Record details

Floyd Patterson

"The Gentleman of Boxing"

Heavyweight

Male

USA, New York City, New York
Born: January 4, 1935, Waco, North Carolina, USA
Died: May 11, 2006, New Paltz, New York, USA
Height: 6ft, mt 1,83
Weight: 164, 168, 178, 184, 189, 192 lbs

(brother of Ray Patterson)

as an amateur:

1950 New York Golden Gloves Sub-Novice 3rd place, 147 lbs
1951 New York Golden Gloves winner, 165 lbs
1951 Eastern Golden Gloves winner, 165 lbs
1951 Metropolitan AAU winner, 165 lbs
1951 National AAU 3rd place, 165 lbs
1952 New York Golden Gloves winner, 175 lbs
1952 New York, Eastern Golden Gloves winner, 165 lbs
1952 Intercity Golden Gloves winner, 165 lbs
1952 National AAU winner, 165 lbs
1952 Eastern US Olympic Trials winner, 165 lbs
1952 US Olympic Trials winner, 165 lbs
1952 Helsinki, Finland, Olympic Games gold medal, 165 lbs
W PTS Omar Tebakka, France;
W KO 1 Leonardus Jansen, Netherlands;
W DQ 3 Stig Karl Olof Sjolin, Sweden;
W KO 1 Vasile Tita, Romania

Amateur record reported below:
47 contests, won 42, lost 5 (26 inside the limit)

For amateur results assistance was provided by Bob Yalen

Floyd Patterson was the first Olympic Gold Medallist at middleweight
to win a professional heavyweight world title

Floyd Patterson became the first man in boxing history
to regain the heavyweight championship

Amateur Results


1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Ridgewood Grove, New York, NYGG Sub-Novice 3rd place, 147 lbs
+ Jan. 18	Edward Wallace	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WTKO 2
- Jan. 23	Joseph Baglio	Ridgewood Grove, New York	LPTS 3
+ Jan. 31	Emerson Nickens	Sunnyside Gardens, New York	WTKO 2
- May 18	Ray Drake (USA)	Jamaica, New York	LPTS 3
- June 24	Ray Drake (USA)	Woodhaven, New York	LPTS 3
+ Oct. 4	Jimmy Glenn	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WTKO 3
+ Oct. 18	Al McGhee	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WPTS 5
+ Nov. 8	Les Jackson	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WPTS 5

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Ridgewood Grove and New York City, New York, New York Golden Gloves winner, 165 lbs
+ Jan. 17	James Williams	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WKO 3
+ Jan. 26	Elzie Watson	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WTKO 3
+ Feb. 2	Harvey Lammers	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WTKO 1
+ Feb. 9	Eddie Henderson	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WTKO 2
+ Feb. 19	Richard Hill	New York City, New York	WPTS 3
Ridgewood Grove and New York City, New York, Eastern Golden Gloves winner, 165 lbs
+ Feb. 26	Michael Zecca	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WPTS 3
+ Feb. 27	Charley Williams	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WPTS 3
+ Feb. 28	Ray Drake (USA)	New York City, New York	WPTS 3
+ Feb. 28	John Gibson	New York City, New York	WPTS 3
New York City, New York, Intercity Golden Gloves, 165 lbs
- Mar. 19	Richard Guerrero	New York City, New York	LPTS 3
Ridgewood Grove, New York, Metropolitan AAU winner, 165 lbs
+ Mar. 28	Ralph Franz	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WKO 1
+ Apr. 4	Alvin Nelson	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WPTS 3
Boston, Massachusetts, National AAU 3rd place, 165 lbs
+ Apr. 10	Rudy Ortega	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 10	Otis Harris	Boston, Massachusetts	WKO 2
- Apr. 11	Thomas Nelson	Boston, Massachusetts	LPTS 3
+ May 24	Ray Drake (USA)	Jamaica, New York	WTKO 5

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Sunnyside Gardens and New York City, New York, New York Golden Gloves winner, 175 lbs
+ Feb. 5	Robert Smith	Sunnyside Gardens, New York	WTKO 1
+ Feb. 12	Maxwell Lawrence	Sunnyside Gardens, New York	WKO 1
+ Feb. 18	Clayton Jones	New York City, New York	WKO 1
Ridgewood Grove, Sunnyside Gardens and New York City, New York, Eastern Golden Gloves winner, 165 lbs
+ Mar. 3	Jasper McIntosh	Ridgewood Grove, New York	WKO 1
+ Mar. 4	George Peele	Sunnyside Gardens, New York	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 5	Eldridge Thompson	New York City, New York	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 5	Harold Carter (USA)	New York City, New York	WTKO 1
New York City, New York, Intercity Golden Gloves winner, 165 lbs
+ Mar. 24	Eddie Jones	New York City, New York	WPTS 3
Boston, Massachusetts, National AAU winner, 165 lbs
+ Apr. 7	Nick Turner	Boston, Massachusetts	WKO 1
+ Apr. 8	Harvey Lammers	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 9	Edward Smith	Boston, Massachusetts	WTKO 2
+ Apr. 9	Joseph Rowan	Boston, Massachusetts	WKO 1
Albany, New York, Eastern US Olympic Trials winner, 165 lbs
+ May 26	Carl Blair	Albany, New York	WTKO 1
+ May 26	James Taylor	Albany, New York	WTKO 1
+ May 27	Nolan Davis	Albany, New York	WKO 2
+ May 27	Angelo Defendis (USA)	Albany, New York	WWO
Kansas City, Missouri, US Olympic Trials winner, 165 lbs
+ June 17	Bill Tate (USA)	Kansas City, Missouri	WTKO 2
+ June 18	Willie Finney	Kansas City, Missouri	WTKO 1
+ June 18	Gordon Gladson	Kansas City, Missouri	WTKO 1
Helsinki, Finland, Olympic Games gold medal, 165 lbs
+ July 29	Omar Tebakka (FRA)	Helsinki, Finland	WPTS 3:0
+ July 31	Leen Jansen (NED)	Helsinki, Finland	WKO 1
+ Aug. 1	Stig Sjoelin (SWE)	Helsinki, Finland	WDQ 3
+ Aug. 2	Vasile Tita (OMA)	Helsinki, Finland	WKO 1

