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Floyd Patterson

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"Floyd Patterson." Great Athletes, vol. 6. Farrell-Holdsclaw. Hackensack, NJ: Salem Press, Inc.

Levinson, David, and Karen Christenson, eds. Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Mullan, Harry. The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to World Boxing. Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1996.

Newcombe, Jack. Floyd Patterson, Heavyweight King. New York: Bartholomew House, 1961.

Patterson, Floyd, and Milton Gross. Victory Over Myself. New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1962.

Schulman, Arlene. The Prize Fighters: An Intimate Look at Champions and Contenders. New York: Lyons and Burford, 1994.

D'Amato, Constantine "Cus," and Murry Olderman.

"Everybody Wants a Piece of Patterson." True (October 1956): 34.

"Floyd Patterson resigns as NY State Athletic Commission chairman citing memory loss. Jet (April 20, 1998): 46.

Graham, Frank Jr. "Prizefight Prodigy." Sport (April 1954): 20.

Gross, Milton. "The Floyd Patterson Story." New York Post (September 9-11, 1957).

Licis, Karl. "Patterson happiest teaching young boxers." Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. (February 4, 1994).

Sports Illustrated (March 22, 1993): 70.

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