Floyd Patterson (prime) vs George Foreman (90's version)

A young Patterson outworks the shuffling old Foreman. Too quick, too mobile and his power was underrated; Foreman certainly wouldn't land enough shots to stop him in my book. Patterson's chin wasn't great, but it wasn't that bad either and his powers of recovery were admirable at times. This is no dentable chin in the ilk of Moorer's.

No stoppage either way: Patterson UD.

 

A prime Patterson would beat an ageing George. Don't get me wrong I feel that George's style is all wrong for Patterson and that if they both met in there primes Foreman would destroy him but I think that if Patterson met the George of the 90's he would be landing more shots, his movement would be to good for Foreman and I agree that he also had underrated power. So yeah I would go with a Patterson UD.

 

i dunno foreman had that piston jab in his return .. and that pushing style where he could just push you around the ring and rough you up into the power he'd end up laying on you .. eventually he'd catch patterson in a bind .. and like the one guy said foreman had a very patient style where he'd just follow you around and control the pace of it all untill he was ready to close up shop and go home..

 

I still think Foreman wins by KO. Floyd's fighting style combined with Foreman's reach would make him a very hitable target, and although Foreman's power had diminished some by the 90's, he still had more than enough to put Patterson away.

 

Patterson would get the easy decision win in this. If Morrison could move around & outwork Foreman. Floyd would have little difficulty.

 

I agree. Patterson's style, like Tyson's, was best suited for aggression, and that wouldn't bring him any happiness against either version of Foreman.

 

Yes, but Morrison had a better chin than Patterson. I think that this fight would be similar to the Holyfield/ Foreman fight. But Patterson's chin is suspect. He'd stand in front of George and get laid out eventually.

 

morrison had a little more power to fend foreman off then patterson did ..he also was a bit bigger too making it harder to be pushed around
two different fights

 

Especially considering that he was less than 200 Lbs and under 6 feet tall, not to mention, had been floored 19 times in his career. This is a mismatch.

 

Morrison also had a poor chin. If Foreman had caught him flush he'd have been out.

 

Check out Patterson-Johanson if you want to see Patterson's power. Johanson's leg was still twitching as he was laid out! & Morrison didn't use his size against Foreman. He circled around and landed punches & moved away. Patterson was a much better boxer than Morrison. A stick & move style against this version of Foreman would be very effective.

 

ALA Foreman-Cooney.

 

Patterson was not a "stick and move" type of fighter. He was actually a bit more like Tyson than he was any sort of a boxer. Morrison adjusted his style for a one time only performance - something that George did not expect. But, in either case, I don't see Floyd strategically and methodically avoiding Foreman all night long. George would not have to land very many shots to hurt Patterson.