Thanks for watching! This is the first part of my documentary of the great career of Floyd Patterson. I have hand colorized and enhanced rare never before seen footage of Patterson's Amateur Career and his early professional career. From his golden golves tournaments to the world heavyweight title bout, this video shows you enhanced and rare film footage of a young Floyd Patterson. Part 2 about Patterson's Championship reign is on the way!
when i was 15 or 16 i met and had my picture taken with Floyd Patterson, he was a very kind and in my opinion one of the most underrated heavyweight champions in the history of boxing.
Floyd did not start his boxing career with Cus D'Amato at age of 14. Floyd has had fought several amateur fights already when he was at Wiltwyck reform school for boys. Floyd was 3 third of 12 children, not 11. Two older brothers of him were fighters and Floyd used to carry their bags to the gym. That is where he met Cus. One more thing, cus was only his manager, not a trainer. You did not mention Frank Lavelle. He was the only trainer of Floyd who really taught him things. Frank Lavelle believed in bobbing and weaving and that became the base of Floyd's fighting style. Lavelle made Floyd touch his own ear tabs with his thumbs to make sure his hands and arms are always in position to pick off punches which came penetrate through his body movement. It looked like playing peek a boo with a child. That was the birth of his famous PeekaBoo style. Cus had nothing to do with it. Check out Floyd's early years of fighting films and compare that to later year version. Floyd did not fight with peekaboo in the early of his career. His hand came up higher and higher a little by a little as time went on. The peekaboo is the result of the years of hard work by Floyd with the advice of Frank Lavelle. It was not invented by Cus D'Amato. I was with Floyd for many years and told of all these from Floyd himself in person. Floyd had to cut Cus off for reasons. Jose Torres criticized Floyd on the media for leaving him at the time only to do the same himself a few years later.
I went to Atlantic city one afternoon and Mr Patterson came in behind us in line with his wife and I believe they had their Grand son with them. I told my girlfriend to step aside and let Mr Patterson go in front of us and she said oh, you know this man and I said yes , everyone knows Mr Patterson, he is the heavyweight champion of the world. He shook my hand and said thank you sir. What a gentleman he was, he spoke in such a calm and factual manner.
Ali beat an older Patterson in the first fight he was 30 while ali was 23 in the second he was 37 the peekaboo works best with a young energetic fighter he was past his best the peekaboo has a very intense training regime that goes along with it that's why having good stamina like a Joe frazier is so important towards the end of his career he picked up unnecessary losses because he retired too late plus Patterson also wasn't a true hw unlike ali more of a lhw or cruiser this is also one of the reasons why cus damatos plan for tyson was to beat rockys record in ten yrs and retire tyson
@@SanDiegosGreatest Ali was whipped by Leon Spinks who only had 7 pro fights not to mention he was really beat up by Holmes. Ali was old then and so was Floyd when he fought Ali.
That's cool how you colorize the whole documentary! Floyd Patterson is one of the most underrated world heavyweight champions. He had great speed and great knockout power especially with that gazelle punch of his. I try to emulate that punch on the punching bag as often as possible. The power is in the pivot and the momentum, as well as the thighs.
Patterson was a brave dude. He chose to fight Liston rather than be seen as a coward. I’m sure he knew the consequences if he did but he showed the world that he feared no man.
Cus avoided Sonny as long as he could. It wasn't until none other than President Kennedy asked Floyd when he was going to fight Liston that Cus finally took the fight.
@@Boxrec297 It was none other than Patterson himself who decided to fight Liston. He could have done better(as Machen did) but he thought he couldn’t win. Anyway Patterson had the guts to fight Liston.
Floyd was one of my favorites. I got interested in boxing after taking Victory Over Myself from the library. I think it was the summer of 1963. It was Floyd's biography.
I'm not a fan of Cus D'Amato's peek-a-boo style but it has to be noted that this style would prove to be most effective with the 2 youngest ever heavyweight champions in history in Patterson and Tyson - both relatively short for heavyweights, both had exceptional hand speed and power. The style fitted their physical (dis)advantages perfectly.
THANK YOU! OMG! I THOUGHT I WAS FUCKING CRAZY FOR YEARS! Because of Hajime No Ippo, everyone calls Patterson's leaping punch "Gazelle Punch". I always remembered hearing it called the "Kangaroo Punch", but nobody believed me, and I struggled to find proof (to be honest, I never looked that hard, but still). 12:23 Thank you, Rock. Even though you were being a hater this whole segment, at least I found evidence of people calling it the kangaroo punch instead of the gazelle punch.
@@LegendsofBoxing Yes, all of Patterson's leaping/reaching punches were called kangaroo punches, from what I remember. Then Hajime no Ippo happened and everyone started calling (at least the lead hook) the Gazelle punch.
Floyd Patterson was an underrated fighter. In his prime and for a heavy weight he was extremely fast, elusive, had great stamina and threw great combos. He really was a champion and a great fighter.
