It took him only one round to find a brand-new challenger. Discredited as he was by two quick knockouts at the hands of Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, 30, is still one of the most interesting ...

The Johansson fights notwithstanding, Patterson’s pride was stung by criticism that he was ducking Sonny Liston. He broke from D’Amato and fought Liston in 1962.

On July 22, 1963, Sonny Liston took on Floyd Patterson at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the undisputed heavyweight title.

But after he lost his championship for the second time to Sonny Liston in the early 1960s, Floyd Patterson became known as the ranking gentleman of the heavyweight division, soft spoken ...

Patterson was a skilled but undersized champion who relied on strategic surprise rather than strength. But the latter half of his career was overshadowed by two boxing legends, Sonny Liston and ...

Despite his accomplishment, he was so humiliated when he lost the title on a first-round knockout to Sonny Liston in 1962 that he left Comiskey Park in Chicago wearing dark glasses and a fake beard.

1962 — Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson at 2:06 of the first round at Comiskey Park in Chicago to win the world heavyweight title.

Somewhere within the dreadful fog that comes with Alzheimer’s, I hope that Floyd Patterson considered that he had finally beaten his toughest opponent. Not Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali or Ingemar ...

Sonny Liston overcame insurmountable odds and became the heavyweight champion of the world in 1962 when he knocked out Floyd Patterson. Just eight years later, his wife would find him dead in ...

It took Liston just 2 min. 6 sec. of the first round to club Floyd Patterson into oblivion and install himself as the new king of a tarnished sport. He accomplished it without even trying.