Floyd Patterson vs Jersey Joe Walcott

He fell over from a back injury because of a punch Walcott knocked him down with in the 2nd round! It is an official knockout win for Walcott! Deal with it. Walcott dropped Johnson in the 2nd round with a punch, Johnson hurt his back on the way down...it counts as a knockout victory.


Walcott KO 3 Johnson!

 

It is when a punch that knocks you to the floor causes the back injury

 

Walcott wins UD, both quite equal fighters but Patterson always had that negative in his head about 'if i lose'.

 

Johnson hurt his back in the prior bout, see below. The back was also for the start of the 3rd round. It was a freak injury Walcott fans have to stretch hard for that second best KO

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...,2960214&dq=harold+johnson+walcott+back&hl=en

 

We could always go with the first best then.

Joking aside, Walcott did improve his offense relativley late in his career, and this is reflected in some of these results.

 

Floyd counted out??
Show me a fight. Yes, on a knee and rising against Sonny (who said he hit Floyd so hard the muscles in his back ached afterwards) I love Arnold Cream but you're saying his power is enough to count Floyd out? :roll:
I'll take a prime Floyd here on a UD (as I would if he fought virtually all the 185-200 lb. champions) None of these sub-200 lb.guys puts my hero to sleep.

 

The point holds that Walcott isn't a great finisher or a fighter who presses for the KO. His career bares this out, it's no coincidence the best man he KO'd he needed a 1 punch KO from a perfect punch to do it. Walcott can certainly punch and if he applied enough pressure maybe he would have a higher number of knock outs but it's not really what he does

I don't think it's likely Patterson is taken out with 1 punch, although it is possible. If Walcott puts Patterson down and he gets up though, Walcott is unlikely to finish Patterson.