Floyd Patterson # PRO record: 55-8-1, KO's 40 / World title record: 8-5-0, KO's 8. # Amature record: 40-3. # 1952 Olympic middleweight gold medalist. # 2-time Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World: 1955-1959 & 1960-1962. # Most notorious victories: Ingemar Johansson x2, Archie Moore, George Chuvalo, Sir Henry Cooper, Eddie Machen, Oscar Bonavena, Pete Rademacher, Brian London, Tommy Jackson x2, Roy Harris & Tom McNeeley + draw with Jerry Quarry. # Lost to 5 recognized world champions: Mohammad Ali x2, Sonny Liston x2, Ingemar Johansson, Jimmy Ellis & Joey Maxim + Jerry Quarry. WORLD RECORDS: # First ever Olympic gold medalist to become a world heavyweight champion. # First man ever to regain a lost world heavyweight title to become a 2-time world heavyweight champion. # First man ever to regain a lost world heavyweight title against the same man who defeated him previous for the title. # The Youngest man ever (21 years old) to become Undisputed heavyweight champion of the world / 2nd youngest man overall to win a world heavyweight title - Mike Tyson took over the recognition at age 20 in 1986.
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Excellent work on this video, Floyd Patterson was a great fighter that was exciting to watch due to his constant attack. Rocky Marciano's ringside play by play commentary is about as good as it gets, he doesn't miss anything and comments from of position of knowledge.
Marciano commentary is crap,how's a guy who missed with half his shots and had crap footwork going to be arrogant enough to criticize Floyd and later alis movement yeah yeah 49 0 blah blah
@@richardbranton7396 i think rocky's doing a good breakdown. There are people with much less boxing knowledge that commentate look at the dazn commentary lol
@@LegendsofBoxing the truth is most top boxers are really bad at commentary and assessment add Louis and Frazier.Marciano and Louis where both highly critical of Ali for years ,they obviously didn't know what they where seeing
He was an excellent boxer but because of his stance he was an open target for Sonny Liston to demolish him. And that pretty much wrote him off but it’s great that you are letting the world know about this excellent boxer and kind gentleman that he was.
@@1punchusleep628 yes, Liston was also too big and a puncher. out of 100 times i bet Floyd wouldnt win once against Liston. "this wasnt a fight, this was a rabbit hunt"
@@1punchusleep628 Dude Liston had a foot length in arm reach & 30 or more lbs on Patterson.. In actuality Floyd Patterson never once fought anyone in the heavyweight division his size or weight, everyone was bigger. Floyd was a real gutsy little guy.
When I was a young amateur fighter in upstate Ny, our club (Uncle Sam Boxing Club) out of Troy would fight the guys from Catskill and New Platz. Patterson was the trainer for the guys from New Platz. I remember the first time I saw him was at a card at Catholic Central HS in Troy, this was 1980. I was in the locker room getting my hands taped when he came in. People say he was a small heavyweight, he looked like a giant to me. He had very wide shoulders and long arms and huge hands. He was a super nice man too, very soft spoken. DaMato was there with the crew from Catskill, this was before Tyson. Kevin Rooney was a pro then, he was there too. Teddy Atlas was there too. People forget that Atlas was a very good amateur fighter.
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Patterson was a blown up lightheavy and never a confident champion, realizing Cus was protecting him. Cus D'mato was truly the mad scientist of boxing. Also an insider politician and a Colonel Parker carny type of promoter. He was savvy of the underground mechanisms of the fight game and managed to manuver a shot at Marciano's vacant title against old Archie Moore, who dropped Rocky just a year before. Patterson won at a time when the heavywieght division was evolving to a larger modern athlete, which is probably why Marciano retired who was the same age as Sonny Liston. Rocky is the only champ with a million dollar record to walk away when he was still at the top of his game. This video gives a good perspective about the politics of boxing at the time, which opens even more questions about boxing's history. Part of Ali's greatness was his larger than life persona and unwillingness to play the dirty games of the sport, or of politics in general. He made the game bigger than the shady puppet masters and legitimized the heavywieghts. People are just learning that he was stripped by the WBA after beating Liston simply for becoming a Muslim. Their belt was worn by Ernie Terrell until he was humiliated by Ali a few years later. The WBA should also feel humiliated yet never issued an apology the Greatest for their blatent act of racism back then. And finally Marciano retired somehow with all of his purse money when the tax rate was between 70 and 80 percent for his tax bracket. This wealth tax bankrupted most top figters including Sugar Ray and Joe Louis, who had the added burden of paying Jimmy Braddock (Cinderella Man) 10% of all his purses in exchange for getting a shot at Braddock's title.
There are some I came to respect like Cus D'Amato after reading of their adventures. The man left New York City proper just to get away from the politics and mafia games that controlled the sport for decades. It's been said that he didn't want Floyd to fight Sonny because everybody knew he was a stooge for the mob; on a remote note, even as allegations circulated that the mob silenced him, Sonny's death is one of boxing's greatest unsolved mysteries.
CUZ waited for the next Floyed like 25 years and then came in young Mike Tyson. The Kid from the streets who did not understand how good he could be. Cus kept Telling mike ,U could be the champion of the world!Dont u get it? again and again ,Untill Mike started to belive in Cus and in him self.
