Floyd Patterson : the fighting life of boxing's invisible champion /
Documents the inspiring story of the civil rights activist, Olympic gold medalist and history's youngest world heavyweight champion, placing his career against a backdrop of boxing's golden age while analyzing misunderstood aspects of his character.
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Nothing short of miraculous
- I don't like that boy!
- Taken up with boxing
- Floyd Patterson is out of this world
- Cus answers the questions
- Do I have to fight Floyd?
- Youngest king of the mountain
- A Black champion in America
- Lightning and toonder
- Not the time to quit
- Standing at the peak
- Camelot denied
- Confronting a certain weakness
- A title for America
- A boxing man
- Invisible champion.