Ring Rating had some pretty bad dudes listed @ LHW.
Archie Moore 5'11 tall @ this time:145-19-8 (handn't loss since 1951 20 fights 12 ko/tko)
Floyd Patterson 6'0 tall @ this time was 27-1 (controversial loss to famed Maxim)
Joey Maxim 6'1 tall @ this time 79-21 (1st to defeat Floyd who was 13-0 )
Willie Pastrano 5'10 tall33-3-3 (2 losses in 28 fights during a 4 year run-roughly that..)
Randy Turpin 5'9 tall 52-4-1 (won British Common wealth LHW champ- fought mostly at MW beating Ray Robinson who was 128-1-2 at the time)
Steve Adonison 26-0-1
Kovalev 27-0
Bernard Hopkins 55-7-1
Jean Pascal 29-3-1
Juergen Braehmer 46-2
Moore would've soundly beatan Bika-better than Ward did. So no problems with Moore defeating Adonison.
Pascal has a good chin- but the 130 plus knockouts of Archie would've included Pasal, Braehmer. Moore vs Hopkins would've been a great tactical match. & Patterson may have outhustled Hopkins-
since Hop doesnt like to throw many punches.
If Kovalev catches Patterson he stops him (if its flush) Paterson outboxes Pascal & Adonison. And if Randy Turpin outboxed Ray Robinson- then he does it against Adonison, -add on Chad Dawson, Tavaris Cloud, Ismayl Silkakh, Nathan Cleverly and (may have) outboxed Hop like RJJ did.
Today's LHW's are pretty good. But 1955 had fighters who were damn good at MW as well as LHW and a few went to HW ala Moore & the youngest unified HW champ aka Floyd Patterson.
Willie Pastrano vs Kovalev or Pascal would've been fire works, not sure who wins.
For the fight fans under age 30 -check out these dudes. youtube them. Most stood at 5'11 to 6'1 same as todays LHW's. And were just as strong.
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