Floyd Patterson Style. I came to love ali two time foe floyd patterson told david remnick for his book king of the world. Peek a boo style the style utilised by floyd patterson was taught to him by the legendary boxing philosopher cus d amato who would later have iron mike tyson also adopt the same approach.
Floyd used a unique fighting style nicknamed the peek a boo style by the press keeping the hands covering the fighters face before unleashing punch patterns of 3 2 3 body head body or 3 3 2 body body head that was developed by cus d amato. In the ring he relied on his speed and a peekaboo boxing style in which he held his gloves close to his face. I came to see that i was a fighter and.
Early pro career edit patterson turned pro and steadily rose through the ranks his only early defeat being an eight round decision to former light heavyweight champion joey maxim on june 7 1954 at the eastern parkway arena in brooklyn new york.
I came to love ali two time foe floyd patterson told david remnick for his book king of the world. I came to see that i was a fighter and. Floyd patterson was the youngest heavyweight champion of the world until the advent of mike tyson some 25 years later. A major proponent of the style was trainer cus d amato who didn t use the term peek a boo and instead referred to it as a tight defense the style was criticized by some because it was believed that an efficient attack could not be launched from it.
