It's kinda fun looking back at stuff like this. Even with his recent competitive loss to Peterson unifying 2 titles in a stacked division is nothing to sniff at.
I must say Ingemar Johansson. he was regarded a zero after the olympics in 1952 and was picked as an easy picking for Patterson.The American papers competed in how to write him off before the fight.After he won he was celebrated but after the loss in the rematch he was back to zero again...