The town of Cut and Shoot gained fame when local boxer Roy Harris, a heavyweight contender, fought Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title in 1958.
After Ali regained his title after a gap of many years by winning the bout, Rae commented that with Ali's victory, other events from the late Fifties and early Sixties could now recur: Floyd Patterson could now defeat Ali, Marilyn Bell could swim Lake Ontario again, and Diefenbaker could again be Prime Minister.
In its heyday the Sunnyside Garden played host to such boxing greats as Floyd Patterson, Anthony Pugliese, Tony Canzoneri, Al Singer, Ruby Goldstein, and Billy Petrolle.
(Archie Moore was World Light Heavyweight Champion, and later fought Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight championship of the world)
The route serves the Lindsay Park Houses, the Williamsburg Houses, Maria Hernandez Park, Irving Square, Cemetery of the Evergreens, Howard Housing, the Langston Hughes Apartments, Van Dyke Housing, the Tilden Houses, the Floyd Patterson Ball fields, the Breukelen Houses, and Breukelen Park.
Pink Floyd | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | James Patterson | Floyd Patterson | Floyd Landis | Floyd County, Kentucky | Floyd County | Floyd Red Crow Westerman | Eddie Floyd | Meredith Patterson | Keith Floyd | John B. Floyd | Pretty Boy Floyd | Pink Floyd's | John Malcolm Patterson | Hurricane Floyd | Floyd Gottfredson | Floyd Dell | Duncan Patterson | Carlisle Floyd | Russell Patterson | P. J. Patterson | Patterson | Gary Patterson | Floyd Gibbons | Floyd Cramer | Floyd County, Georgia | Floyd | Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte | Chris Patterson |
The film features archival footage of people associated with Ali, such as Angelo Dundee, Malcolm X, and Drew Bundini Brown, and clips of his fights with Sonny Liston, Henry Cooper, George Chuvalo and Floyd Patterson.
September 14- Jimmy Ellis retains the WBA world Heavyweight title with a fifteen round decision over Floyd Patterson, who was attempting to become the first boxer to hold the world Heavyweight title three times, in Stockholm, Sweden.
The game features eight of the most famous and successful heavyweight boxers in history: Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, and Floyd Patterson.