Who is the biggest AND best guy you’d pick Floyd Patterson to beat?

Off the top of my head, he wipes the floor with Carnera, both Baers, and Willard.

 

not many as far as I understand it,

strength, height and power would send him into a defensive shell riding out, in caution & fear, the inevitable stoppage...

 

Because Mike Tyson had all time great ability, and Deontay Wilder didn't
is the simplest answer.
Patterson would have an above average chance of beating Wilder because
of his telegraphed jab, and right hand, it would give a very good
counter puncher like Patterson many opportunities to slip and counter
him.
Skill wise, Patterson was simply on a different, much higher level
than the overrated Wilder, and if Patterson's ability to take a
punch was better, I'd give him an excellent chance of beating
him.
I'd give no version of Patterson a reasonable chance of
beating prime Tyson.

 

You mean a guy in his 20's who had really light feet, a great right hand and still retained the reflexes to time his opponent with it? No, Marciano didn't lose to such a dude for the simple fact he never faced one.

 

I'm a little foggy on this history stuff, but remind me of the undefeated #1 contenders that Spinks and Braddock brutally KO'd in a matter of seconds.

 

Layne, any day, every day, twice on Sunday.

A Walcott who was fighting the final rounds of a 23 year career? Absolutely.

Moore? Well, Ingo KO'd Patterson and Patterson KO'd Moore, so you do the math.

Charles, probably that version that Marciano had to face who was becoming a .500 fighter.

Does that help?

 

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The Baer brothers would be dangerous fights for him

 

Don't trust this entirely plausible sounding post!