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Floyd was humble guy down to earth,i watched some Docs about him,his friendship with Ingemar Johansson.
but how you rate him as a champion,he had short decent run with belt,2 monsters of HW ended his championship dreams,Liston and Ali.Ali hated Patterson and punished him badly in theyr fight,i think that Floyd lost confidance and drive to win that night.
His HoFer ofc but we have high standards ,for Garcia or Canelo but Imo Patterson resume is not far batter.
but lets talk about his legacy as a champion.
He fought in defens of his title with debuting Pete Rademacher,which is historical event and never happend again.
he bringed something new to the game,he was fast handed Champion with new style ,trained by Cus D'Amato ofc.
he became the youngest boxer in history to win the title, and was also the first heavyweight to regain the title after losing it.(in that time)
he was tough man and good guy .(not a legacy ofc,just my impression)
he was olympic golden medalist in MW.
FOTY from 1965 not as a champion doe.
His title regin was not impressive ,i feel like he was like Rocky he just had good moment to capture the title,and he hold it till better fighters apeard(Liston,Ali)
How do you rank him among HW champs?
i like Floyds quote on boxing : "It's like being in love with a woman. She can be unfaithful, she can be mean, she can be cruel, but it doesn't matter. If you love her, you want her, even though she can do you all kinds of harm. It's the same with me and boxing. It can do me all kinds of harm but I love it."
or "They said I was the fighter who got knocked down the most, but I also got up the most." it shows his toughness and force of will,i admired Floyd for fighting to the end ,he was true champion but not great one.i peronaly rank him among likes of Spinks,Norton and Frazier ,good champs but not special .
This man could be SPECIAL LHW,could be.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSffsqDnOxs Floyd Doc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg2dopDFUHM title fight with Moore
but how you rate him as a champion,he had short decent run with belt,2 monsters of HW ended his championship dreams,Liston and Ali.Ali hated Patterson and punished him badly in theyr fight,i think that Floyd lost confidance and drive to win that night.
His HoFer ofc but we have high standards ,for Garcia or Canelo but Imo Patterson resume is not far batter.
but lets talk about his legacy as a champion.
He fought in defens of his title with debuting Pete Rademacher,which is historical event and never happend again.
he bringed something new to the game,he was fast handed Champion with new style ,trained by Cus D'Amato ofc.
he became the youngest boxer in history to win the title, and was also the first heavyweight to regain the title after losing it.(in that time)
he was tough man and good guy .(not a legacy ofc,just my impression)
he was olympic golden medalist in MW.
FOTY from 1965 not as a champion doe.
His title regin was not impressive ,i feel like he was like Rocky he just had good moment to capture the title,and he hold it till better fighters apeard(Liston,Ali)
How do you rank him among HW champs?
i like Floyds quote on boxing : "It's like being in love with a woman. She can be unfaithful, she can be mean, she can be cruel, but it doesn't matter. If you love her, you want her, even though she can do you all kinds of harm. It's the same with me and boxing. It can do me all kinds of harm but I love it."
or "They said I was the fighter who got knocked down the most, but I also got up the most." it shows his toughness and force of will,i admired Floyd for fighting to the end ,he was true champion but not great one.i peronaly rank him among likes of Spinks,Norton and Frazier ,good champs but not special .
This man could be SPECIAL LHW,could be.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSffsqDnOxs Floyd Doc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg2dopDFUHM title fight with Moore
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