The flush right hand Johansson landed on Patterson in Round 2 of fight II

It doesn't land clean.

Notice Patterson weaves his head away and then back to the left. The punch look to connect. It hits, but it's not a clean shot. Patterson pulls back before getting hit. That takes some of the power away, but he's also slipping to the left. So it's somewhat of a glancing shot.

Patterson seems completely fine afterwords (As if he wasn't even hit).

Patterson's problem was just as much about his tendency to freeze up when getting tagged than his "poor" chin, though.

 

I love the Patterson-Johansson trilogy..what great fun..almost a guilty pleasure.

 

Got to give them credit, both fought there heart out

 

There sure was lots of drama in those three fights. I remember listening to them on the radio as a youngster and how exciting those broadcasts were. It was a thrill to listen as Floyd Patterson became the first fighter to win back the heavyweight championship after losing it in such a devastating fashion the year before.

 

What was his training schedule like in that time and where did he set up at? Did he have a cabin out in the tundra?

 

D'Amato ,and Floyd were complacent before the first fight ,I think they saw Ingo as an easy defence .Floyd trained like a maniac for the return ,and in the year between fights put on 8 lbs of solid muscle.

 

Patterson himself wrote extensively about his training for that second fight...the psychological effect that devastating loss had on him...the humiliation of it all, and how traumatized he was about it. He would see Ingo on tv with celebrities, basking in the glow of being a glamorous champion and it motivated him to be "vicsous" for the first time in his life. He isolated himself like a monk..a spartan and probably upped his game significantly the most he ever had in his career.