Floyd was a great man plagued by mental problems which left him with constant feelings of insufficiencey and depression.

He was a great fighter, incredibly skillful and for his size he packed a punch. Furthermore it was easily recognisable that he used his size to his advantage when in there with the heavyweights. he was so much faster than the guys he fought and really exploited guys lack of speed. The fights with Johanson were great and the only guys to really paste him outside of that series were Ali and Liston.

Liston because of the size differential easily dominated Patterson, Ali because he was bigger and of a greater size really put a hurting on the ever-game Patterson.