Heavyweight Fight of the Week #5 Floyd Patterson Doubleheader

I scored Patterson-Ellis sometime back but can't find my card, so I sat down once again and enjoyed these two small (by todays standards) heavys that should shame these behemoths of today. Here we go, on a rounds scoring basis that was employed.

Round 1: Ellis
Round 2: Patterson
Round 3: Ellis
Round 4: Patterson
Round 5: Even
Round 6: Patterson
Round 7: Patterson
Round 8: Patterson
Round 9: Ellis
Round 10: Patterson
Round 11: Ellis
Round 12: Ellis
Round 13: Patterson
Round 14: Patterson
Round 15: Ellis

Total: 8-6-1 Patterson

I should mention a couple of things about Valan. First, not scoring the 14th a knockdown for Patterson was irrelevant, because he did score the round for Patterson and on a rounds basis Patterson wasn't going to get any extra points anyway. I do feel it was a knockdown. As someone here mentioned that Ellis walked to a neutral corner expecting a count, but more than that, watch his body language. He is shaking his head in order to clear the cobwebs. You don't do that after a slip. I do agree with what Valan said at the end, that Patterson wasn't throwing enough punches. I feel he threw enough, but his workrate could have been better. Considering his age, it is what it is, and still a monumental performance. Also about Valan, it was noted that he was seen having breakfast with Dundee and Ellis on a few occasions in their hotel restaurant leading up to the bout. Whether true or not or innocent or not, he should have known how this could be interpreted and should have excused himself from such a conflicting image. Lastly, he was a NJ official and in Jersey at this time the ref was always the sole judge. He became embroiled in another controversy 5 years later when he reffed the Ernie Terrell v Chuck Wepner bout in NJ and he scored it for Wepner 7-5 despite every writer and enthusiast scoring it widely for Terrell. I always thought, why would anyone have this man as a sole arbiter?

 

Thanks, but that's not true. Unless you go for the low-hanging fruit it's all hit or miss. Most people around here don't seem to actually enjoy watching and breaking down actual fights--they would rather rehash the familiar arguments and talking points or watch highlights. Which is cool, I guess...to each his own.

 

Philly, my card was for Patterson.