Ali and Paterson first met on November 22, 1965, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada. It was a fight that “The Greatest” bossed, winning by twelfth-round TKO. It was a virtuoso ...

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Sinatra was not a fan of Ali, evidenced by his previous attempts to see him lose a fight. In 1965, Sinatra did all he could to see boxer Floyd Patterson beat Ali. He even set Patterson up with a ...

The photograph in question appears to be colorized, and shows Ali and Cooke during the Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston boxing fight in Las Vegas in 1963. In August 2023, a viral photograph ...

Somewhere within the dreadful fog that comes with Alzheimer’s, I hope that Floyd Patterson considered that he had finally beaten his toughest opponent. Not Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali or Ingemar ...

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 ...

Former heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson has died at the age of 71. In 1956, Patterson became the youngest fighter to win the heavyweight crown. He later was the first heavyweight to regain ...

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After his controversial ban from boxing, Muhammad Ali finally rematched a rather familiar foe, sending him into a sudden retirement from the ring. A year removed from his Fight of the Century shock ...