Before Mike Tyson the first peek a boo heavyweight champions was the incredible Floyd Patterson.

Worth mentioning he also had loads of power even sub 200.

 

Tyson, in a way, was a nuclear version of Floyd Patterson

 

He's in the mix for sure Mark.

 

A singular style not for everyone Jose Torres looked so uncomfortable whenever I watched him fight just mentally disjointed from his style. I think he would’ve had a better career with a different education. I never saw Tyson, Torres and Patterson punch off weaves despite spending a lot of time moving through that motion.

 

I was a Floyd (Patterson) fangirl when I was a teenager.

I still consider him one of the greatest 20 Heavyweight world champions and considering what he accomplished, as a champion, he was better than Sonny LIston.

certainly not as a fighter but as a champion.

 

Mike was superior physically, but Floyd had the bigger heart and better fighting mentality.

 

I don't know how anyone can make this claim. Marciano punched harder. I'm sure there have been others.

 

We never saw Mike Tyson against Sonny Liston, or George Foreman for that matter (which COULD have happened). Both were high quality, with poisonous styles for Peek-a boo fighters. I am NOT saying that I think Floyd Patterson was on the level of Mike Tyson, but I do think Floyd is underrated by some, because of the two Liston fights.

 

This comment makes an insane amount of sense when you really consider it.