Not really who do you think has the better resume or accomplished more... but 1. Who do you think would do better against most HW that ever lived. 2. If they fought prime for prime... Stylistically, which one was more made to order for the other if at all?
1.I think I would go for Walcott to do better against modern heavyweights,say from the 40's onwards[that's modern to old-timers like me.] 2.I would give Walcott a slight edge head to head ,though Patterson was more consistant.
I don't rate either at HW, I rank them as CW fighters. Walcott is the better fighter for me once he had become a full time fighter anyways. H2H I favour Walcott but Patterson had real power and showboating could leave himself open to needless punishment.
It is debatable who was greater, but Walcott would do better head to head overall. Walcott's defence makes him a live underdog against anybody, but Patterson would hit a brick wall against some kinds of fighters.
I don't think there's any reasonable argument for Patterson beating Baer but I could imagine Walcott pulling the trick
That is the sort of thing that I mean. Patterson might have done a better job against a realistic heavyweight field, but if you start matching them against the standouts from different eras, you would want your money on the guy who doesn’t meet them head on.
Both men are underrated. I think that JJW would do better against other hwts and I would pick jjw to beat Floyd hth.
I was always a big fan of Floyd Patterson but I could not imagine him standing up to Marciano for almost 13 rounds as Walcott did. Floyd was about Walcott's size and a harder puncher than Walcott but he didn't have Walcott's ability to avoid shots. Lots of people don't know this about Floyd. He had one leg shorter than the other and he really didn't move that well. He actually had a better chin than most give him credit for but he often got hit clean and suffered a lot of flash knock downs. He was stopped but never counted 10 over.
Both great fighter s in there own way. But Walcott had a bit of magic about him. Ahead of his time and a intelligent fighter.
