what are your thoughts about this rarely (if ever) discussed fighter? Gaining headlines as the adopted son of Floyd Patterson, Tracy was heavy-handed, well schooled boxer-puncher who was brought up slowly in an almost yesteryear way, not afraid to take a few hard bumps in the road in order to better himself overall. After a close points loss to Steve Cruz in 1989, he went on to stop Thierry Jacob, Daniel Zaragoza, and decision Jesse Benavides among others. He also later stopped a Duva kid on the way up, Ed Hopson, in two. His fight with Benavides is a thriller, very close and exciting. He seemed a bit slow of hand and foot, and wasn't terribly hard to hit. He had a sort of one-speed style but it was enough to beat all but the very best. Thoughts?
I enjoyed watching him box back then. Don't remember him being slow though, like u said a very good boxer/puncher. Steve Cruze u mentioned was very good too
I remember he split from Floyd but apparently they reconciled. Here's one of those Best I Faced pieces: https://www.ringtv.com/522230-best-faced-tracy-harris-patterson/
I liked his style, but only really know of him through looking into Gatti and Zaragoza. His dad's name is his most eye catching feature IMO.
I liked his methodical style and I remember his fights with Arcero-Sanchez, and Zaragoza. I really had an aversion to Eddie Hopson so that knockout was a high point. If memory is correct, Gatti boxed very smartly against Harris-Patterson.
Gatti did, yes! I always point to that as evidence that Gatti wasn't the stereotypical "glorified clubfighter" some here claim. I loved the Hopson result too. Zero chin on that guy. Talk about hype.