@@FediMayn neither did Floyd ,he only fired him as his manager and kept him as trainer.Floyd knew that Sonny deserved and had earned a shot at the title ,he also knew like Cus that he would lose
Patterson, Cus knew had a soft Chin , and that Sonny Liston would knock him out ,he tried not to Let Liston fight him. Patterson grew up poor , A lot of brothers , Neglected by his Fmilly. He came into Cus Jim when he was 13 ,Cus saw his Boddy...of an grown man. Cuz had to give him Self estem and a killer Instinct. U can see Floyeds pain in his eyes when he speaks. The Mafia guy , who controlled most boxers , Floyed left Cus after becoming champion I think. Many fighters Tyson wrote betryed Cus while thanks to him they became superb boxers .
cus manipulated Floyd to the championship and all his defenses except Liston,he avoided everyone who deserved a shot Baker ,Machen ,Folley and Williams .Floyd finially took things into his own hands fired Cus as manager but not trainer and gave Liston his deserved shot even though like Cus he knew he would lose.Floyds post championship career was much better than his title years
I’d recommend reading a biography on Floyd Patterson. He absolutely did not “betray” Cus in any way… if anything some would say Cus didn’t always do right by him… there’s a reason Patterson eventually started handling his own management/promotion.
Cus wasn’t just a trainer. He was a philosopher. He raised a very cool dude in Tyson as well. All the trouble Tyson got into was bcuz of Don King. If Cus was younger he would’ve kept Tyson on the straight and narrow. All anybody ever wants is to feel loved and accepted. Tyson is no different
Think Floyd was like the first Roy Jones JR he was a middleweight who pumped up to heavyweigjt at a weak time and fought mostly lightheavies , and when he fought bigger guys he got hurt then the Liston fights he was scared he was M.Spinks when he fought Tyson and instead of hitting and moving he stood right in front of him and became a heavybag but he was beating before the fight and you could tell he didnt want to be in the ring he should have went down to lightheavy or even middleweight.
Cus D'Amato was a manager, not a trainer. A trainer named Frank Lavelle was the only man who really trained Floyd. He was a pro fighter himself and he really knew what goes on inside the boxing ring. He was a real good trainer. He believed in bobbing and weaving and he used to make Floyd touch his own ear tabs by his thumbs to keep his hands in place to protect his head because you can't slip every punch. By doing so it looked like Floyd playing peekaboo. That was the birth of the famous Peek a boo style. Peekaboo style was the result of years of the hard work on Floyd's own experience. You watch his early fights and see how he fought. He wasn't holding his gloves so high in his early years. It came up higher and higher a little by a little. Cus had nothing to do with Floyd's fighting style. Cus inspired by Maxie Rosenbloom and created the style was all made up afterwards to make up a story. Frank Lavelle left because of Cus and Floyd left Cus for reasons. (I was trained by Floyd and he used to tell me all these stories. He's never said any derogatory things about anyone in public, but he was really really annoyed to be counted as a member of D'Amato team. Floyd made Cus, not the other way around. Floyd wasn't discovered by Cus, it was Frank. It was one particulier teacher at the reform school he was sent to at 10 years old who gave him confidence and taught to believe in himself, not Cus D'Amato. ) Listen to Floyd himself starting at 5:29 of this interview. th-cam.com/video/91f4-ie2bi8/w-d-xo.html
Thank you! Great that someone really knowledgeable cleared this up. I’ve read several biographies on Mr. Patterson and many interviews and this is basically my understanding of the situation as well. Of course, Floyd had too much class to say anything inflammatory or make a scene. He was an honest dignified man in a world full of scumbags. A true inspiration.
I don’t think it’s the power but rather the lack of size, the guy was a natural LHW who started as a MW… and he had the durability of a smaller man compared to natural heavyweights
Tyson is much stronger, better with switch hitting and takes a better punch. I also believe he's slightly better with combination punching and he's slightly more accurate. Their head movement and speed is about equal and Pattersons heart is about 5 times bigger. He's gotten up to win more than any Heavyweight champion. Tyson has never gotten up to win and has NO kos past 7 rounds. Ali beats Tyson but struggles more in the early rounds than he did against Patterson
Floyd was really a slugging light heavyweight, whose power did not fully translate to heavyweight. I don't know if he could beat an AIi*, Liston, Frazier, Marciano, or Foreman. *Though, the rematch might have been close, if Floyd's eye did not become swollen under controversial circumstances(like the Terrell fight). Still, the prime AIi was a different fighter...
The speed was really his advantage at heavyweight. He was a champion in an vacuum. But still very impressive fighter. I aslo dont think he could have beaten a Frazier, foreman, marciano etc
@@LegendsofBoxing I think the problem with him beating most great fighters was that: A. his chin, B. long or crouching fighters especially could be hard to hit with his gazelle punch(his most powerful punch that had a lunging windup to it--similar to the punch Frazier used on a tired AIi in the 15th round of the TFOTC), and/or C. boxers(stick-and-move) could outpoint him because his average punch wasn't really guaranteed to hurt his opponent(unlike Frazier, Marciano, or Foreman--when they landed only a few times) and so he would have to land a lot in a round to win a round against a boxer that was also tough or long. It was highly unlikely that he could accomplish this to get a decision against a boxer at the boxer's best. I thought that the fight against AIi in the rematch was almost ideal for Floyd(because AIi was past his best and he likely did not train as he should have--not taking old man Floyd seriously). If Floyd was having a good night and that boxer was not ready(or also a genetic specimen for heavyweight), then a boxer could have a good deal of trouble with Floyd or lose due to his speed. I think the rematch with Patterson had a moment near the ropes--that was similar to the Terrell fight--where there was likely a rope burn. Before that, Floyd was giving AIi all he wanted with no signs of letting up--possibly due to AIi's taking liberty with his training and also being a boxer. Punchers likely would not have to train, but a boxer--in all likelihood would(esp. a boxer that was not guaranteed to put him down in the fight).