Professional record


1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 12	Eddie Godbold	New York, USA	KO 4
+ Oct. 6	Sammy Walker	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 2
+ Oct. 31	Lester Johnson	New York, USA	TKO 3
+ Dec. 29	Lalu Sabotin	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 5

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 28	Chester Mieszala	Chicago, USA	TKO 5
+ Apr. 13	Dick Wagner	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
+ June 1	Gordon Wallace	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 3
+ Oct. 19	Wes Bascom	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
+ Dec. 14	Dick Wagner	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 5

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 15	Yvon Durelle	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
+ Mar. 30	Sammy Brown	Washington, USA	TKO 2
+ Apr. 19	Alvin Williams	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
+ May 10	Jesse Turner	Brooklyn, USA	W 8
- June 7	Joey Maxim	Brooklyn, USA	L 8
+ July 12	Jacques Royer Crecy	New York, USA	TKO 7
+ Aug. 2	Tommy Harrison	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 1
+ Oct. 11	Esau Ferdinand	New York, USA	W 8
+ Oct. 22	Joe Gannon	New York, USA	W 8
+ Nov. 19	Jimmy Slade	New York, USA	W 8

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 7	Willie Troy	New York, USA	TKO 5
+ Jan. 17	Don Grant	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 5
+ Mar. 17	Esau Ferdinand	Oakland, USA	TKO 10
+ June 23	Yvon Durelle	Newcastle, Canada	TKO 5
+ July 6	Archie McBride	New York, USA	KO 7
+ Sept. 8	Alvin Williams	Moncton, Canada	TKO 8
+ Sept. 29	Dave Whitlock	San Francisco, USA	KO 3
+ Oct. 13	Calvin Brad	Los Angeles, USA	KO 1
+ Dec. 8	Jimmy Slade	Los Angeles, USA	TKO 7

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 12	Jimmy Walls	New Britain, USA	TKO 2
+ Apr. 10	Alvin Williams	Kansas City, USA	KO 3
+ June 8	Tommy Jackson	New York, USA	W 12
+ Nov. 30	Archie Moore	Chicago, USA	KO 5
(Won vacant World Heavyweight Title)

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 29	Tommy Jackson	New York, USA	TKO 10
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 22	Pete Rademacher	Seattle, USA	KO 6
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 18	Roy Harris	Los Angeles, USA	TKO 12
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 1	Brian London	Indianapolis, USA	KO 11
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
- June 26	Ingemar Johansson	Bronx, USA	TKO by 3
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 20	Ingemar Johansson	New York, USA	KO 5
(Regained World Heavyweight Title)

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 13	Ingemar Johansson	Miami Beach, USA	KO 6
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 4	Tom McNeeley	Toronto, Canada	KO 4
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Sept. 25	Sonny Liston	Chicago, USA	KO by 1
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- July 22	Sonny Liston	Las Vegas, USA	KO by 1
(For World Heavyweight Title)

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 6	Santo Amonti	Stockholm, Sweden	TKO 8
+ July 5	Eddie Machen	Solna, Sweden	W 12
+ Dec. 12	Charlie Powell	San Juan, Puerto Rico	KO 6

1965
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 1	George Chuvalo	New York, USA	W 12
+ May 14	Tod Herring	Stockholm, Sweden	TKO 3
- Nov. 22	Muhammad Ali	Las Vegas, USA	TKO by 12
(For World Heavyweight Title)

1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 20	Henry Cooper	Wembley, Great Britain	KO 4

1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 13	Willie Johnson	Miami Beach, USA	KO 3
+ Mar. 30	Bill McMurray	Pittsburgh, USA	KO 1
= June 9	Jerry Quarry	Los Angeles, USA	Draw 10
- Oct. 28	Jerry Quarry	Los Angeles, USA	L 12
(For WBA Heavyweight Elimination Tournament)

1968
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Sept. 14	Jimmy Ellis	Stockholm, Sweden	L 15
(For WBA Heavyweight Title)


1969 Inactive

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 15	Charley Green	New York, USA	KO 10

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 16	Levi Forte	Miami Beach, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 29	Roger Russell	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 9
+ May 26	Terry Daniels	Cleveland, USA	W 10
+ July 17	Charley Polite	Erie, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 21	Vic Brown	Buffalo, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 23	Charlie Harris	Portland, USA	KO 6

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 11	Oscar Bonavena	New York, USA	W 10
+ July 14	Pedro Agosto	Flushing, USA	TKO 6
- Sept. 20	Muhammad Ali	New York, USA	TKO by 7
(For NABF Heavyweight Title)

Summary