seven times, until Patterson's wife begged the referee to stop the match, and Johansson was declared the new champ.
		Patterson has said that John Wayne had front-row seats for that fight, and as the ref awarded Johansson the crown, the battered Patterson looked over the ropes directly into the Duke's eyes.
	www.nndb.com /people/826/000023757 (524 words)

	Floyd Patterson remains an uncommon boxing champion - baltimoresun.com
		The first Patterson fight I heard on radio was in the summer of 1963, when he tried to regain the title from champion Sonny Liston, who had dethroned him in September 1962.
		Patterson was just an aging ex-champ still suffering the ignominy of being knocked out twice by Liston in the first round and being humiliated by Ali in a 12-round knockout.
		Patterson, like his one-time nemesis Ali, was one of the few figures whose lives intersected where sports meet the social sciences.
	baltimoresun.com /sports/boxing/bal-md.kane13may13,0,4947468.column?... (945 words)

	NewsNet5.com - Sports - Former Heavyweight Champ Floyd Patterson Dies
		Patterson was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and also had prostate cancer in his latter years.
		Patterson, an Olympic middleweight gold medalist at the 1952 Games in Helsinki, was at his peak in the late 1950s and early '60s.
		Patterson continued to fight over the next nine years and had another shot at the title in 1965 against Ali, losing on a TKO in the 12th round.
	www.newsnet5.com /sports/9198353/detail.html (374 words)

	CBC Sports: Boxer Floyd Patterson dead at 71 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Patterson, who went from a troublesome childhood to the top of the sport, was 71.
		Patterson became the first boxer in history to regain the heavyweight title when knocked out Johansson with a punishing left hook, a punch largely regarded as one of the best in the sport's history.
		Patterson retired with a record of 55 wins (40 by knockout), eight losses and one draw.
	cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2006/05/11/boxing-patterson-death.html (1332 words)

	Just Another Blog on Sports - Toronto Star: Floyd Patterson: 1935-2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Patterson was a little guy, even in an age where heavyweights looked like normal people, who took some licks but punched back with style and skill.
		Floyd attempted to explain the seeming reluctance to leave his victim for the toll of 10 after turning the hornets loose in his tortured brain.
		Would Patterson be able to withstand the continued assault of the bigger man? In the final rounds of the fight, Patterson became more aggressive and accomplished what he had set out to do: he proved himself to the public.
	thestar.blogs.com /jabs/2006/05/floyd_patterson.html (794 words)

	ESPN Search: floyd patterson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson was recalled as a humble and giving man Saturday at a memorial service in the Hudson Valley.
		After Floyd Patterson's death at 71, experts and historians were as keen to talk about his personality as his ring record, Kieran Mulvaney writes.
		Floyd Patterson, who came back from an embarrassing loss to become the first boxer to regain the heavyweight title, died at age 71.
	sports.espn.go.com /keyword/search?searchString=floyd+patterson (473 words)

	Floyd Patterson
		Patterson knocked out Johansson one year later to become the first man ever to regain the heavyweight title.
		In Sept., 1962, Patterson lost the championship to Sonny Liston by a first-round knockout.
		Floyd Patterson - Floyd Patterson Born: Jan. 4, 1935 Boxer Olympic middleweight champ in 1952; world heavyweight...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0837885.html (216 words)

	Floyd Patterson: A quiet dignity
		Floyd Patterson, the most private of men, died yesterday at his New Paltz home.
		Patterson was the first of the fast-handed heavyweights, but he was undersized with a glass chin.
		Patterson continued to fight way past his prime, because that is what fighters do.
	archive.recordonline.com /archive/2006/05/12/news-floydpat-05-12.html (940 words)

	Floyd Patterson: The Peoples Champion
		This made Patterson the youngest ever champion at the raw age of 21, Floyd held that record until the young phenom also trained and managed by D’Amato, Mike Tyson, won the crown in 1986 at the age of 20.
		Anyone who follows the sport knows Patterson was a small heavyweight with a lot of heart, and was a great champion and he helped put boxing on the right track with his with his boyish good looks and media friendly personality.
		Patterson was put on the spot after regaining his title from Johansson in 1959.
	www.doghouseboxing.com /dhb/pino051306.htm (666 words)

	Official Site of Floyd Patterson
		Floyd Patterson's talent and ambition took the boxing world by storm.
		Seventeen-year-old Patterson made international headlines when he took the middleweight gold medal in Helsinki, Finland, at the 1952 Olympics.
		Patterson retired in 1972 at age 37 with a professional record of 55-8-1 and 40 knockouts.
	www.cmgworldwide.com /sports/patterso/bio.html (302 words)

	NPR : Former Heavyweight Champ Floyd Patterson Dies
		Patterson was a skilled but undersized champion who relied on strategic surprise rather than strength.
		After Patterson retired in 1972, he oversaw New York's boxing as chairman of the state athletic commission.
		For all his boxing accomplishments, Patterson was once asked about one of the more dubious ones: being knocked down more than any other heavyweight fighter in history.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5398749 (242 words)

	Cyber Boxing Zone -- Floyd Patterson
		Patterson was a light heavyweight-cruiserweight who was good enough to compete with the big boys and actually win the
		Floyd was a talented boxer who used a "peek-a-boo" style of holding his arms and hands in front of his face; He was quick and agile and carried a nice punch; His hands were extremely fast; His greatest weakness was his chin
		From 1977 to 1984, Floyd was a member of the New York State Athletic Commission and from 1995 to 1998, he was the Chairman; Patterson was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1976, the United States Olympic Committee Hall of Fame in 1987 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/floyd.htm (684 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Boxing \| Photo Galleries \| Floyd Patterson in pictures
		Patterson won Olympic gold as a middleweight in 1952 at the age of 17 and embarked on a pro career soon after
		Patterson became the youngest heavyweight world champion when he beat Archie Moore in 1956 at the age of 21
		Patterson lost to Ingemar Johansson in 1959 but became the first man to regain the world heavyweight crown a year later
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/boxing/photo_galleries/4763415.stm (155 words)

	Floyd Patterson
		Floyd Patterson - Floyd Patterson Age: 71 legendary boxer who won the middleweight gold medal at the 1952 Olympics.
		Waco, N.C. He was brought up in Brooklyn, N.Y. Patterson, Floyd - Patterson, Floyd boxing Birthplace: Waco, N.C. Born: 1935 Died: 2006 Information Please®...
		Floyd Patterson resigns as NY State Athletic Commission chairman citing memory loss.(Sports)
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109532.html (200 words)

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