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I'm seeing stats that patterson was knocked down anywhere from 16 to 22 times during his career, they always said he held the record for a HW champion being knocked down (Patterson optimistically used to say "if I held the record for going down, i held the one for getting back up too") I'm seeing some say that ezzard charles was put down 30 times but i always heard floyd held that record. Floyd was very protected as champion too, I can't really see a case against Marciano, he wasn't any of the things that someone would need to beat Marciano aside from a very clever boxer. He wasn't big (some say he could have been a middleweight) he could punch really good but Rocky could take a good shot, he wasn't especially courageous, like I said, kind of a headcase. Character wins many fights and it would win this one.