Boxing 1957

Boxing 1957Boxing's child of destiny required only a fraction of the scheduled 15 rounds to prove his right to the heavyweight championship of the world. In the fifth, Floyd Patterson cut down the old master, Archie Moore, and became (at 21) the youngest fighter ever to win the Big Title.Just as Patterson is the youngest heavyweight champ, he may also prove to be one of the very best. Like Joe Louis (who was 23), he has class – he is swift, and steady, and smart beyond his age – and he strikes w...