OBIT PATTERSON BOXING

** FILE ** Former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson poses for a portrait in this July 10, 1998 photo, in New Paltz, N.Y., where he trains young men who want to learn boxing. Patterson, who came back from an embarrassing loss to become the first boxer to regain the heavyweight title, died Thursday, May 11, 2006. He was 71. Patterson died at his home, in New Patlz, N.Y., having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for about eight years, according to nephew Sherman Patterson. He also had prostate cancer. (AP Photo/Jim McKnight)