Who do you have winning this one? Skill, speed, balance, defense go to the young champ Patterson, while Length, reach, and power go to Wilder. We don't know where Wilder's heart is since he hadn't been properly tested by a legit contender but we'll go with Patterson here. Both have very poor chins. Is this a case of who lands first or will someone's skill overcome another's?
I think he'd be too intimidated to get inside. Remember the fear in his eyes staring down Liston. Wilder would have him seriously shook and looking to slip and counter, while Wilder would box smart as he did v Stiverne and just drill Floyd from outside until he landed the middling R hand that put Floyd to sleep.
Floyd Patterson was a very small heavyweight. He was a better boxer than Liston, but just too small to have a chance against him. Sizewise, he looked like a child in the ring against Ali. That said, he KTFO's Wilder into bolivian by leaping left hook.
Wow....Im not Wilders biggest fan, but I am a boxing fan, and I know the Wilder hate runs almost as deep as the nostalgia ignorance, but SERIOUSLY PPL
You went back nearly ten years to find this thread... for what exactly? Ten years since anyone posted anything on it and thought to yourself, man I need this to be relevant again. Anyways, Kudos. My two cents: Current Wilder, 2026, dies. 2016 Wilder, fifty-fifty, maybe sixty-forty for Wilder. Patterson was fast as hell, and could punch. Wilder in 2016 didn't have any quick knock outs. He averaged a little over eight rounds in his two fights in 2016 against the legendary duo Szpilka and Arreola. From the time he first won the WBC title off Stiverne until he lost it to Fury, it took Wilder and average of just under eight rounds to land his "one punch power". It's not unrealistic to think someone with Pattersons footwork, power and speed could hurt, drop and stop Wilder.
It's absurdly unrealistic to think that a vulnerable blown up LHW pressure fighter from the 50's would do anything other than get plastered early by Wilder. Even Patterson wouldn't give himself a chance.