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Floyd Patterson

1935 - 2006

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Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion between 1956 and 1962. At the age of 21, he became the youngest boxer in history to win the title, and was also the first heavyweight to regain the title after losing it. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Floyd Patterson has received more than 2,635,312 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Floyd Patterson is the 16th most popular boxer (up from 17th in 2019), the 1,713th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,351st in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Boxer.

Floyd Patterson was a professional boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1956 to 1962. He is most famous for being the youngest man to win the heavyweight championship at age 20.

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  • 58.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Floyd Patterson ranks 16 out of 326. Before him are Sonny Liston, Jake LaMotta, Jack Dempsey, László Papp, Evander Holyfield, and James J. Braddock. After him are Carlos Monzón, Vitali Klitschko, Teófilo Stevenson, Ingemar Johansson, Roberto Durán, and Primo Carnera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Floyd Patterson ranks 70. Before him are Maj Sjöwall, Elsa Martinelli, John G. Avildsen, Monique Wittig, Lee Remick, and Sonny Bono. After him are Kurt Westergaard, Zhelyu Zhelev, Bent Larsen, Seiji Ozawa, António Ramalho Eanes, and Gene Vincent. Among people deceased in 2006, Floyd Patterson ranks 65. Before him are Karel Appel, Joachim Fest, Ta Mok, Lillian Asplund, John Money, and William Styron. After him are Murray Bookchin, Reinhart Koselleck, Gillo Pontecorvo, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Rudolf Vrba, and Allen Carr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Floyd Patterson ranks 1,713 out of 18,182. Before him are Jessye Norman (1945), Richard Jenkins (1947), Adrien Brody (1973), Jerry Stiller (1927), Michael Spence (1943), and Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929). After him are Jim Rogers (1942), Edwin S. Porter (1870), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Edward Albee (1928), A. L. Kroeber (1876), and Angela Bassett (1958).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Floyd Patterson ranks 14. Before him are Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), Sonny Liston (1932), Jake LaMotta (1922), Jack Dempsey (1895), Evander Holyfield (1962), and James J. Braddock (1905). After him are Larry Holmes (1949), Ken Norton (1943), Rubin Carter (1937), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Jack Johnson (1878), and John L. Sullivan (1858).

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