DECEASED FLOYD PATTERSON WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION SIGNED 8"x10" PHOTO w/COA #3

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FLOYD PATTERSON
(JANUARY 4, 1935 - MAY 11, 2006)
COMPETED AS A HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER (1956-1962)
YOUNGEST HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER EVER TO WIN THE TITLE
FIRST HEAVYWEIGHT TO REGAIN TITLE AFYTER LOSING IT
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR BY RING MAGAZINE (1956 & 1960)
INDUCTED INTO THE BOXING HALL OF FAME (1991)
WON OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL AS A MIDDLEWEIGHT (1952)
8" x 10" Unmatted, Unframed &
Signed
COMES WITH COA & LIFETIME AUTHENTICITY GUARANTE
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LAST SIGNED PHOTO I HAVE!
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.
In 1956 and 1960, Patterson was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Although Patterson fought around the light heavyweight limit for much of his early career, he and manager Cus D'Amato always had plans to fight for the Heavyweight Championship. In fact, D'Amato made these plans clear as early as 1954, when he told the press that Patterson was aiming for the heavyweight title. However, after Rocky Marciano announced his retirement as World Heavyweight Champion on April 27, 1956, Patterson was ranked by The Ring magazine as the top light heavyweight contender. After Marciano's announcement, Jim Norris of the International Boxing Club stated that Patterson was one of the six fighters who would take part in an elimination tournament to crown Marciano's successor. The Ring then moved Patterson into the heavyweight rankings, at number five.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Patterson was now the number-one challenger for the title held by Muhammad Ali. On November 22, 1965 in Las Vegas, in yet another attempt to be the first to win the world heavyweight title three times, he went into the fight with an injured sacro-iliac joint in a bout in which Ali was clearly dominant. Ali called Patterson an "Uncle Tom" for refusing to call him Muhammad Ali (Patterson continued to call him Cassius Clay) and for his outspokenness against black Muslims. Before the match, Patterson had said:
"This fight is a crusade to reclaim the title from the Black Muslims. As a Catholic, I am fighting Clay as a patriotic duty. I am going to return the crown to America."
Instead of scoring a quick knockout, Ali mocked, humiliated and punished Patterson throughout the fight but was unable to knock him out before the referee finally stopped the fight in the 12th round.
DEATH
Patterson suffered from Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer in his final years. He died at home in New Paltz, on May 11, 2006, at the age of 71. His body was buried at New Paltz Rural Cemetery in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York.
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