markdellas
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I am creating a documentary entitled "Greatness" about the life of Floyd Patterson. I am trying to find out if there is buzz to be made.
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yes! we need more documentaries about some forgotten greats! I would love to watch one about Jersey Joe Walcott but nothing out there.
He had a nice jumping left hook. The disguises thing was weird though.
There's this piece about the Walcott and Louis fights.
I've wondered why Patterson is so seemingly forgotten and is never included on anyone's list of "great" fighters. He certainly had some amazing accomplishments, the youngest heavyweight champ,first heavyweight to regain the title. Add on to that he was very popular in certain quarters of the country. I remember reading in a Howard Cosell book that Patterson was one of the most popular champions of all time. I really scratched my head after seeing that but I've heard from others it was true. He also fought the cream of the division for the better part of two decades. No one remembers the Chuvalo fight, the fights against guys like Jimmy Ellis and Quarry. Ali also has said that Patterson was the best technical boxer he ever fought. I guess what we can put it down to is just the changing of times, Ali came along and revolutionized what it meant to be a star heavyweight champion and a black athlete. Conforming, conservative types like Floyd were just a part of history then. Floyd probably would have been an all time great had he fought as a middleweight/lightheavyweight. He had the fastest hands in the heavyweight division and great power for his size. If I were you, a docu on him would be centered along a "why isn't he remembered" line than anything else.
Just saying, I've mentioned Tyson unified the titles at a younger age than anyone as an indicator of his greatness and people laughed.
Jerry Quarry and Jimmy Ellis would be forgotten if they fought in any other era aside from the Ali era.
This thread is a testament to Floyd's greatness