Rivalry rekindled: Melrose-Arlington football revisted Sep 19, 2008
Fresh off a Middlesex League championship campaign in 1956, the Spy Ponders featured some memorable names from the past, including team captain Tom McNeely, who went on to fight Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight championship of the world. At the time, most students were three-sport athletes. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Olympic boxing has lost much of its former luster Aug 19, 2008
Boxing at the Olympics just is not as attractive as it was when the events represented an avenue to riches for such figures as Floyd Patterson, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis and Cassius Clay, later to become Muhammad Ali. In their times, the wise men of boxing would gather at the Games with their checkbooks, prepared to snap up the men who in a different environment would become the greats of the game. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
THE GRILL-IONAIRE: Going 1-on-1 with George Foreman Jul 17, 2008
When you look at guys like Floyd Patterson, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, these people know that the world heavyweight champion stood for something more. Today's fighters have forgotten that. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
The Long, Strange Trip Continues May 17, 2008
First, Kahn treated cable operators to a live, big-screen, closed circuit heavyweight fight between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson that TelePrompTer simulcast to some 25,000 subscribers in 13 cable systems nationwide. Then, he launched into a visionary plan for cable s future. (Multichannel News)
Grappling With History Apr 1, 2008
Television had destroyed the subculture of local clubs, and the bland, unpopular Floyd Patterson had recently lost the heavyweight title to an even less popular fighter, glowering ex-con Sonny Liston. Beloved stars like Rocky Marciano and Sugar Ray Robinson were retired or in decline, and no bright lights were emerging to take their place. (Slate)
No DH did little to slow down pounding Sox Oct 29, 2007
For all of their professed anxiety about the lineup limitations imposed by playing baseball under National League rules, the Red Sox continued to pound on Colorado pitching like Muhammad Ali did Floyd Patterson. They had 15 hits. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Tied of events Sep 18, 2007
For Sweden to outplay the United States in a match to be conducted on an indoor hard court in the Scandinavium Arena would represent an upset comparable to the one Ingemar Johansson of Gothenburg worked when he knocked out Floyd Patterson in the third round in June 1959 with what Johansson termed his Toonderbolt. In singles, the U.S. team can present Andy Roddick, ranked No. 5 on the ATP Tour, and James Blake, ranked No. 6. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Local Teams Today Jul 22, 2007
1963 -- Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in 2 minutes, 10 seconds of the first round to retain the world heavyweight title. Liston took the title from Patterson with a first-round knockout in Chicago on Sept. 25, 1962. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Taking you out to the ballgame Jun 15, 2007
Then there is Floyd Patterson, the operations manager whose grounds looks as good as they have all season since he and his crew edged, trimmed, leveled, raked, cut and fertilized every angle of the plush playing field. This week they fixed a few busted sprinkler heads, and let nature do the rest, he said. (Albany Herald)
»Column: Heavyweight boxing is long since dead Apr 15, 2007
When Marciano stepped down in 1956, Floyd Patterson stepped up and defeated Archie Moore for the vacant belt and reigned as champ for three years. Patterson filled the vacuum as a credible champ and kept the chain going. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
At RFK, not like old times (Dick Heller) Apr 3, 2007
With all respect to these esteemed gentleman, all four pitches didn't begin to equal one by the chief occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Perhaps new manager Manny Acta should have let one of the quartet handle the real mound chores -- even Vernon, who is nearly 89 -- because nominal Nats ace John Patterson was about as effective against the Marlins as Floyd Patterson against Sonny Liston in the early 1960s. Patterson lasted exactly 32/3 innings, allowing seven hits and six runs while throwing 80... (Washington Times, DC)
For U.S., a union of great import (Dan Daly) Mar 30, 2007
But even if, in our ethnocentrism, we chose to ignore that epic event, we certainly should have noticed when Ingemar Johansson punched out Floyd Patterson and took the heavyweight crown in 1959. A fighting Swede. (Washington Times, DC)
Champ to chump can be short trip Mar 23, 2007
Sonny Liston Coming off his second demolition of former champ Floyd Patterson, Liston was regarded as the scariest heavyweight in boxing history. Some literally feared for the life of his next challenger, a mercurial upstart named Cassius Clay. (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
More of this story Mar 22, 2007
Jack Dempsey, Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield are just a handful of those who tried to recapture the fire and glory of youth with faded skills. Tommy Morrison is looking to buck the trend. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
Barter wins reprieve, will stay at 9-R Mar 15, 2007
Floyd Patterson was elevated to board president Tuesday to fill the position vacated by Matheson. Melissa Youssef became vice president and Jeff Schell treasurer. (Durango Herald)
School board weighs future of Mary Barter Mar 14, 2007
It will likely hold another executive session tonight, but board Vice President Floyd Patterson said he did not expect a decision to immediately emerge. The board's move to speak with numerous employees of Durango School District 9-R before deciding on Barter's contract leaves a vital question unanswered: Will she stay or will she go. (Durango Herald)
‘Home of World Champions' gets new lease Mar 11, 2007
In its heyday, the Cus D'Amato Gym was the second home of such famed boxers as Floyd Patterson, Jose Torres, Wilfred Benitez, Edwin Rosario, Mike Tyson and Vinny Pazienza. Kevin Rooney, who still makes his home in Catskill, trained Tyson into the heavyweight champion of the world, and the likes of actor Danny Aiello and pop star Billy Joel were regular summer visitors. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Clay was truly 'greatest' against ... (Dick Heller) Feb 19, 2007
Twice the glowering ex-con had embarrassed and dispatched Floyd Patterson in one round to win the title and then defend it. Now Liston was an 8-1 favorite over the 22-year-old Clay, whose fame devolved more from braggadocio and bad poetry than fistic accomplishments. (Washington Times, DC)
Rufus Brassell: A world-class act Feb 7, 2007
Not long after, Brassell flew to Miami where he worked as the sparring partner for Jimmy Ellis, who was scheduled to meet Floyd Patterson the following month. Training Brassell at that point was Angelo Dundee, the same trainer who coached Muhammad Ali. (Lima News, OH)
Don Newbury column: Well, my hometown was so small that . . . 02-06-2007 Feb 7, 2007
Yeah, ol Roy was an East Texas slugger who challenged Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight championship of the world. And he might nigh won. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
Charles Osgood Remembers 2006's Departed Jan 1, 2007
Boxer Floyd Patterson won Olympic gold, then was the first ever to become heavyweight champion twice. Trumpet player Maynard Ferguson could really hit those high notes. (CBS News)