@@LegendsofBoxing no vacuum ,Cus manipulated the whole reign,didn't fight Baker ,Folley Machen,Williams,Liston(whilst he was manager not just trainer) and others ,everyone of which Cus felt would beat Floyd ,there was no vacuum like in Marcianos era ,it was down to Cus denying rightful fights to those guys
Floyd's power absolutely translated at heavyweight he KO'd Ingo and Archie and several contenders cold. He was an infighting boxer-puncher. With very good outside skills. Not a slugger.
Floyd was a middleweight light heavy at best he won the heavyweight title at a weak time when he met a true heavy Sonny we saw what happen but he was still a good champ just to small if he fought Tyson a copy of the Marvis Frazier fight
He wasn’t a true heavyweight and had small bones his wrists were only 61/2” indicative of a small frame. Speed was his biggest asset and his kangaroo punch.!
@@LegendsofBoxing but they didn't call him out,Floyd said Cus was waiting for Marciano to retire because he didn't think he could beat rocky and that was OK with floyd
@@LegendsofBoxing allso don't forget wasn't ranked at hw when Marciano was active and only ranked 7 at lhw,when Marciano retired Cus got him ranked at hw
@@richardbranton7396 true, what i meant to say. What i should have said is that cus voiced an interest to fight vs marciano in the future. But it was more a press thing maybe your right and they planned to wait out marciano. Getting the name out there
@@richardbranton7396 Nope wrong. Floyd wasn't old enough to fight for heavyweight title until jan 1956. IBC rules. Not because Cus didn't think Floyd would beat Marciano . Cus and Dan Florio were confident Patterson would beat Marciano in Fall of 1956. Cus or Patterson was not scared of Marciano. Floyd celebrated his 21 st Birthday by challenging Marciano. . Floyd avoiding Marciano is a myth.
@@LegendsofBoxing but he got up all but twice.you just have to look at his post champion opponents, a lot of quality ,and punchers like Quarry Ringo cooper chuvalo who couldn't stop him
@@richardbranton7396 really??? That Swede annihilated him then Liston twice....Doesn't that make three? Oh I forgot Johansson cheated or a fix. Just like Max Scmeling against Louis. When one of your fighters gets annihilated..it's almost always a fix. 🤡
Thanks for watching! This is the first part of my documentary of the great career of Floyd Patterson. I have hand colorized and enhanced rare never before seen footage of Patterson's Amateur Career and his early professional career. From his golden golves tournaments to the world heavyweight title bout, this video shows you enhanced and rare film footage of a young Floyd Patterson. Part 2 about Patterson's Championship reign is on the way!
Can't wait to watch this one, glad to see you back!, appreciate seeing you put in the effort to make these vids will watch as soon as it premieres
@@ZerikLaps hey max. great to hear from you too. i promise this is the best vid i made so far
@@LegendsofBoxing definitely agree, would love to see more like this great vid I appreciate it
when i was 15 or 16 i met and had my picture taken with Floyd Patterson, he was a very kind and in my opinion one of the most underrated heavyweight champions in the history of boxing.
Floyd did not start his boxing career with Cus D'Amato at age of 14. Floyd has had fought several amateur fights already when he was at Wiltwyck reform school for boys. Floyd was 3 third of 12 children, not 11. Two older brothers of him were fighters and Floyd used to carry their bags to the gym. That is where he met Cus. One more thing, cus was only his manager, not a trainer. You did not mention Frank Lavelle. He was the only trainer of Floyd who really taught him things. Frank Lavelle believed in bobbing and weaving and that became the base of Floyd's fighting style. Lavelle made Floyd touch his own ear tabs with his thumbs to make sure his hands and arms are always in position to pick off punches which came penetrate through his body movement. It looked like playing peek a boo with a child. That was the birth of his famous PeekaBoo style. Cus had nothing to do with it. Check out Floyd's early years of fighting films and compare that to later year version. Floyd did not fight with peekaboo in the early of his career. His hand came up higher and higher a little by a little as time went on. The peekaboo is the result of the years of hard work by Floyd with the advice of Frank Lavelle. It was not invented by Cus D'Amato. I was with Floyd for many years and told of all these from Floyd himself in person. Floyd had to cut Cus off for reasons. Jose Torres criticized Floyd on the media for leaving him at the time only to do the same himself a few years later.
I went to Atlantic city one afternoon and Mr Patterson came in behind us in line with his wife and I believe they had their Grand son with them. I told my girlfriend to step aside and let Mr Patterson go in front of us and she said oh, you know this man and I said yes , everyone knows Mr Patterson, he is the heavyweight champion of the world. He shook my hand and said thank you sir. What a gentleman he was, he spoke in such a calm and factual manner.
What year was this? Very lucky and fortunate to meet one of the great students and boxer of Cus🙏🏼
You are right 👍🏻🎯😁.!
Very classy move. Guy kind of got forgotten after he got demolished by Sonny Liston.
