Floyd Patterson- a lot better than he gets credit for!

[Master]

Oh my god I am agreeing with Bill.

[Beanflicker]

I'm not disagreeing with you, I just don't really know much about Floyd Patterson being protected. Who did he duck from the time?

I know the Rademacher thing (which is a really cool part of boxing history to me), Pete ran his mouth and built up so much hype that he talked himself into the fight. I don't think it was Cus' or Floyd's idea.

[Master]

I'm not disagreeing with you, I just don't really know much about Floyd Patterson being protected. Who did he duck from the time?

I know the Rademacher thing (which is a really cool part of boxing history to me), Pete ran his mouth and built up so much hype that he talked himself into the fight. I don't think it was Cus' or Floyd's idea.

So he did a Briggs/Haye then. Bet Cus loved it.

[Beanflicker]

Yeah before there was Loma fast tracking to a world title, there was Pete fighting Patterson and Folley in his first two fights. He's still alive too I think.

[Bill Paxtom]

Oh my god I am agreeing with Bill.

After defeating Archie Moore {November 30, 1956}

* July 7, 1957 ........ Tommy Jackson
* August 22, 1957 .. Pete Rademacher
* August 18, 1958 .. Roy Harris
* May 1, 1959 ........ Brian London

No matter how you slice it, nobody could conjure up a more
undeserving 'Group of 4' as the their first 4 Title Defenses.

Replace them with a better Group >
* Nino Valdes
* Archie Moore 'II'
* Harold Johnson
* Mike DeJohn