The "Boxrec" March Madness HW Tourney SWEET 16!

East. 5.Tyson over 1.Ali and 6.Bowe over 2.Johnson
South. 5. Marciano over 1. Langford and 3. Frazier over 2. Holyfield
North 5. Liston over 1. Wills and 3. Lewis over 2.Holmes
West. 1. Louis over 5. Foreman and 2. Patterson over 11. Jeffries.

 

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I cant believe that Patterson is on the verge of upsetting Jeffries. That fight is a total mismatch!

 

1. Muhammad Ali vs 5. Mike Tyson - Tyson
2. Jack Johnson vs 6. Riddick Bowe - Bowe

SOUTH:
1. Sam Langford vs 5. Rocky Marciano _ Rocky
2. Evander Holyfield vs 3. Joe Frazier - Holyfield

NORTH:
1. Harry Wills vs 5. Sonny Liston - Liston
2. Larry Holmes vs 3. Lennox Lewis - Lewis

WEST:
1. Joe Louis vs 5. George Foreman - Foreman
2. Floyd Patterson vs 11. Jim Jeffries- Patterson

 

Patterson would have more speed, more skill, more workrate and more power than anyone Jeffries faced

 

EAST:
1. Muhammad Ali vs 5. Mike Tyson - Ali
2. Jack Johnson vs 6. Riddick Bowe - Bowe

SOUTH:
1. Sam Langford vs 5. Rocky Marciano - Marciano
2. Evander Holyfield vs 3. Joe Frazier - Frazier

NORTH:
1. Harry Wills vs 5. Sonny Liston - Liston
2. Larry Holmes vs 3. Lennox Lewis - Lewis

WEST:
1. Joe Louis vs 5. George Foreman - Louis
2. Floyd Patterson vs 11. Jim Jeffries - Jeffries

 

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EAST:
1. Muhammad Ali vs 5. Mike Tyson>>>>>Ali UD
2. Jack Johnson vs 6. Riddick Bowe>>>>>>Bowe UD

SOUTH:
1. Sam Langford vs 5. Rocky Marciano>>>>>>Marciano TKO
2. Evander Holyfield vs 3. Joe Frazier>>>>>Frazier UD/TKO

NORTH:
1. Harry Wills vs 5. Sonny Liston>>>>>Liston TKO
2. Larry Holmes vs 3. Lennox Lewis>>>>>Holmes UD

WEST:
1. Joe Louis vs 5. George Foreman>>>>>Louis TKO
2. Floyd Patterson vs 11. Jim Jeffries>>>>>Patterson UD

 

EAST:
1. Muhammad Ali vs 5. Mike Tyson...Ali by UD 15
2. Jack Johnson vs 6. Riddick Bowe...Johnson more active SD 15

SOUTH:
1. Sam Langford vs 5. Rocky Marciano...Marciano by KO in 10
2. Evander Holyfield vs 3. Joe Frazier Frazier by TKO in 8

NORTH:
1. Harry Wills vs 5. Sonny Liston...Liston wSD15
2. Larry Holmes vs 3. Lennox Lewis...Lewis get to him with the right hand and RSF 8

WEST:
1. Joe Louis vs 5. George Foreman...Louis by KO
2. Floyd Patterson vs 11. Jim Jeffries...Jeffries by SD, Patterson down a few times

 

We know one thing. Patterson has never been the full 15 rounds and won!. He could probably go the distance but who knows. Jeffries goes 15 rounds in his sleep.

We also know that Patterson faced some big hitters in his time, that are comparable in hitting power to Jeffries. Liston knocked him out twice in a round. Johansen also knocked him out, although Patterson was able to turn the tables on hims twice. Interesting to note though that Ingemar didnt really have the best chin though.

Perhaps Pattersons best argument is his performances against Bonavena. He did manage to sneak that one on points. 5 rounds to 4 and 6 rounds to 4 on the two cards that were anywhere close to the mark. Even if he were to handle Jeffries as well as he handled oscar, I dont think i would like to take a round or two lead into the last 5 rounds against the fighter with the greatest stamina in the world, Would you?

Patterson does look very good on film. But, you have to question his performance against World Class fighters. He was obliterated against Liston twice. He was obliterated once against Ingemar Johansen. He was stopped twice by Muhammed Ali. He was beaten and drawn with once by Jerry Quarry but he was knocked down by Quarry in both fights! He was quite well beaten by Jimmy Ellis. Though he was pre prime and lighter, he lost to the Supermiddleweight Joey Maxim (didnt exactly handle him as well as Jeffries handled Supermiddleweight all time great Bob Fitzsimmons).

Patersons best win was against light heavyweight great Archie Moore which was a great effort, but note that this was just one month after he squeaked a Split Decision againt Tommy Jackson. He had a decent win against Machen, but Machen is no Jeffries and his record after paterson was 3 wins from 10. Hard to really count that. I discussed Bonavena already. All in all, patterson must not look a good bet against an all time great in Jeffries. If you pick him, you must have a lot of faith in the Bonavena wins and the Johnansen wins.

Looking at Jeffries, it is actually not correct to say he never fought someone as quick as Patterson. Corbett may very well be the quickest fighter of all time. He was KOd! Fitz was probably as quick or close to as quick (and hit a lot harder) as Patterson also. He was also KOd. It is hard to judge work rate, because of lack of film. I would have thought that bob Armstrong was pretty quick and had a good workrate. Maybe as close to Patterson as Jeffries fought. Jeffries beat him quite easily.

All in all, i just cant see the argument for patterson in this one. Perhaps some patterson fans can make their points?

And by the way, while it is likely that Patterson is faster than Jeffries, Jeffries himself was very, very fast and there are actually no guarantees that Paterson will be the faster fighter.