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This man won the Gold Olympic and no funny stuff, no prancing around ,no belittling of opponents.A kind dude that can throw hands
And Ali still whipped his ass
Ali beat an older Patterson in the first fight he was 30 while ali was 23 in the second he was 37 the peekaboo works best with a young energetic fighter he was past his best the peekaboo has a very intense training regime that goes along with it that's why having good stamina like a Joe frazier is so important towards the end of his career he picked up unnecessary losses because he retired too late plus Patterson also wasn't a true hw unlike ali more of a lhw or cruiser this is also one of the reasons why cus damatos plan for tyson was to beat rockys record in ten yrs and retire tyson
@@SanDiegosGreatest Ali was whipped by Leon Spinks who only had 7 pro fights not to mention he was really beat up by Holmes. Ali was old then and so was Floyd when he fought Ali.
@@SanDiegosGreatest An out of prime patterson
@@abdulraheem468 Ali actually said he was one of the most skillful fighters he ever faced
That's cool how you colorize the whole documentary! Floyd Patterson is one of the most underrated world heavyweight champions. He had great speed and great knockout power especially with that gazelle punch of his. I try to emulate that punch on the punching bag as often as possible. The power is in the pivot and the momentum, as well as the thighs.
Floyd Patterson is my fav heavyweight of all time love this documentary you made of him
Patterson was a brave dude. He chose to fight Liston rather than be seen as a coward. I’m sure he knew the consequences if he did but he showed the world that he feared no man.
Cus avoided Sonny as long as he could. It wasn't until none other than President Kennedy asked Floyd when he was going to fight Liston that Cus finally took the fight.
@@Boxrec297 Cus didn’t even want Patterson to fight Marciano.
@@Boxrec297 It was none other than Patterson himself who decided to fight Liston. He could have done better(as Machen did) but he thought he couldn’t win. Anyway Patterson had the guts to fight Liston.
@@Bismarck.1871 No knock on Floyd, I'm sure he had the guts to fight anyone. It was Cus that protected him.
@@Boxrec297 I know he had the guts to fight anyone…even if he was scared or it might kill him.
❤❤❤ I LOVE FLOYD! My favorite fighter of all time! Thx so much
Thanks. Great information to know. 😂
Why doesn't this video have more views?
Thanks! I sure they will come once it gets picked up by the algorithm
Lets all watch it again.
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Marciano was spot on as usual, What a great champ he was.
The man from New Paltz New York and a Great man at that as well as a Great Champion
Cus d'amato is an angel
Thank you for posting this. It brought back some personal memories
Great to hear mister patterson
Great video coverage 🥊🥊💯 Floyd Patterson, A true Warrior, Champion, HOF. Hats 🎩 off to Cus
RIP Floyd Patterson 🤲
Yes sir, hats off to those who sacrifice all to get where they at
Would love to see more documentaries like this with other fighters, great video.💪
Thanks a lot. Lets see what the future brings
@@LegendsofBoxing Booker who almost beat Archi More
,and Foreman
Floyd was one of my favorites. I got interested in boxing after taking Victory Over Myself from the library. I think it was the summer of 1963. It was Floyd's biography.
I'm not a fan of Cus D'Amato's peek-a-boo style but it has to be noted that this style would prove to be most effective with the 2 youngest ever heavyweight champions in history in Patterson and Tyson - both relatively short for heavyweights, both had exceptional hand speed and power. The style fitted their physical (dis)advantages perfectly.
Thanks. Your opinion makes all the difference. Please get serious
Excellent work, this is my new favourite channel.
Thanks, appreciate it. More to come
Love u cus d'amato
THANK YOU! OMG! I THOUGHT I WAS FUCKING CRAZY FOR YEARS!
Because of Hajime No Ippo, everyone calls Patterson's leaping punch "Gazelle Punch". I always remembered hearing it called the "Kangaroo Punch", but nobody believed me, and I struggled to find proof (to be honest, I never looked that hard, but still).
12:23 Thank you, Rock. Even though you were being a hater this whole segment, at least I found evidence of people calling it the kangaroo punch instead of the gazelle punch.
He called pattersons move with right lead, and jumping the kangaroo punch. Which is dangerous to throw.
@@LegendsofBoxing
Yes, all of Patterson's leaping/reaching punches were called kangaroo punches, from what I remember. Then Hajime no Ippo happened and everyone started calling (at least the lead hook) the Gazelle punch.
@@JDezi4BVlog i would call the left gazelle punch or gazelle jab. but its all just a different word describing one thing
Great video
Floyd Patterson was an underrated fighter. In his prime and for a heavy weight he was extremely fast, elusive, had great stamina and threw great combos. He really was a champion and a great fighter.
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Floyd Patterson
# PRO record: 55-8-1, KO's 40 / World title record: 8-5-0, KO's 8.
# Amature record: 40-3.
# 1952 Olympic middleweight gold medalist.
# 2-time Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World: 1955-1959 & 1960-1962.
# Most notorious victories: Ingemar Johansson x2, Archie Moore, George Chuvalo, Sir Henry Cooper, Eddie Machen, Oscar Bonavena, Pete Rademacher,
Brian London, Tommy Jackson x2, Roy Harris & Tom McNeeley + draw with Jerry Quarry.
# Lost to 5 recognized world champions: Mohammad Ali x2, Sonny Liston x2, Ingemar Johansson, Jimmy Ellis & Joey Maxim + Jerry Quarry.
