Floyd Patterson
In 1956, at age 21, Floyd Patterson became the youngest boxer to win the title of world heavyweight champion and then, later, the first ever to lose and regain it.
Here, acclaimed author W.K. Stratton chronicles the life of ''The Gentle Gladiator'' - an athlete overshadowed by Ali''s theatrics and Liston''s fearsome reputation, and a civil-rights activist overlooked in the who''s who of race politi...
In 1956, at age 21, Floyd Patterson became the youngest boxer to win the title of world heavyweight champion and then, later, the first ever to lose and regain it.
Here, acclaimed author W.K. Stratton chronicles the life of ''The Gentle Gladiator'' - an athlete overshadowed by Ali''s theatrics and Liston''s fearsome reputation, and a civil-rights activist overlooked in the who''s who of race politi...
