Sonny Liston 1959 vs Jimmy Ellis of 1967.

I honestly can't say. Ellis was certainly at his peak and Liston may have been as well. I give Liston a slight edge though. However, because of styles, Ellis would be a favorite here. I still favor Liston a little, and I would pick him by a knockout in say, 10. This would be a dandy, as both were very sharp on those nights and took an excellent battering.

 

I am aware of that. Jimmy fought Patterson with a broken nose for 15.

 

I do think Liston was much more impressive in his peak than Ellis, who was not always accurate, and who tired quickly imo, but I have always maintained that any good boxer with good stamina could outbox Liston with relative ease. Since Ellis wasn't a plain-and-simple outfighter in the vein of Ali, different allowances would; have to be made which would make Ellis more vulnerable to a loss, but I still think Ellis has a reasonable chance for victory here.

 

BIG CAT.

 

No trying to put Liston down, but fighting with a broken nose, for any amount of time, is impressive against anyone. But Liston only did it for a few rounds. Ellis showed a lot of mettle lasting 15 with one, although he only had one good moment in the entire fight.

 

I do as well. Patterson looked awesome. Ellis was disappointing, although understandably. This defined robbery. I know it has received criticism, some saying that Cosell's pro-Floyd commentary is what caused people to think that Patterson was robbed. I didn't need any commentary to see Floyd was robbed. Ellis got beat up.

 

Hmm... I don't remember that.

 

Oh i get it.