Floyd Patterson Autographs
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. He has been named among the top 15 heavyweights of all time.
In 1956 and 1960, Patterson was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. In 1995, Patterson was honored with the Barney Nagler Award by the BWAA in recognition of his long and meritorious service.
Born January 4, 1935, into a poor family in Waco, North Carolina, Patterson was one of eleven children. In 1936, his family moved to the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant otherwise known as Bed-Stuy. During this time, his parents were working extremely hard to provide for the family. There were eleven children to feed. Patterson felt helpless that he could not help his mother and father more. He felt stupid and powerless. Starting at the age of nine, Floyd became a truant and petty thief. It began with him stealing little things like milk and fruit to bring back to his mother to help. However, as he transitioned into a teenager, he would frequently be seen in court for stealing, truancy, and running away. He estimated that he had been in court, thirty to forty times. At age 10, a judge was so tired of seeing him in court that he was sent to the Wiltwyck School for Boys, a reform school in Esopus, New York, in September 1945. During this time, he was furious thinking he was being sent to jail until his mother explained the blessing. He credited this to turning his life around. He stayed there for almost two years. He attended high school in New Paltz, New York, where he succeeded in all sports.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Floyd Patterson (MUHAMMAD ALI AND FLOYD PATTERSON SIGNED FIGHT POSTER, NOV. 22, 1965 |) was sold in October 2015 for $3,800.00 while the cheapest item (rare Floyd Patterson signed Photo World & Olympic Champ) found a new owner for $0.01 in July 2009. The month with the most items sold (32) was May 2026 with an average selling price of $39.00 for an autographed item of Floyd Patterson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2018 with $1,900.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.25 was March 2023. In average, an autographed item from Floyd Patterson is worth $25.00.
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Latest News about Floyd Patterson
Floyd Patterson's Legacy Lives On In “Typhoon Technique” (06/05/2014): Boxing Book Debuts at Hall of Fame Weekend in Canistota, NY (PRWeb June 05, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/typhoon-technique/floyd-patterson-vinny/prweb11921240.htm Floyd Patterson eyes East Portland seat (09/14/2013): The race to fill the vacant post of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for East Portland, left by businessman Patrick Lee, has gained traction with former Mayor Floyd Patterson expressing an interest. Boxing's forgotten great Floyd Patterson hailed by Edinburgh publishing company (12/01/2012): THE Fighting Life of Boxing's Invisible Champion, which celebrates the life of Floyd Patterson, is the latest boxing book available to buy on the market. 
Floyd Patterson, by W K Stratton (11/17/2012): He was an Olympic champion, the youngest boxer to win the world heavyweight title, the first to lose then regain it, and Muhammad Ali called him "the most skilled as a boxer" of all Ali's opponents. Yet history has not been kind to Floyd Patterson. REVIEW: Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing’s Invisible Champion (08/10/2012): Book by W.K. Stratton
Older News Stories about Floyd Patterson
Books on Floyd Patterson and Edith Wharton (07/2012): Books on Floyd Patterson, an underappreciated heavyweight champion from Brooklyn, and Edith Wharton, the writer who somewhat inaccurately described herself as a “literary orphan.” Remembering Boxing’s Other Floyd, Floyd Patterson - The Heavyweight Who Made His (06/2012): Remembering Boxing’s Other Floyd, Floyd Patterson - The Heavyweight Who Made History! Tom McNeeley: Boxer who took on Floyd Patterson for the world title (11/2011): Thomas McNeeley, Jr, who has died of complications from a seizure at the age of 74, was a boxer who challenged Floyd Patterson for the world heavyweight title. Ingemar Johansson, 76, dies; Swedish boxer stunned world by knocking out Floyd P (01/2011): Ingemar Johansson, the Swede who stunned the boxing world by knocking out Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title in 1959, has died, a longtime friend said today. Johansson was 76.
