1952-08-02 17 year-old future world champion Floyd Patterson wins the gold medal in the middleweight division at the Helsinki Olympic Games with a 1st round KO of Romanian Vasile Tita
1955-01-07 20 year-old future world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson scores a 5th-round TKO of Willie Troy in a non-title super middleweight bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden
1956-11-30 At 21 years, 10 months, 3 weeks, 5 days Floyd Patterson becomes youngest world heavyweight boxing champion; KOs Archie Moore in 5th round in Chicago; first Olympic gold medalist to win a professional heavyweight title
1957-07-29 Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1957-08-22 Olympic heavyweight boxing champion Pete Rademacher becomes first to contest the world title in his first professional bout; knocked out by Floyd Patterson in 6th round at Sicks' Stadium, Seattle
1958-08-18 Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1959-05-01 Floyd Patterson scores 11th round KO of Englishman Brian London in Indianapolis; his 4th World Heavyweight Boxing title defence
1959-06-26 Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1960-06-20 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1961-03-13 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1961-12-04 Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1962-09-25 Challenger Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson at 2:06 of round 1 at Comiskey Park, Chicago to win the world heavyweight boxing title
1963-07-22 In their second clash Sonny Liston once again KOs Floyd Patterson in round 1 at the Convention Center, Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight boxing title
1965-02-01 Former world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson beats Canadian George Chuvalo by unanimous decision in a 12-round non-title clash at New York’s Madison Square Garden; 'The Ring' names bout Fight of the Year.
1965-11-22 In his second title defence, Muhammad Ali scores 12th-round KO of Floyd Patterson at Las Vegas Convention Center to retain his world heavyweight boxing championship
1968-09-14 Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title