Saturday, August 13, 2011
Who wins Prime vs Prime Floyd Paterson vs Jersey Joe Walcott?
When Jersey Joe Walcott was truly at his best, he nearly and should have beaten Joe Louis. Then he surprised the boxing world by beating Ezzard Charles by 7th round kayo and then defended against Charles. He was a very tricky and clever boxer and a hard puncher too. He had some of the most clever ring movements which were known as the Walcott Shuffle. Floyd Patterson was a very fast handed heavyweight with surprising power especially with his left hook. He is the first man to win the heavyweight title twice when he regained the title he had lost from Ingemar Johansson. I believe the biggest difference in this fight would be chins. Don't get me wrong here as Patterson usually did get up from his knockdowns and often won those fights too so he wasn't lacking for having a Champions heart. I just believe that Walcott was a more talented overall fighter than Patterson and more of natural heavyweight. I believe the fight would be close with Patterson landing some fast combos but falling for the Walcott Shuffle and getting knocked down once or twice. Walcott would land the better punches throughout and take the unanimous decision.
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