Heavyweight · United States
Floyd Patterson 55-8-1 40 KO · 1952–1972
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Floyd Patterson was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Jan 4, 1935. Record 55-8-1 with 40 knockouts over 1952–1972. World titles: WBA heavyweight (1960–1962), WBA heavyweight (1956–1959). Floyd Patterson last fought Muhammad Ali on Sep 20, 1972 and lost by RTD in round 7 of 12.
Also: Φλόιντ Πάτερσον · Флойд Патерсън · Флойд Паттерсон +13 more Флойд Патэрсан · Флојд Патерсон · פלויד פטרסון · فلويد باترسون · فلوید پترسون · फ्लोयड पैटरसन · ફ્લોઇડ પેટરસન · フロイド・パターソン · 弗洛伊德·帕特森 · 플로이드 패터슨 · Patterson · Паттерсон Флойд · Паттерсон, Флойд
Born Jan 4, 1935
Died May 11, 2006
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 183 cm
Reach 180.5 cm
Nickname The Gentleman of Boxing
Debut Sep 12, 1952
Career 1952–1972
Rounds boxed 421
KO share 73%
Born in Waco, North Carolina, U.S.
Titles WBA heavyweight · 1956–1962
Boxerbook rating 1987 ± 290 · inactive since Sep 1972Why here › Confirmed bouts 18 of 64
Career record Record
55-8-1, 40 KOs · 1952–1972
Last result L
For NABF heavyweight title RTD 7/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
The record 64 bouts, 1952–1972, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 64, Wikipedia (ja) · 4, Wikipedia (ru) · 2, Wikipedia (es) · 1
L
For NABF heavyweight title RTD 7/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 55-7-1 · Ali 38-1-0
W
Pedro Agosto
TKO 6/10 · Singer Bowl, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 54-7-1 · Agosto —
W
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 53-7-1 · Bonavena 47-7-1
W
Charlie Harris
KO 6/10 · Multnomah County Exposition Center, Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸
Patterson 52-7-1 · Harris —
W
Vic Brown
UD 10/10 · Peace Bridge Arena, Fort Erie, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Patterson 51-7-1 · Brown —
W
Charley Polite
UD 10/10 · Erie Arena, Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Patterson 50-7-1 · Polite —
W
Terry Daniels
UD 10/10 · Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Patterson 49-7-1 · Daniels —
W
Roger Russell
TKO 9/10 · Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Patterson 48-7-1 · Russell —
W
Levi Forte
KO 2/10 · Convention Center, Miami Beach, 🇺🇸
Patterson 47-7-1 · Forte —
W
KO 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 46-7-1 · Green —
L
For WBA heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, 🇸🇪
Patterson 46-6-1 · Ellis 26-5-0
L
WBA Heavyweight Title Elimination Tournament MD 12/12 · Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Patterson 46-5-1 · Quarry 24-1-4
D
MD 12/12 · Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Patterson 46-5-0 · Quarry 23-1-3
W
Bill McMurray
KO 1/10 · Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Patterson 45-5-0 · McMurray —
W
Willie Johnson
KO 3/10 · Municipal Auditorium, Miami Beach, 🇺🇸
Patterson 44-5-0 · Johnson —
W
KO 4/10 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Patterson 43-5-0 · Cooper 33-12-1
L
For WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 12/15 · Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, 🇺🇸
Patterson 43-4-0 · Ali 21-0-0
W
Tod Herring
TKO 3/10 · Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, 🇸🇪
Patterson 42-4-0 · Herring —
W
UD 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 41-4-0 · Chuvalo 29-8-2
W
KO 6/10 · Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, 🇵🇷
Patterson 40-4-0 · Powell —
Show all 64 bouts W
PTS 12/12 · Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, 🇸🇪
Patterson 39-4-0 · Machen —
W
TKO 8/10 · Stockholm, 🇸🇪
Patterson 38-4-0 · Amonti —
L
For WBA, NYSAC, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 1/15 · Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Patterson 38-3-0 · Liston 37-1-0
L
For WBA, NYSAC, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 1/15 · Comiskey Park, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Patterson 38-2-0 · Liston 36-1-0
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 4/15 · Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Patterson 37-2-0 · McNeeley —
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 6/15 · Exhibition Hall, Miami Beach, Florida, 🇺🇸
Patterson 36-2-0 · Johansson 22-1-0
W
Won NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 5/15 · Polo Grounds, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 35-2-0 · Johansson 22-0-0
L
Lost NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 3/15 · Yankee Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 35-1-0 · Johansson 21-0-0