WORLD RECORDS:
# First ever Olympic gold medalist to become a world heavyweight champion.
# First man ever to regain a lost world heavyweight title to become a 2-time world heavyweight champion.
# First man ever to regain a lost world heavyweight title against the same man who defeated him previous for the title.
# The Youngest man ever (21 years old) to become Undisputed heavyweight champion of the world /
2nd youngest man overall to win a world heavyweight title - Mike Tyson took over the recognition at age 20 in 1986.
Lots of people loved & respected Floyd Patterson.. He was the smallest heavyweight ever, but always fought well. He is highly missed!
That was a brilliant documentary, best one on Floyd Patterson I've ever seen. Great video. 👍
This is an epic documentary. Not enough about Floyd Patterson until this. hurray for ze german!
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Thank you! Greetings from Germany
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Excellent work on this video, Floyd Patterson was a great fighter that was exciting to watch due to his constant attack. Rocky Marciano's ringside play by play commentary is about as good as it gets, he doesn't miss anything and comments from of position of knowledge.
Thats right rocky doesnt look like a technical fighter but surely knows a lot about boxing
Marciano commentary is crap,how's a guy who missed with half his shots and had crap footwork going to be arrogant enough to criticize Floyd and later alis movement yeah yeah 49 0 blah blah
@@richardbranton7396 i think rocky's doing a good breakdown. There are people with much less boxing knowledge that commentate look at the dazn commentary lol
@@LegendsofBoxing the truth is most top boxers are really bad at commentary and assessment add Louis and Frazier.Marciano and Louis where both highly critical of Ali for years ,they obviously didn't know what they where seeing
He was an excellent boxer but because of his stance he was an open target for Sonny Liston to demolish him. And that pretty much wrote him off but it’s great that you are letting the world know about this excellent boxer and kind gentleman that he was.
Wasn't because of his stance. It's just styles make fights.
@@1punchusleep628 yes, Liston was also too big and a puncher. out of 100 times i bet Floyd wouldnt win once against Liston. "this wasnt a fight, this was a rabbit hunt"
@@1punchusleep628 Dude Liston had a foot length in arm reach & 30 or more lbs on Patterson.. In actuality Floyd Patterson never once fought anyone in the heavyweight division his size or weight, everyone was bigger. Floyd was a real gutsy little guy.
@@xavierlejon1244 Archie Moore for the vacant title
Beautiful! Just found it. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks, there will be a few more parts of this
Great documentary and commentary mate 👌🏻
Fantastic work.
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Great vid well done legend's of boxing 👍🏻
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Thanks for the video, LEGENDS OF BOXING IN COLOR
Thank you too
Good job on this documentary!👍🥊
Thanks
Thanks I was thinking about watching Patterson Ali one and two yesterday, 6:19 yeah, I couldn’t find most of his fights either
Rare stuff
When I was a young amateur fighter in upstate Ny, our club (Uncle Sam Boxing Club) out of Troy would fight the guys from Catskill and New Platz. Patterson was the trainer for the guys from New Platz. I remember the first time I saw him was at a card at Catholic Central HS in Troy, this was 1980. I was in the locker room getting my hands taped when he came in. People say he was a small heavyweight, he looked like a giant to me. He had very wide shoulders and long arms and huge hands. He was a super nice man too, very soft spoken. DaMato was there with the crew from Catskill, this was before Tyson. Kevin Rooney was a pro then, he was there too. Teddy Atlas was there too. People forget that Atlas was a very good amateur fighter.
The interview here on TH-cam with Floyd - "Once a Star Raw" gave Me a lot of insight into Himself and how prize fighting has changed in (modern times) 🥋🥊👌👏👏👏😃👀💬Yup❗ G~G.
Thanks for coming over here also
@edntz I will find it, Thank You Yup❕ G-G.
Bro he rocked that same haircut for his whole life. respect!
Amazing
I enjoyed this piece, how about one after he won the HW title to his retirement?
I will make that one
Patterson was a blown up lightheavy and never a confident champion, realizing Cus was protecting him. Cus D'mato was truly the mad scientist of boxing. Also an insider politician and a Colonel Parker carny type of promoter. He was savvy of the underground mechanisms of the fight game and managed to manuver a shot at Marciano's vacant title against old Archie Moore, who dropped Rocky just a year before. Patterson won at a time when the heavywieght division was evolving to a larger modern athlete, which is probably why Marciano retired who was the same age as Sonny Liston. Rocky is the only champ with a million dollar record to walk away when he was still at the top of his game.
This video gives a good perspective about the politics of boxing at the time, which opens even more questions about boxing's history. Part of Ali's greatness was his larger than life persona and unwillingness to play the dirty games of the sport, or of politics in general. He made the game bigger than the shady puppet masters and legitimized the heavywieghts. People are just learning that he was stripped by the WBA after beating Liston simply for becoming a Muslim. Their belt was worn by Ernie Terrell until he was humiliated by Ali a few years later. The WBA should also feel humiliated yet never issued an apology the Greatest for their blatent act of racism back then.
And finally Marciano retired somehow with all of his purse money when the tax rate was between 70 and 80 percent for his tax bracket. This wealth tax bankrupted most top figters including Sugar Ray and Joe Louis, who had the added burden of paying Jimmy Braddock (Cinderella Man) 10% of all his purses in exchange for getting a shot at Braddock's title.
