What if Patterson beat Liston?

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Let's say Patterson successfully defended against Liston. Would Ali have fought HIM for the Heavyweight title?
     
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  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    More likely than not yes. Unless someone stepped in sometime between 1962 and 1964, and managed to pull off an upset.
     
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  3. Senor Pepe'

    Senor Pepe' Boxing Junkie banned

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    If Floyd Patterson defeated Sonny Liston in September 1962.

    We would have definitely seen a Floyd vs. INGO IV bout in early-Summer 1963.

    INGO was still the 'big money man'.

    Probably a bout in Stockholm, Sweden with about 80,000 turning out for the event.
     
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  4. Johnstown

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    hard to imagine a alternate universe where floyd beats liston...
     
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  5. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    What if Patterson had the chin of Vitali, the power of Wlad, the stamina of Salvador Sanchez, the defence of Whitaker, the offence of Hagler, the skills of Duran?

    He didn't so he got beaten, the end.

    Ali would have fought him btw, I'm sure about it.
     
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  6. blagovech

    blagovech esbs #1 pedo Full Member

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    dont matter ali would have tapped that ass anyway
     
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  7. Unforgiven

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    Patterson loses his next defence against Carlos Ortiz.
     
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