PATRICK Ford became the featherweight champion of Guyana on February 4, 1978. That day, after battling a game `Tiger’ Green for 15 rounds Ford was adjudged the winner by points. It was the sixth fight of 22-year-old Ford’s career. The man, who was later crowned Commonwealth champion, started professional boxing at the age of 20. He defeated Roy Smith in his first fight.

Fifteen fights later the Guyanese was still undefeated, but sustained his first blemish when he fought Mexican Salvador Sanchez for the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight title.
The contest was held on September 13, 1980 in San Antonio, Texas and Sanchez won via Majority Decision. Five months later Ford would next challenge World Boxing Association (WBA) champion Panamanian Eusebio Pedroza. Unrelenting and uncompromising, Pedroza hunted Ford from the first bell and produced a knockout in round 13.
Ford had his last fight in May of 1987 (a victory over Albert Browne) and died on November, 13, 2011 in the USA. He was 55 years old and complied a record of 19 victories (12Kos) and four defeats.