Floyd Patterson Boxing Boxer Autograph On an Official Major Baseball Auto

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This is a Floyd Patterson HeavyWeight and Olympic Championship Boxer Official American League autographed baseball. One of a kind item. A real die-hard autograph baseball collector had stars from various other sports sign official major league baseballs for his collection. Kind of like celebrity autographed baseballs in a way. I doubt that these sports stars have signed very many other official major league baseballs. Very unique. There can't be many of these. These balls were obtained from a reputable major auction house. I have shown the JSA letter of authenticity but not all the balls are individually listed. Nice, dark, legible signature on the ball. It does have a few marks on it. Please review the photos as the ball pictured is the ball you will receive. Thank you for taking your time to view our item. International shipping is 12.00. Any orders that total over 100.00 will be sent by registered mail at a cost of 20.00. Canada excluded for registered mail service. Sales tax is additional for Minnesota residents. Check out my other items !Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 - May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who held the undisputed world heavyweight championship. At the age of 21, he became the youngest boxer to win the world heavyweight title, and was also the first heavyweight to regain the title after losing it. As an amateur he represented the United States at the 1952 Olympics , winning a gold medal in the middleweight division.Although Mike Tyson later became the youngest boxer to win a world heavyweight title at the age of 20, Patterson remains the youngest undisputed heavyweight champion. Both Tyson and Patterson were trained by Cus D'Amato .Early lifeBorn into a poor family in Waco , North Carolina , Patterson was the youngest of eleven children and experienced an insular and troubled childhood. His family moved to Brooklyn, New York , where Floyd was a truant and petty thief. At age ten, he was sent to the Wiltwyck School for Boys, a reform school in upstate New York , which he credited with turning his life around. He stayed there for almost 2 years. He attended high school in New Paltz, NY where he succeeded in all sports (to this day the New Paltz football field is named in his honor). At age fourteen, he started to box, trained by Cus D'Amato at his Gramercy Gym. Aged just 17, Patterson won the Gold medal in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics as a middleweight . 1952 turned out to be a good year for the young Patterson; in addition to Olympic gold Patterson won the National Amateur Middleweight Championship and New York Golden Gloves Middleweight Championship.Olympic results Defeated Omar Tebakka (France) 3-0 Defeated Leonardus Jansen (Netherlands) TKO 1 Defeated Stig Sjölin (Sweden) DQ 3 Defeated Vasile Tiţă (Romania) KO 1Patterson's amateur record over 44 fights was 40-4, with 37 knockouts.Patterson carried his hands higher than most boxers, in front of his face. Sportswriters called Patterson's style a " peek-a-boo " stance.Early pro careerPatterson turned pro and steadily rose through the ranks, his only early defeat being an eight-round decision to former Light Heavyweight Champion Joey Maxim on June 7, 1954, at the Eastern Parkway Arena in Brooklyn, New York. Most people think Patterson did enough to win, and Maxim's greater fame at the time helped to sway the judges. [ citation needed ]ChampionshipAlthough Patterson fought around the light heavyweight limit for much of his early career, he and manager Cus D'Amato always had plans to fight for the Heavyweight Championship. In fact, D'Amato made these plans clear as early as 1954, when he told the press that Patterson was aiming for the heavyweight title. [1] However, after Rocky Marciano announced his retirement as World Heavyweight Champion on April 27, 1956, Patterson was ranked by The Ring magazine as the top light heavyweight contender. After Marciano's announcement, Jim Norris of the International Boxing Club stated that Patterson was one of the six fighters who would take part in an elimin... read more

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