The Official Floyd Patterson Thread

[Mr. Ryan]

There is a whole theory that Malcolm X was killed by his ex-comrades after he visited Mecca and realised that his hate ways were wrong.

I essentially do not agree with you.
It is very easy to control people with hate.
AN excellent example would be Hitler, he ruled the germans through the hate and racial superiority ideas.

You're right about Malcolm X, he did moderate his views towards white people after visiting Mecca where he he was treated not as a black American, but as a fellow ****** of people of all color. Muhammad Ali, to his discredit and regret, elected to follow Elijah Muhammad and abandon his friend Malcolm when Malcolm decided to stop being a racist himself.

[BrooklynBomber]

You're right about Malcolm X, he did moderate his views towards white people after visiting Mecca where he he was treated not as a black American, but as a fellow ****** of people of all color. Muhammad Ali, to his discredit and regret, elected to follow Elijah Muhammad and abandon his friend Malcolm when Malcolm decided to stop being a racist himself.

Sorry for the offtopic.
Anyway, what can I say about Patterson
He had balls and some of the fastest hands I saw on HW.

[Mr. Ryan]

Sorry for the offtopic.
Anyway, what can I say about Patterson
He had balls and some of the fastest hands I saw on HW.

Patterson's three fights with Ingemar Johanssen were the heavyweight equivalent to the Graziano-Zale trilogy. The third fight was like a synergy of the first two.

[Mr. Ryan]

Floyd Patterson thought his wife Sandra was such a good person and that she could only be so good through divine influence, that he converted to Catholicism, the same religion as she was. I thought that was wildly interesting to hear of a man.

[Mr. Ryan]

The greatest first round in boxing history, Patterson Johannsen III round 1.