It is July 1963, Floyd Patterson is injured, Sonny Liston defends against 1967 Jimmy Ellis.

Richard M Murrieta · Jul 8, 2021

djanders said: ↑

IMHO: First off, Jimmy's style is as bad for Liston as Frazier's style was bad for Jimmy, or as bad as Liston's style was for Patterson for that matter. However, I really don't think Jimmy was quite on Sonny's level. This probably negates his stylistic advantages somewhat. I'm going with Jimmy looking decent for about 5 or 6 rounds and I think we're looking at an even fight going into the 7th. But Sonny's been hitting Jimmy harder and, by the 7th, I think it starts to show. By the 8th Sonny's starting to tee off on Jimmy and probably drops him at least once. If there's a 9th round, it probably looks like the 8th. Jimmy was no quitter, but Angelo would pull the plug on this fight. I'm guessing Jimmy probably doesn't come out for round 9 and definitely doesn't see round 10.
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Very possible realistic post, I can visualize it happening that way my friend, Liston could box too.

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It is July 1963, Floyd Patterson is injured, Sonny Liston defends against 1967 Jimmy Ellis.

Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member