There are some I came to respect like Cus D'Amato after reading of their adventures. The man left New York City proper just to get away from the politics and mafia games that controlled the sport for decades. It's been said that he didn't want Floyd to fight Sonny because everybody knew he was a stooge for the mob; on a remote note, even as allegations circulated that the mob silenced him, Sonny's death is one of boxing's greatest unsolved mysteries.
Weirdly enough in this biography of Patterson it seems for much of the early career Cus actually delegated to Dan Florio
CUZ waited for the next Floyed like 25 years and then came in young Mike Tyson. The Kid from the streets who did not understand how good he could be.
Cus kept Telling mike ,U could be the champion of the world!Dont u get it? again and again ,Untill Mike started to belive in Cus and in him self.
After everything that happened, Patterson did just as great as Tyson according to the stats
I can see the argument. Tyson was better accepted by the public thats why. Still tyson was more dominant i would argue that tyson did it better
@@LegendsofBoxing I can agree. He also never turned his back on Gus personally
@@FediMayn neither did Floyd ,he only fired him as his manager and kept him as trainer.Floyd knew that Sonny deserved and had earned a shot at the title ,he also knew like Cus that he would lose
Patterson, Cus knew had a soft Chin , and that Sonny Liston would knock him out ,he tried not to Let Liston fight him.
Patterson grew up poor , A lot of brothers , Neglected by his Fmilly.
He came into Cus Jim when he was 13 ,Cus saw his Boddy...of an grown man.
Cuz had to give him Self estem and a killer Instinct. U can see Floyeds pain in his eyes when he speaks.
The Mafia guy , who controlled most boxers , Floyed left Cus after becoming champion I think.
Many fighters Tyson wrote betryed Cus while thanks to him they became superb boxers .
cus manipulated Floyd to the championship and all his defenses except Liston,he avoided everyone who deserved a shot Baker ,Machen ,Folley and Williams .Floyd finially took things into his own hands fired Cus as manager but not trainer and gave Liston his deserved shot even though like Cus he knew he would lose.Floyds post championship career was much better than his title years
nothing particularly wrong with his chin only Liston koed him
I’d recommend reading a biography on Floyd Patterson. He absolutely did not “betray” Cus in any way… if anything some would say Cus didn’t always do right by him… there’s a reason Patterson eventually started handling his own management/promotion.
Mike Tyson basically was trained to fight with the same stance and style
Peek a boo, yes
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Cus wasn’t just a trainer. He was a philosopher. He raised a very cool dude in Tyson as well. All the trouble Tyson got into was bcuz of Don King. If Cus was younger he would’ve kept Tyson on the straight and narrow. All anybody ever wants is to feel loved and accepted. Tyson is no different
Think Floyd was like the first Roy Jones JR he was a middleweight who pumped up to heavyweigjt at a weak time and fought mostly lightheavies , and when he fought bigger guys he got hurt then the Liston fights he was scared he was M.Spinks when he fought Tyson and instead of hitting and moving he stood right in front of him and became a heavybag but he was beating before the fight and you could tell he didnt want to be in the ring he should have went down to lightheavy or even middleweight.
Intwresting compairison
Cus D'Amato was a manager, not a trainer. A trainer named Frank Lavelle was the only man who really trained Floyd. He was a pro fighter himself and he really knew what goes on inside the boxing ring. He was a real good trainer. He believed in bobbing and weaving and he used to make Floyd touch his own ear tabs by his thumbs to keep his hands in place to protect his head because you can't slip every punch. By doing so it looked like Floyd playing peekaboo. That was the birth of the famous Peek a boo style. Peekaboo style was the result of years of the hard work on Floyd's own experience. You watch his early fights and see how he fought. He wasn't holding his gloves so high in his early years. It came up higher and higher a little by a little. Cus had nothing to do with Floyd's fighting style. Cus inspired by Maxie Rosenbloom and created the style was all made up afterwards to make up a story. Frank Lavelle left because of Cus and Floyd left Cus for reasons. (I was trained by Floyd and he used to tell me all these stories. He's never said any derogatory things about anyone in public, but he was really really annoyed to be counted as a member of D'Amato team. Floyd made Cus, not the other way around. Floyd wasn't discovered by Cus, it was Frank. It was one particulier teacher at the reform school he was sent to at 10 years old who gave him confidence and taught to believe in himself, not Cus D'Amato. ) Listen to Floyd himself starting at 5:29 of this interview. th-cam.com/video/91f4-ie2bi8/w-d-xo.html
Thank you! Great that someone really knowledgeable cleared this up. I’ve read several biographies on Mr. Patterson and many interviews and this is basically my understanding of the situation as well.
Of course, Floyd had too much class to say anything inflammatory or make a scene. He was an honest dignified man in a world full of scumbags. A true inspiration.
Floyd had ability and could punch but he didn't have the overall power to deal with the likes of Ali and Liston
True, but punching power isnt everything. He was small for heavyweight even then
@@LegendsofBoxing Yeah I mean he started off as a middle weight
I don’t think it’s the power but rather the lack of size, the guy was a natural LHW who started as a MW… and he had the durability of a smaller man compared to natural heavyweights
Patterson didn't lack power.
