Floyd Patterson(1935-2006)

Floyd almost won the Heavyweight Title a 3rd time. On 9/14/68 he fought Jimmy Ellis, for the WBA World Heavyweight Championship in Sweden and appeared to be the winner after 15 rounds. Ellis suffered a broken nose early and and was bleeding throughout the fight. The one judge was the referee who cast his vote for Ellis.There was also a controversial knockdown of Ellis.

They said I was the fighter who got knocked down the most, but I also got up the most.