Ex-heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson R.I.P.

Great fighter...youngest heavyweight champion.

"Floyd would come home to Catskill [N.Y.] and bring guys to our gym. He was always a gentleman. Just a quiet, nice man who happened to be two-time heavyweight champion of the world at the time. As a fighter, he had terrific hand speed and put punches together very well. He was a pioneer where the heavyweight division was still evolving. He had plenty of heart. Everybody talks about his chin and how many times he's been on the floor. People should be talking about how many times he got up." -- Trainer and ESPN boxing analyst Teddy Atlas