Tyson is much stronger, better with switch hitting and takes a better punch. I also believe he's slightly better with combination punching and he's slightly more accurate. Their head movement and speed is about equal and Pattersons heart is about 5 times bigger. He's gotten up to win more than any Heavyweight champion. Tyson has never gotten up to win and has NO kos past 7 rounds. Ali beats Tyson but struggles more in the early rounds than he did against Patterson
Good take. Agreed
Floyd is a typical Capricorn
What's the typical Capricorn?
Floyd was really a slugging light heavyweight, whose power did not fully translate to heavyweight. I don't know if he could beat an AIi*, Liston, Frazier, Marciano, or Foreman.
*Though, the rematch might have been close, if Floyd's eye did not become swollen under controversial circumstances(like the Terrell fight). Still, the prime AIi was a different fighter...
The speed was really his advantage at heavyweight. He was a champion in an vacuum. But still very impressive fighter. I aslo dont think he could have beaten a Frazier, foreman, marciano etc
@@LegendsofBoxing I think the problem with him beating most great fighters was that: A. his chin, B. long or crouching fighters especially could be hard to hit with his gazelle punch(his most powerful punch that had a lunging windup to it--similar to the punch Frazier used on a tired AIi in the 15th round of the TFOTC), and/or C. boxers(stick-and-move) could outpoint him because his average punch wasn't really guaranteed to hurt his opponent(unlike Frazier, Marciano, or Foreman--when they landed only a few times) and so he would have to land a lot in a round to win a round against a boxer that was also tough or long. It was highly unlikely that he could accomplish this to get a decision against a boxer at the boxer's best.
I thought that the fight against AIi in the rematch was almost ideal for Floyd(because AIi was past his best and he likely did not train as he should have--not taking old man Floyd seriously). If Floyd was having a good night and that boxer was not ready(or also a genetic specimen for heavyweight), then a boxer could have a good deal of trouble with Floyd or lose due to his speed. I think the rematch with Patterson had a moment near the ropes--that was similar to the Terrell fight--where there was likely a rope burn. Before that, Floyd was giving AIi all he wanted with no signs of letting up--possibly due to AIi's taking liberty with his training and also being a boxer. Punchers likely would not have to train, but a boxer--in all likelihood would(esp. a boxer that was not guaranteed to put him down in the fight).
@@LegendsofBoxing no vacuum ,Cus manipulated the whole reign,didn't fight Baker ,Folley Machen,Williams,Liston(whilst he was manager not just trainer) and others ,everyone of which Cus felt would beat Floyd ,there was no vacuum like in Marcianos era ,it was down to Cus denying rightful fights to those guys
@@richardbranton7396 your right the likes of machen were very good but hadnt got the chance
Floyd's power absolutely translated at heavyweight he KO'd Ingo and Archie and several contenders cold. He was an infighting boxer-puncher. With very good outside skills. Not a slugger.
any man that's bin with cuz u r lucky
Floyd was a middleweight light heavy at best he won the heavyweight title at a weak time when he met a true heavy Sonny we saw what happen but he was still a good champ just to small if he fought Tyson a copy of the Marvis Frazier fight
well put
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12:25 We get it. You don’t like Patterson 😑 Not everybody had the advantage of fighting a whole division of boxers way past their primes 🤦♂️
I like patterson. Why else would i make a video. Its called being objective
He wasn’t a true heavyweight and had small bones his wrists were only 61/2” indicative of a small frame. Speed was his biggest asset and his kangaroo punch.!
they never called out Marciano that's nonsense,Cus was waiting for Marciano to retire ,he had plenty of time.
When someone says something it doesnt have to mean that they mean it
@@LegendsofBoxing but they didn't call him out,Floyd said Cus was waiting for Marciano to retire because he didn't think he could beat rocky and that was OK with floyd
@@LegendsofBoxing allso don't forget wasn't ranked at hw when Marciano was active and only ranked 7 at lhw,when Marciano retired Cus got him ranked at hw
@@richardbranton7396 true, what i meant to say. What i should have said is that cus voiced an interest to fight vs marciano in the future. But it was more a press thing maybe your right and they planned to wait out marciano. Getting the name out there
@@richardbranton7396 Nope wrong. Floyd wasn't old enough to fight for heavyweight title until jan 1956. IBC rules. Not because Cus didn't think Floyd would beat Marciano . Cus and Dan Florio were confident Patterson would beat Marciano in Fall of 1956. Cus or Patterson was not scared of Marciano. Floyd celebrated his 21 st Birthday by challenging Marciano. . Floyd avoiding Marciano is a myth.
ma sonny liston non c'è ed è importante nella carriera di patterson
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Patterson a str8 goon
My opinion Floyd doesn't. Look. Like. A boxer 🥊
floyd was only koed by Liston chin stuff is nonsense
He was knocked down very often
@@LegendsofBoxing but he got up all but twice.you just have to look at his post champion opponents, a lot of quality ,and punchers like Quarry Ringo cooper chuvalo who couldn't stop him
Glass jaw.
@@DJK-cq2uy 64 fights only 2 losses by actual ko
@@richardbranton7396 really??? That Swede annihilated him then Liston twice....Doesn't that make three? Oh I forgot Johansson cheated or a fix. Just like Max Scmeling against Louis. When one of your fighters gets annihilated..it's almost always a fix. 🤡