Floyd Patterson

Floyd Patterson
Title Floyd Patterson PDF eBook
Author W. K. Stratton
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 297
Release 2012
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0151014302

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This knockout biography follows boxing legend Floyd Patterson, civil rights activist, national icon, and the youngest man to win the World Heavyweight Champion title, and the first to ever win the title twice.

Inside Boxing

Inside Boxing
Title Inside Boxing PDF eBook
Author Floyd Patterson
Publisher Regnery Publishing
Pages 88
Release 1974
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN

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Discusses the techniques, exercises, skills, and strategies of boxing.

Floyd Patterson

Floyd Patterson
Title Floyd Patterson PDF eBook
Author Alan H. Levy
Publisher McFarland
Pages 299
Release 2008-09-22
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 0786439505

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Floyd Patterson delivered a number of knockout punches during his Hall of Fame career, but it might have been the fights he won outside the ring that made him great. Born in 1935, he overcame poverty and prejudice to become the youngest world heavyweight champion in history--and he would later become the first man to regain the crown after losing it. Muhammad Ali called Patterson the most skillful fighter he ever faced. This first complete biography of the former heavyweight champion covers Patterson's meteoric rise as a boxer while giving equal attention to his life away from sport, including his work as a civil rights activist in the 1960s. Joining Ali and Joe Frazier as boxers who used their celebrity to bring attention to social issues, he became an icon of the movement.

Victory Over Myself

Victory Over Myself
Title Victory Over Myself PDF eBook
Author Floyd Patterson
Publisher
Pages 280
Release 1962
Genre African American boxers
ISBN

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The autobiography of a man, unable to read or write at the age of ten, who became the heavyweight champion of the world.

The International Boxing Hall of Fame's Basic Boxing Skills

The International Boxing Hall of Fame's Basic Boxing Skills
Title The International Boxing Hall of Fame's Basic Boxing Skills PDF eBook
Author Floyd Patterson
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 139
Release 2007-05-17
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1626368988

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For all boxers and fans, this step-by-step guide to successful boxing by a two-time World Heavyweight Champion will be educational and entertaining. Floyd Patterson set out to “pass along to you what I’ve learned, to unlock some of the secrets of the greatest sport in the world.” He succeeded, creating a classic that’s one of the most comprehensive boxing manuals ever written. Topics include rules, equipment, how to bandage your own hands, stance, bobbing and weaving, punching technique, offensive and defensive moves, strategy, and conditioning—all offered with stories from Patterson’s career. Plus, there is a full workout program. With a new introduction by International Boxing Hall of Fame member Bert Randolph Sugar, this tour de force is an excellent resource for trainers and boxers as well as a tribute to a great champion’s career. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Ingemar Johansson

Ingemar Johansson
Title Ingemar Johansson PDF eBook
Author Ken Brooks
Publisher McFarland
Pages 271
Release 2015-12-11
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1476620237

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Ingemar Johansson's right hand--dubbed "The Hammer of Thor"--was the most fearsome in boxing, and Johansson's three fights with Floyd Patterson rank among the sport's classic rivalries. Yet most fans know little about the Swedish playboy who won the world heavyweight championship with a shocking third round knockout of Patterson and held it for six days short of a year (1959-1960). During his reign, the raffish "Ingo" hit fashionable nightspots on two continents, romanced Elizabeth Taylor, and refused to kowtow to the mobsters who controlled boxing. This first-ever biography of Johansson chronicles his fistic triumphs as a Goteborg teen prodigy, his humiliating disqualification for "cowardice" at the 1952 Olympics, his storybook romances with Birgit Lundgren and Edna Alsterlund and his post-career life and tragic early dementia.

Jet

Jet
Title Jet PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 64
Release 2006-05-29
Genre
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