Joe Frazier vs Floyd Patterson

Frazier for me.

 

Mack Truck vs a Ferrari, on a one lane road. And Frazier the Mack Truck.

 

Same reason he beat Ellis.

 

Patterson loses.

 

Patterson was a fine fighter with tons of heart. A good boxer with pretty snappy power. I just don't think he can take Joe Frazier`s punch. It`s impossible to avoid Frazier in there. Nobody ever could you had to fight him.

 

Frazier, he's too much in this one.

 

Frazier easily.

 

His chin would still get in the way though.

 

I'm one of the people who actually thinks Patterson was not glass chinned. He got knocked out by Liston like Frazier did by Foreman. And by Johannson. But otherwise? He ended on his ass a lot due to style-induced balance issues but overall his chin was decent.
However, I think Frazier's continues onslaught would have gotten to him eventually. Patterson's skill, speed and power would pose a problem for Frazier though and I can see Floyd rocking him a bit.

 

Hey Bodhi! I agree Floyd was not 'china-chinned' as Floyd himself put it. He was rising against Sonny who said he'd never hit anyone harder. He kept rising against Ingo in the first. IMO Joe would always win prime vs. prime...via TKO; NO ONE put Floyd in a face down puddle.
Interesting that, had Floyd got the nod in the Ellis fight (past prime) he would have been the other champion along with Joe. What would have been his options? I always thought he might complete the trilogy with Quarry first.
Had he fought Joe, I think it could have been competitive for a few rounds with Joe being a slow starter; of course Patterson sometimes started slow too.
Also consider that Patterson seemed to be, almost exclusively, prone to big rights.
In closing, Joe too much for Floyd, at some point, but he certainly wouldn't have embarrassed himself circa mid-69. We all would have had the utmost respect for him after he had he fought Joe.
R.I.P. Champ! Joe too!

 

Frazier beats him up ..