Floyd Patterson in today's heavyweight scene

Could be, but I stand by my statement.

 

If he were fighting today I'd be rooting for him like I did back in his day.

 

He'd be pretty damn good, I think.

I would say that Vitali would bomb him out eventually, but he could give Wlad a run.

Beat Valuev rather easily.

Chagaev and Peter would lose to Patterson.

Haye...not so sure, yet.

 

The Haye fight might give us a few insights here.

 

IMHO this is an example of the problems pitting fighters in different eras against each other.
It would be nice if, as another poster mentioned, you could just take them as they are (were) and compare based on that but you really can't.
The Klitchko comparison?
Lewis?
Tyson??
In many of the youngter's minds on board here all the post-1990 "bad-asses" would wipe the floor with the old guys. Come on!
You're trying to look at an HBO primed Klit boy vs. a small black&white Floyd or Louis or Dempsey..etc...
If they had been born, circa 1910-15, and reached prime 30's-40's you're seeing a different creature.
If Floyd reaches prime in the nineties? Same scenerio...
A 90's Dempsey would be drastically different than the 20's version...
I think Marciano is, perhaps, the best example of this different era comparison.
It goes on and on...
I do think we can bring some comparisons to the table but, the more I think about it, it may well be something that can't really be argued about with any subjectivity...

My $0.02

 

I meant "objectivity" in my above post...

 

Floyd wouldn't compete at heavyweight today. He would be a top middleweight or light heavyweight, though.

 

So am I to understand that if David Haye beats Wladimir Klitschko, your new position will be that every sub 200 Lb man who fought prior to 1960 would have beaten him? ( Not that this would be anything new of course. )

Oh boy, I can see it coming already.

 

He was very impressive, and as Janitor said, it could be interesting against Wlad, but if Wlad reverted to his old punching self Floyd would be troubled. He really is kind of small for the division. He'd make a great cruiserweight today, probably dominate the division.

 

He may be able to take a title off Valuev...trouble with the Klitschko's but Floyd can be compettive in any era

 

At best, Patterson would be a bulky but strong & solid 200 pounder fighting in today's era..... He could compete today since the era is SO WEAK outside of the "K" brothers.... However, he'd have his hands full with just about anyone in the top-5.... Weak division or not, Patterson struggled with lotsa' average dudes from his own era....... He'd struggle today as well.......... Peace.....

MR.BILL

 

Yeah, totally ridiculous. Haye is as big as Ali. Patterson never managed to convincingly beat a decently skilled 210lbs man, let alone a skilled 6'6 245lbs one. Wlad would murder him.

 

I'm not picking Haye to beat Wlad, but if he does, the posts on this forum will sure be interesting in the months that follow. All of a sudden names like Barbados Joe Walcott will be listed as capable of beating Klitschko.

 

No kidding. It's funny how guys like Haye and Povetkin are being called "small" while they're as big as or bigger than Ali, but whenever they accomplish something, it somehow proves how a 180lbs'er would've done the same.

 

Possibly but I wouldn't find it ridiculous to suggest that Patterson could beat Klitschko if Haye can. In my opinion Haye's chin is every bit as suspect as Patterson's and his combination of speed and power is no greater than Patterson's.

He is bigger than Patterson for sure but Wladimir still makes him look small. No one is going to beat a Klitschko with size.

Right now I wouldn't bet on Patterson's chances against the Klitschko brothers. It would be great to see him fight at super middleweight, light heavyweight and cruiserweight though. He could compete as a heavyweight but he would likely come up short against the Klitschko brothers.

Here's part 1 of a video I made about the fastest boxers of all time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pazrZZbvi6w
Highlights of Patterson at 3:20