Seeds 1. Sonny Liston 2. Rocky Marciano 3. Joe Louis 4. Cassius Clay 5. Jersey Joe Walcott 6. Ezzard Charles 7. Floyd Patterson 8. Archie Moore 9. Elmer Ray 10. Harold Johnson 11. Ernie Terrell 12. Zora Folley 13. Eddie Machen 14. Cleveland Williams 15. Clarence Henry 16. Jimmy Bivins 17 Bob Baker 18 Nino Valdes 19 Rex Layne 20 Lee Q Murray 21 Hurricane Jackson 22 Doug Jones 23 Henry Cooper 24 roland Lastarza 25 Joe Baksi 26 Bruce Woodcokk 27 John Holman 28 Mike DeJohn 29 Roy Harris 30 Willie Pastrano 31 Bob Cleroux 32. Turkey Thompson First round match ups to be posted soon.... Round 1 Liston vs Thompson Marciano vs Cleroux Louis Vs Pastrano Clay vs Harris Walcott vs Dejohn Charles vs Holman Patterson vs Woodcokk Moore vs Baksi Ray vs Lastarza Johnson vs Cooper Terell vs Jones Folley vs Jackson Machen vs Murray Williams vs Layne Henry vs Valdes Bivins vs Baker Thoughts?
Round 1 Liston vs Thompson Marciano vs Cleroux Louis Vs Pastrano Clay vs Harris Walcott vs Dejohn Charles vs Holman Patterson vs Woodcokk Moore vs Baksi Ray vs Lastarza Johnson vs Cooper Terell vs Jones Folley vs Jackson Machen vs Murray Williams vs Layne Henry vs Valdes Bivins vs Baker Thoughts?
Why is Sonny seeded over Marciano? Makes no sense. Also it's obviously the best version of each fighter from that time period? So Joe Louis you would roll with the 1947 guy?
Winners in bold Liston vs Thompson Marciano vs Cleroux Louis Vs Pastrano Clay vs Harris Walcott vs Dejohn Charles vs Holman Patterson vs Woodcokk Moore vs Baksi Ray vs Lastarza Johnson vs Cooper Terell vs Jones Folley vs Jackson Machen vs Murray Williams vs Layne Henry vs Valdes Bivins vs Baker
OK, wasn't sure if you realized there are some bouts that actually took place here, but I see you are aware. Round 1 Liston vs Thompson Marciano vs Cleroux Louis Vs Pastrano Clay vs Harris Walcott vs Dejohn Charles vs Holman Patterson vs Woodcokk Moore vs Baksi Ray vs Lastarza Johnson vs Cooper Terell vs Jones Folley vs Jackson Machen vs Murray Williams vs Layne Henry vs Valdes Bivins vs Baker
Liston vs Thompson.........Liston TKO 9 Marciano vs Cleroux.........Marciano TKO 9 Louis Vs Pastrano............Louis KO 9 Clay vs Harris..................Ali TKO 10 Walcott vs Dejohn........ Walcott UD Charles vs Holman............Charles KO 7 Patterson vs Woodcokk.....Patterson TKO 8 Moore vs Baksi.................Moore TKO 12 Ray vs Lastarza...............Lastarza SD Johnson vs Cooper............Johnson SD Terell vs Jones..................Terell UD Folley vs Jackson............Folley UD Machen vs Murray...........Machen UD Williams vs Layne.......... Layne TKO 6 Henry vs Valdes............Henry SD Bivins vs Baker..............Bivins UD Results courtesy of "Title Fight"
Which of these fighters would I consider to be in "Pre-Prime" or "Post-Prime" in terms of the years, as maybe Clay/Ali was still pre-prime during in 1963? Or do we consider everyone was in their prime in this tourny?
