What could Patterson have done differently against Liston?

[mr. magoo]

Originally Posted by Duodenum

Right. It should be noted that Floyd did have excellent power in both hands. The first knockdown he scored in the rubber match with Ingo was a very short and straight right. Patterson would have been wise to use the hook as a decoy for his right. (It might not have made a difference in the outcome, but we'll never know.)

Boy,

I've been seeing your name all over the forum today. I feel like we're having a Deen-O-Rama.....

Needless to say, I just needed a reason to use the whole Deen-O-Rama thing...... you understand of course........

[Duodenum]

Originally Posted by mr. magoo

Boy,

I've been seeing your name all over the forum today. I feel like we're having a Deen-O-Rama.....

Needless to say, I just needed a reason to use the whole Deen-O-Rama thing...... you understand of course........

By all means, indulge to your heart's content. You know I'm cool with it.

[mr. magoo]

Originally Posted by Duodenum

By all means, indulge to your heart's content. You know I'm cool with it.

Say,

I've been thinking about rewriting the Rocky III theme song Eye of the Tiger, in a similar fashion to what the starbucks comercials did a year or so ago.

It would go like this:

Deen-----Deen-Deen-Deen------Deen-Deen-Deen------Deen-Deen----DaDeeeeeeen.

Haven't quite thought of the lyrics yet, but I think I have a pretty good start wouldn't you say? maybe surviver will just hand over the rights to the tune.

[Duodenum]

Originally Posted by mr. magoo

Say,

I've been thinking about rewriting the Rocky III theme song Eye of the Tiger, in a similar fashion to what the starbucks comercials did a year or so ago.

It would go like this:

Deen-----Deen-Deen-Deen------Deen-Deen-Deen------Deen-Deen----DaDeeeeeeen.

Haven't quite thought of the lyrics yet, but I think I have a pretty good start wouldn't you say? maybe surviver will just hand over the rights to the tune.

Thanks for the earworm, friend.

[mcvey]

Originally Posted by frankwornank

The short answer is he could not have done differently. Floyd had excellent power and great hand speed. He really only knew one way to fight and that was aggressive.

He did not have great leg movement. He was a bit slow footed. (In part this was due to the fact he had one leg slightly shorter than the other) I f you ever observed him walk, he kind of swaggered due to that shorter leg.

He developed his style in the middleweight and light heavy divisions where he was as strong or stronger than his opponents. When he moved up to heavyweight, his style remained the same. However, he was now fighting bigger and sometimes stronger guys.

Floyd continued to do pretty well because he was pound for pound a real good fighter.

Bottom line is, some of the heavyweights (mainly Ali and Liston were too big for him)

good post Floyd was a come forward fighter,he couldnt duplicate Machen and box behind the jab,so he would allways be introuble against bigger stronger guys who could hit,you are right about his defence,and his walk he sort of swaggered ,which was not his demeanour at all,I didnt know it was because of one leg being shorter though,thanks for the info.

[mr. magoo]

Originally Posted by Duodenum

Thanks for the earworm, friend.

My appolgies.

[Duodenum]

Originally Posted by mr. magoo

My appolgies.

That's okay. I had an entirely unrelated set of nightmares I just woke up from. Nothing related to ESB though.

[Rattler]

Nothing.

[Ted Stickles]

Originally Posted by mr. magoo

Was there any way for Floyd to save his title? Could he have approached Sonny in a more effective manner?

Either stay home or sneak a gun into the ring with him......

[Ted Stickles]

But seriously the best thing he should have done was be extrememly mobile and use his speed to pop in and out ala PBF..Liston would most likely slow down in the 2nd half of the fight and would be a little less dangerous

[rodney]

In order to have a chance, Patterson must not be in Liston's punching range. Since he was not an outside fighter, then inside was the only way. He tried inside but was not inside enough. Maybe Floyd just didnt have the strenght and confidence to stay right inside Liston, leaning on him and giving him no room to punch.

[RockyJim]

Stay home on those particular nights......

[ironchamp]

Originally Posted by rodney

In order to have a chance, Patterson must not be in Liston's punching range. Since he was not an outside fighter, then inside was the only way. He tried inside but was not inside enough. Maybe Floyd just didnt have the strenght and confidence to stay right inside Liston, leaning on him and giving him no room to punch.

The same could have been said about Morrison vs. Foreman a match up in which I immediately think of when trying to think of how Patterson could have fought him differently.

Lateral Movement, Consistent Jab and flurries could have enabled Floyd to last longer possibly see him to a decision. His bob and weave should stay where it is but as long as he's circling Sonny in a varied pattern it could work.

[jowcol]

At that particular time, it probably didn't matter; an old friend of mine, an elderly black man I used to work with and who loved boxing said that Patterson was fixated on destroying the Liston superman myth because he had such overwhelming support and respect around the country (and world) so he went out and fought "the people's fight" and disregarded any common sense. When I see both fights again (I try and watch them as little as possible ) I see the usually slow starting Floyd more active and aggressive from the get go to a much greater extent here then in most of his fights.

My $0.02