Editing Floyd Patterson (section)

==Retired life==
In retirement, he and Ingemar Johansson became good friends who flew across the Atlantic to visit each other every year and he served two terms as chairman of the [[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 was also inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 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 lived in [[New Paltz (village), New York|New Paltz, New York]], for many years with his second wife, 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> They had two daughters, Jennifer and Janene.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=November 1977|title=What ever happened to Floyd Patterson?|journal=Ebony|pages=44–50}}</ref> In 1982 and 1983 he ran the [[Stockholm Marathon]] together with 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> He completed the [[1983 New York City Marathon]] in 3:35:27.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Floyd Patterson: 1983 New York City Marathon Results and Info|url=http://results.nyrr.org/runner/9765/result/831023|access-date=2022-02-02|website=results.nyrr.org}}</ref>

His adopted son, [[Tracy Harris Patterson]], was a world champion boxer in the 1990s and was trained by Floyd during part of his career. They are the first father and son to win world titles in boxing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Patterson Wins Title With Knockout |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-24-sp-732-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 24, 1992 |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> Floyd also trained Canadian heavyweight [[Donovan Ruddock|Donovan "Razor" Ruddock]] in 1992 for his fights with [[Greg Page (boxer)|Greg Page]], [[Phil Jackson (boxer)|Phil Jackson]], and [[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>

The [[New Paltz High School]] football field was named "Floyd Patterson Field" in 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>