page_title: Floyd Patterson
section_title: Patterson vs. Moore
hierarchical_section_title: Floyd Patterson / Championship / Patterson vs. Moore
caption_attribution_description: English: Ingemar Johansson knocks out Floyd Patterson and becomes boxing heavyweight champion of the world. Svenska: Sedan Johansson med sin fruktade höger golvat Floyd Patterson sju gånger i tredje ronden stoppade ringdomare Ruby Goldstein VM-matchen 26 juni 1959 i svenskens favör. Många svenskar var vakna trots den tidiga timmen och lyssnade på direktreferatet i Radio Luxembourg.
context_page_description: Floyd Patterson 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.
  In 1956 and 1960, Patterson was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
context_section_description: After beating Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson in an elimination fight, Patterson faced Light Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore on November 30, 1956, for the World Heavyweight Championship. He beat Moore by a knockout in five rounds and became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in history, at the age of 21 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 5 days. He was the first Olympic gold medalist to win a professional heavyweight title.
caption: Ingemar Johansson knocks out Floyd Patterson and becomes boxing heavyweight champion of the world, June 26, 1959.
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