Capital Gazette · Feb 23, 2018
Patterson seeks to become three-time Brigade Boxing champ on Friday night
Charles Patterson will attempt to become a rare three-time champion when he meets junior Joey Resendez in Friday night’s Brigade Boxing Championships finals. Patterson is back fighting at heavyweight since there was no opponent at 195 pounds. (Matthew Cole / Capital Gazette)Charles Patterson planned to play football at the Naval Academy. The Hawaii native had been a versatile performer at McKinley High on Honolulu before enlisting in the United States Navy and serving three years as an intelligence specialist.
Patterson, who was accepted to the Naval Academy as a prior enlisted candidate, did not make the Navy football team.
“I tried to walk on and wasn’t good enough,” he said.