# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/floyd-patterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:10:03.306Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/floyd-patterson"
name: "Floyd Patterson"
slug: "floyd-patterson"
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. He has been named among the top 15 heavyweights of all time."
tagline: "American heavyweight boxer (1935-2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Floyd_Patterson_on_the_cover_of_Boxing_Illustrated_September_1962.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1935-01-04"
deathDate: "2006-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump