The Liston jab would have sliced Rocky even at his peak.
Rocky was interested in fighting Johansson when he knocked out Patterson but he tried to train and felt he did not have it in him to win the title.
If he could not return to beat Ignemar then he would certainly not have beaten Floyd Patterson.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
In 1956 he would have smashed Patterson
In 1959, he was too old (35)
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