Santo Amonti vs. Floyd Patterson
Santo Amonti 191 lbs lost to Floyd Patterson 192 lbs by TKO at 2:25 in round 8 of 10
- Date: 1964-01-06
- Location: Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden
- Referee: Andrew Smyth
"Ex-world champ Floyd Patterson Monday night knocked out Italian heavyweight champion Santo Amonti in the 8th round of their scheduled 10-round bout. Referee Andrew Smythe stopped the fight after 2:25 of the round when Amonti crashed to the canvas for the second time within a minute and the fourth time in all. After cautiously measuring his opponent in the opening round, Patterson launched a strong offensive in the 2nd. He felled the Italian for the first time late in the 2nd after jumping on Amonti in one of his characteristic long combinations. Patterson kept up the offensive in the 3rd and in the middle of the 4th Amonti again was floored. he came up quickly and took the eight-count standing before being floored twice again in the 8th. The result ranked as a knockout under Swedish boxing rules." -Pacific Stars and Stripes
- Attendance - 12,000
- Gate - $125,000 (Est.)
- Purses: Patterson - $50,000 (app.), Amonti - $16,000 (app.)
- A month prior, the promoter feared he would require a substitute for Amonti as a judge in Rome suspended the Italian's driver's license because of a fatal accident to a woman in '61. Amonti blamed the accident on temporary blindness caused by brain damage from the ring.
Post-fight comments
- "If our Stadium had a capacity of 100,000 seats instead of 12,000, I believe we could have sold them all." -Promoter Edwin Alqvist
- "I consider this the first and most important step towards gaining another shot at the heavyweight title. I don't care who is in the opposite corner, Liston or Cassius Clay it does not matter." -Floyd Patterson