Floyd Patterson vs. Tom Mcneeley 10 KNOCKDOWNS

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"Hurricane" Peter McNeeley's Pop was one tough, TOUGH bastard.

Gets up from 10 knockdowns and even rocks Patterson pretty bad at one point.

I'd read that Peter's Dad fought Floyd Patterson, but just seein it on boxrec is a world of difference between actually seeing the superhuman effort he put forth. Absolute warrior ! And quite the headbutter....

The difference between then and now.

He'd have been lucky if the ref let him carry on after the second or third knockdown let alone ten.

When he was clearly able to continue after the third.



P.s. Pete McNeeley buckled anytime he met a decent puncher. All of his 7 losses were KOs and 5 of them before the end of the 3rd round.

[Saddo]

looks like he shared the ring with 2 world champs that night

I never realized that jersey joe walcott had been a ref before the Ali Liston fight for some strange reason I always thought the phantom punch fight was the only one he done.... not sure if i read that somewhere or because of the his ineptness in that fight just led me to think that.

turns out he had reffed quite a few before and then didn't ref another one after that till the 1978 (13 years after the liston fiasco)

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looks like he shared the ring with 2 world champs that night

I never realized that jersey joe walcott had been a ref before the Ali Liston fight for some strange reason I always thought the phantom punch fight was the only one he done.... not sure if i read that somewhere or because of the his ineptness in that fight just led me to think that.

turns out he had reffed quite a few before and then didn't ref another one after that till the 1978 (13 years after the liston fiasco)

Dude, now that you mention it, I thought the exact same thing.

Like they hired him for that fight as a novelty or something lol.

[Master]

looks like he shared the ring with 2 world champs that night

I never realized that jersey joe walcott had been a ref before the Ali Liston fight for some strange reason I always thought the phantom punch fight was the only one he done.... not sure if i read that somewhere or because of the his ineptness in that fight just led me to think that.

turns out he had reffed quite a few before and then didn't ref another one after that till the 1978 (13 years after the liston fiasco)

Someone allowed him back into the ring!!!

[brocktonblockbust]

[Master]

How do you think Jersey Joe Walcott would have done against Sonny Liston?

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How do you think Jersey Joe Walcott would have done against Sonny Liston?

JJW would stop him.

I don't rate Liston, Ali saw it, he was beatable.

Like Foreman, I think people were beaten before they got in the ring with Liston.

When you get down to it, he wasn't great.

[Master]

How do you think Jersey Joe Walcott would have done against Sonny Liston?

JJW would stop him.

I don't rate Liston, Ali saw it, he was beatable.

Like Foreman, I think people were beaten before they got in the ring with Liston.

When you get down to it, he wasn't great.

That is harsh on Liston. Sonny was the dawn of the 200lb plus heavyweight and was a monster at the time. Jersey was very skilled but would have been small so think Sonny would have won with his ram rod jab alone. Ali was a tough man and is unique.