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 11/15 · Fairgrounds Coliseum, Indianapolis, Indiana, 🇺🇸
Patterson 34-1-0 · London —
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles RTD 12/15 · Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Patterson 33-1-0 · Harris —
W
Retained NYSAC, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 6/15 · Sick's Stadium, Seattle, Washington, 🇺🇸
Patterson 32-1-0 · Rademacher 0-0-0
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 10/15 · Polo Grounds, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 31-1-0 · Jackson 29-5-1
W
Won vacant NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 5/15 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Patterson 30-1-0 · Moore 160-20-8
W
SD 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 29-1-0 · Jackson 27-4-1
W
Alvin Williams
KO 3/10 · Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Patterson 28-1-0 · Williams —
W
Jimmy Walls
TKO 2/10 · New Britain, Connecticut, 🇺🇸
Patterson 27-1-0 · Walls —
W
TKO 7/10 · Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Patterson 26-1-0 · Slade —
W
Calvin Brad
KO 1/10 · Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Patterson 25-1-0 · Brad —
W
Dave Whitlock
KO 3/10 · Winterland Arena, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Patterson 24-1-0 · Whitlock —
W
Alvin Williams
TKO 8/10 · Moncton, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦
Patterson 23-1-0 · Williams —
W
Archie McBride
KO 7/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 22-1-0 · McBride —
W
RTD 5/10 · Newcastle, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦
Patterson 21-1-0 · Durelle —
W
Esau Ferdinand
TKO 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Oakland, California, 🇺🇸
Patterson 20-1-0 · Ferdinand —
W
Don Grant
TKO 5/10 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 19-1-0 · Grant —
W
Willie Troy
TKO 5/8 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 18-1-0 · Troy —
W
UD 8/8 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 17-1-0 · Slade —
W
Joe Gannon
UD 8/8 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 16-1-0 · Gannon —
W
Esau Ferdinand
UD 8/8 · St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 15-1-0 · Ferdinand —
W
Tommy Harrison
TKO 1/8 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 14-1-0 · Harrison —
W
TKO 7/8 · St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 13-1-0 · Crecy —
L
UD 8/8 · Boxing From Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, 🇺🇸
Patterson 13-0-0 · Maxim 79-21-4
W
Jesse Turner
UD 8/8 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 12-0-0 · Turner —
W
Alvin Williams
UD 8/8 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 11-0-0 · Williams —
W
Sammy Brown
TKO 2/10 · Turner's Arena, Washington, D.C., 🇺🇸
Patterson 10-0-0 · Brown —
W
UD 8/8 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 9-0-0 · Durelle —
W
Dick Wagner
TKO 5/8 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 8-0-0 · Wagner —
W
Wes Bascom
UD 8/8 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 7-0-0 · Bascom —
W
TKO 3/8 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 6-0-0 · Wallace —
W
Dick Wagner
SD 8/8 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 5-0-0 · Wagner —
W
Chester Mieszala
TKO 5/6 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Patterson 4-0-0 · Mieszala —
W
Lalu Sabotin
TKO 5/8 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 3-0-0 · Sabotin —
W
Lester Johnson
TKO 3/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 2-0-0 · Johnson —
W
Sammy Walker
TKO 2/6 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Patterson 1-0-0 · Walker —
W
Eddie Godbold
KO 4/6 · St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Patterson 0-0-0 · Godbold —
Amateur career 🥇 Olympics 1952 middleweight
4 amateur bouts at major tournaments, from the tournament articles on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Not part of the professional record.
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Floyd Patterson's record? Floyd Patterson's professional record is 55-8-1 with 40 knockouts.
Who did Floyd Patterson fight last? Floyd Patterson last fought Muhammad Ali on Sep 20, 1972 and lost by RTD in round 7 of 12.
Which world titles has Floyd Patterson held? Floyd Patterson has held 2 world title reigns: WBA heavyweight (1960–1962), WBA heavyweight (1956–1959). Sources Boxerbook ID 10482 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10482 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
