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Bukannya mencari kemenangan cepat, Ali justru mengolok-olok dan menyiksa Patterson sepanjang pertandingan itu the fight but was unable to knock him out before the referee finally stopped the fight in the 12th round.<ref>Schwartz, Larry [http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00242468.html A Great Champion]. ESPN.com.</ref><ref>[https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Muhammad_Ali_vs._Floyd_Patterson Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson]. Boxrec</ref>
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Patterson tetap menjadi penantang yang sah. Pada tahun 1966 dia pergi ke Inggris dan menang KO atas petinju Inggris [[Henry Cooper (boxer)|Henry Cooper]] pada ronde keempat di Wembley Stadium.
Ketika Ali dicopot gelarnya karena menolak wajib militer, [[World Boxing Association]] menggelar turnmaen dengan delapan peserta untuk menentukan pewaris gelar Ali. Patterson melawan [[Jerry Quarry]] tahun 1967 dan mendapatkan hasil imbang. Pada pertandingan kedua yang digelar empat bulan kemudian, Patterson kalah secara kontroversial. Quarry menang angka dalam pertandingan berlangsung 12 ronde. Kemudian, pada pertandingan ketiga dan keempat dalam upaya terakhirnya untuk menjadi memenangkan gelar sebanyak tiga kali, Patterson dikalahkan secara kontroversial oleh Jimmy Ellis selama 15 ronde 15-round referee's decision to [[Jimmy Ellis (boxer)|Jimmy Ellis]] in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1968. Pada laga itu dia sempat mematahkan hidung Ellis dan mdespite breaking Ellis's nose and scoring a disputed knockdown.
Pada bulan September 1969 dia menceraikan istrinyaistri pertamanya, Sandra Hicks Patterson, yang memintanya gantung sarung boxing. Saat itu dia masih berharap bisa mendapatkan gelar lagi.
Patterson terus bertinju, dan pada awal tahun 1972 dia mengalahkan [[Oscar Bonavena]] dalam pertandingan ketat yang berlangsung selama sepuluh ronde.
Dalam pertandingan kedua melawan Muhammad Ali untuk memperebutkan gelar kelas berat versi NABF, Patterson tidak bisa meneruskan pertandingan setelah memasuki ronde ketujuh. Saat itu dia masih kompetitif, tetapi mengalami luka robek pada area mata. Pertandingan itu digelar tanggal 20 September 1972 dan Patterson telah berusia 37 tahun.<ref>[https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Muhammad_Ali_vs._Floyd_Patterson_(2nd_meeting) Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson (2nd meeting)]. Boxrec</ref> TheItu defeatmenjadi provedpertandingan to beterakhir Patterson's lastmeskpun fight, although there was neverdia antidak announcementpernah ofmengumumkan retirementpensiun.
==Retired lifePensiun==
InSetelah retirementpensiun, hedia anddan Ingemar Johansson becamemenjadi goodsahabat friendsbaik. whoSetiap flewtahun acrossmereka thesaling Atlanticberkunjung todengan visitterbang eachmenyeberangi otherSamudra everyAtlantik. yearPatterson andmenjabat hedua servedkali twosebagai terms as chairman of theKetua [[New York State Athletic Commission]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Mike |date=May 11, 2006 |title=Obituary: Floyd Patterson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/may/12/guardianobituaries.usa1 |work=The Guardian |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> He wasDia alsojuga inducteddimasukkan intoke thedalam [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] intahun 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daily News Golden Gloves Hall of Fame: Floyd Patterson |author=Mitch Abramson |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/daily-news-golden-gloves-hall-fame-floyd-patterson-article-1.1757363 |work=[[Daily News (New York)]] |date=April 16, 2014}}</ref>
Patterson livedtinggal inlama di [[New Paltz (village), New York|New Paltz, New York,]] for many years withbersama hisdengan secondistri wifekeduanya, Janet Seaquist.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stratton|first=W. K.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/666239937|title=Floyd Patterson : the fighting life of boxing's invisible champion|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|year=2012|isbn=978-0-15-101430-9|location=Boston|pages=190|oclc=666239937}}</ref> TheyMereka haddikaruniai twodua daughters,putri bernama Jennifer anddan Janene.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=November 1977|title=What ever happened to Floyd Patterson?|journal=Ebony|pages=44–50}}</ref> InPada tahun 1982 anddan 1983 hedia ran themengikuti [[Stockholm Marathon]] togetherbersama withdengan Ingemar Johansson.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stockholmmarathon.se/timeline/1983/ |title=Klassiskt lopp med Floyd och Ingo |date=October 30, 2017 |publisher=Stockholm Marathon| language=sv| access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> HeDia completed themenyelesaikan [[1983 New York City Marathon]] indalam waktu 3:35:27.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Floyd Patterson: 1983 New York City Marathon Results and Info|url=http://results.nyrr.org/runner/1239824/races|access-date=2022-02-02|website=results.nyrr.org}}</ref>
HisPutra adoptedyang sondiadopsinya, [[Tracy Harris Patterson]], wasmenjadi ajuara worlddunia championtinju boxerera in the 1990s and was trained by Floyd1990-an duringdan partsempat ofdilatih hisoleh careerPetterson. TheyMereka areadalah theayah firstdan fatheranak andpertama sonyang tomemenangkan wingelar worldjuara titlesdunia in boxingtinju.<ref>{{cite news |title=Patterson Wins Title With Knockout |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-06-24/sports/sp-732_1_floyd-patterson |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 24, 1992 |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> FloydPattersonn alsojuga trained Canadian heavyweightmelatih [[Donovan Ruddock|Donovan "Razor" Ruddock]], petinju kelas berat asal Kanada, pada intahun 1992 foruntuk hismempersiapkan fightspertandingannya withmelawan [[Greg Page (boxer)|Greg Page]], [[Phil Jackson (boxer)|Phil Jackson]], anddan [[Lennox Lewis]].<ref>Leahy, Michael (June 1, 1992) [https://web.archive.org/web/20121025210031/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1003844/index.htm Floyd Patterson: His Own Man]. sportsillustrated.cnn.com</ref>
TheLapangan sepak bola [[New Paltz High School]] footballdiberi field was namednama "Floyd Patterson Field" inpada tahun 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/floyd-patterson-ballfields/history |title=Floyd Patterson Ballfields Highlights |publisher=NYC Parks |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref>
==Death==
[[File:01 Patterson grave.JPG|thumb|Floyd Patterson's grave.]]Patterson sufferedmengidap frompenyakit [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer']] anddan [[prostate cancer|kanker prostat]] inpada histahun-tahun finalterakhir yearshidupnya. HeDia diedmeninggal atdi homerumahnya indi [[New Paltz]], on Maytanggal 11, Mei 2006, atpada theusia age71 of 71tahun.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holley |first1=Joe |title=Floyd Patterson; Heavyweight Champion Rose from Poverty |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/11/AR2006051101854.html |access-date=18 May 2019 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=12 May 2006}}</ref> Jenazahnya His body was burieddimakamkan atdi New Paltz Rural Cemetery indi New Paltz, [[Ulster County]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Levym Alan H. |title=Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiTLhuqN1AQC&pg=PA263 |date=22 September 2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-3950-8 |pages=263–}}</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666206/bio Floyd Patterson]. IMDb</ref>
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