What If Floyd Patterson Had Fought At Light-Heavyweight Instead Of Heavyweight?

[Benncollinsaad]

Patterson was unpopular because he never smiled. He was too seclusive and seemed little friendly. But I watched a program about Johansson and they say he and Patterson became good friends after their fights.

[TheGreatA]

Patterson was unpopular because he never smiled. He was too seclusive and seemed little friendly. But I watched a program about Johansson and they say he and Patterson became good friends after their fights.

He was very popular, actually. But his abilities were never truly regarded very highly, because of his supposed china chin and his ducking of Machen, Folley, Williams and Liston while reigning as the champion.

I think he redeemed himself somewhat after his reign by beating Machen, Chuvalo, Bonavena, Cooper, losing disputed decisions to Ellis and Quarry and having two courageous performances against Ali.

[Davros?]

He was very popular, actually. But his abilities were never truly regarded very highly, because of his supposed china chin and his ducking of Machen, Folley, Williams and Liston while reigning as the champion.

I think he redeemed himself somewhat after his reign by beating Machen, Chuvalo, Bonavena, Cooper, losing disputed decisions to Ellis and Quarry and having two courageous performances against Ali.

Yeah Patterson was at the time a very popular fighter, I remember Howard Cosell saying during the second Ali fight that Patterson had been one of the most popular sportsmen in American in recent years.

[Benncollinsaad]

He was very popular, actually. But his abilities were never truly regarded very highly, because of his supposed china chin and his ducking of Machen, Folley, Williams and Liston while reigning as the champion.

I think he redeemed himself somewhat after his reign by beating Machen, Chuvalo, Bonavena, Cooper, losing disputed decisions to Ellis and Quarry and having two courageous performances against Ali.

I dunno, I remember reading about the first fight with Johansson and how Ingemar was much more popular and had a more charismatic appearance. He cut a record and starred in a movie.

[Caesar]

thank your for the vids and the informations

[StarshipTrooper]

I dunno, I remember reading about the first fight with Johansson and how Ingemar was much more popular and had a more charismatic appearance. He cut a record and starred in a movie.

Maybe in Sweden, but not in America where it counts.

Poet

[Benncollinsaad]

Maybe in Sweden, but not in America where it counts.

Poet

That movie he starred in was American, in fact.

[GJC]

He was very popular, actually. But his abilities were never truly regarded very highly, because of his supposed china chin and his ducking of Machen, Folley, Williams and Liston while reigning as the champion.

I think he redeemed himself somewhat after his reign by beating Machen, Chuvalo, Bonavena, Cooper, losing disputed decisions to Ellis and Quarry and having two courageous performances against Ali.

Hmmm to a point.
Being a fossil I was around in that era and he did suffer a little following Marciano who was a very popular champion, I think the Johansson fights began to warm the public to him.

That said he was a lot more popular than Liston and pre ban Ali as memory serves.
The ducking was a big issue, the Rademacher match up was a disgrace.
To my mind he redeemed himself with his corageous showings against Ali, Ali did himself little favours with his conduct against Patterson.

[TheGreatA]

I dunno, I remember reading about the first fight with Johansson and how Ingemar was much more popular and had a more charismatic appearance. He cut a record and starred in a movie.

He actually became more popular when his title reign ended. During the 1960's and 1970's the crowd would go wild for every one of his landed punches and even misses.

[Benncollinsaad]

But you gotta admit Liston destroyed him. First round KO in both matches. I think that's a unique case in boxing history.