Sonny Liston vs Moore, Pastrano, Torres ,Foster, tiger, Johnson

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Are you saying Willie would get salamied around the ring?

    Or just pepperonied into submission with the big ugly bear's jab?
     
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  2. choklab

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    Boxing illustrated world ratings

    Period ending August 15,1961

    Champion Floyd Patterson

    1. Sonny Liston
    2. Harold Johnson
    3. Eddie Machen
    4. Ingemar Johansson
    5. Henry Cooper
    6. Alejandro Lavorante
    7. Cleveland Williams
    8. Robert Cleroux
    9. George Chuvalo
    10. Zorra Folley
    11. Mike DeJohn
    12. Tom McNeeley

    Same issue of Boxing illustrated Oct 1961.
    Period ending 15th August 1961

    National Boxing Association


    Champion Floyd Patterson

    1. Henry Cooper
    2. Ingemar Johansson
    3. Eddie Machen
    4. Alejandro Lavorante
    5. Cleveland Williams
    6. George Chuvalo
    7. Bobby Cleroux
    8. Zorra Folley
    9. Mike DeJohn
    10. D1ck Richardson.
     
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  3. edward morbius

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    Interesting that Johnson is #2 here.
     
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  4. mr. magoo

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    Pastrami would get sandwiched between the ropes and Liston's right hand.
     
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  5. The Mongoose

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    That would have been right after the Machen win, which is a fair rating.
     
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  6. choklab

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    Where as with the NBA Machen stays as high as#3 even losing his last fight. This seems rather generous. Clearly holding the LH title excludes Johnson from the NBA HW ratings.
     
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