SMALLEST guy you’d pick to beat Floyd Patterson?

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  1. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    A bit of a sister thread to the other Patterson one I have going, I think this is also kinda interesting.
     
    Journeyman92, Aug 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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  2. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Langford.
     
    HistoryZero26, Aug 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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  3. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    Slipped by mind… I was thinking Fitzsimmons in a 10 fight series if he didn’t die :biggrin: but seriously good pick I’d wager Satterfield would be decent odds also.
     
    Journeyman92, Aug 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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  4. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    I’d put Fitz up there as well
     
    Melankomas, Aug 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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  5. GlaukosTheHammer

    GlaukosTheHammer Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Panama, I think, was lighter than Greb, but if Greb is in fact lighter then Greb. Point is those early 20th century medium sized guys who took on any sized guy. Langford's one but Im pretty sure he and Norfolk are bigger than Gans or Greb.
     
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  6. mr. magoo

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    Maybe Marciano. I know a lot of people are saying Langford but aside from just his resume ( which is great ) I’ve never watched him in action.
     
    mr. magoo, Aug 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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  7. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Possibly Roy Jones Jr. before his heavyweight adventure,
    that eventually turned disastrous for him.
    Though with Patterson's above average hand speed and
    power, Jones Jr would literally be walking through a field
    of landmines with one misstep from going boom.
     
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  8. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 Philippians 2:10-11 Full Member

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    "I was afraid of Sam Langford" - Jack Dempsey
     
    Mandela2039, Aug 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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  9. jarama

    jarama Active Member Full Member

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    Winkey Wright - light middle

    Also
    Toney
    Jones
     
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  10. Journeyman92

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    We talking “Big” Toney or like 168lbs Toney?
     
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  11. jarama

    jarama Active Member Full Member

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    A big Toney would, but a small Toney would be a good fight and Patterson was not much more than a LHW, so Toney could on points
     
    jarama, Aug 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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