Floyd Patterson's best fights with inside fighting

The body work alone would crumple most guys. It was brutal.

 

This fight with London was a bright spot for Floyd..as was his ko of Henry Cooper, London's rival.

 

Patterson was all class...as a man and as a fighter.

 

Floyd was awesome and his chin wasnt as bad as it was made out to be. Remember he had a very unorthodox style with his leaping punches etc. He was often off balance. That accounts for a lot of the KDs he suffered not to mention he was a naturally smaller guy. Imagine if he had stayed at 175, a weight he probably could have made for years. I think he would have dominated LHW for years to come. As it stands he made more money and more fame at HW so not so bad.

 

Floyd had a nice style but he was one of the weakest heavyweight champions, all things considered.

Liston and Ali beat him with embarrassing ease.
Yes, Patterson could have been really good at light-heavyweight.

 

pound for pound Floyd ranks higher.
as for heavyweights I think Liston ranks higher.

 

I dont see anything embarrassing in the Ali losses. The first fight Patterson went 12 rounds with slipped disc. Thats pretty damn impressive. How many heavyweights could have done that with anyone much less arguably the greatest HW ever? In the rematch Patterson did quite well despite being nearly 40 years old. The Liston fights were blowouts but Liston was about as bad a style matchup for Patterson as you could. Head to head he wouldnt have faired any better against Tyson or Foreman but what would you expect for a aggressive blown up LHW going up against a big, physically strong, durable powerpuncher. Thats poison to Patterson and always would be.

 

I think Patterson would beaten Marciano. I think Marciano's one punch power is overrated and certainly not on the level of a Liston, Tyson, or Foreman, and he was not nearly as big as some of the guys who gave Patterson problems. I can see an argument either way. Its actually a pretty intriguing matchup the more I think about it.

 

He fought inside very well against Chuvalo (fight of the year) and simply outworked George.