KINGSTON, N.Y. — An interpretive panel celebrating “the life, work and athleticism” of New Paltz resident and World Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson will be on display through the end of the month ...

(AP) – Floyd Patterson, 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. He was 71. Patterson ...

I first wrote this piece on boxer Floyd Patterson in September of 2019 and feel his story epitomizes what sports can do for an individual and in that sense for society and bears repeating: Floyd ...

I found out Floyd Patterson passed away Thursday morning. I had a feeling this day would come sooner than later. We all knew Floyd was very ill, the progression of Alzheimer’s over the past decade had ...

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In 1962, Patterson wrote a book called ‘Victory Over Myself’, which has since become something of a collector’s piece. It said everything about Floyd, who wrestled for most of his life with the notion ...