Floyd Patterson
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"Floyd Patterson" was an Americans/American professional Boxing/boxer and former Undisputed Champion/Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. At 21, Patterson became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight title. He was also the first heavyweight boxer to regain the title. He had a record of 55 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by knockout. He won the gold medal at the Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics/1952 Olympic Games as a middleweight.

Although Mike Tyson later became the youngest boxer to win a world heavyweight title (when he defeated Trevor Berbick via second-round TKO, becoming the WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World at 20 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days old) Patterson remains the youngest Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. Patterson was trained by legendary trainer Cus D'Amato.

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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

You get into serious trouble when - during a heated exchange - the mind starts to ask questions about your behavior prior to the fight. That's why many times we see a fighter doing quite well in the ring, hitting the other guy almost at will and suddenly, after a couple of rounds of failing to put his rival down or out, he starts to think about the wrong things he did during training.

There is so much hate among people, so much contempt inside people who'd like you to think they're moral, that they have to hire prizefighters to do their hating for them. And we do. We get into a ring and act out other people's hates.

I could never be with a woman during training. Because my knees would get very weak. My opinion is based on personal experience.

For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.

It's not so bad for politicians and Pulitzer Prize poets and certain intellectuals in this country to sign petitions and speak out against the war in Vietnam, but when Cassius Clay did it he paid a heavy price for Freedom of Speech.

A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget.

What I expect from the police department is an adequate and timely response to keep the streets orderly and safe. Whatever resources they need to do that is up to them.