Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
Floyd was the second, or maybe third, worst hW champ of all time, ahead of only Johannsson for sure. Maybe he was better than Marvin Hart (lost to Burns), but I don't know much about him.

After Marciano retired in 1955, Patterson fought in a World Heavyweight Title eliminator against Tommy Jackson, after winning that fight by a SD, Patterson knocked out Archie Moore in the 5th round to win Marciano's vacated World Heavyweight Title in 1956. Patterson was far from great as a HW champion, but I wouldn't call him one of the worst, I give him credit for persevering and being persistent.
As for Patterson's 2 fights with both Liston and Ali, he basically just got bitch slapped by both bigger, stronger, and in Ali's case, more talented men.

In re: the 2 Liston vs. Ali fights, the first fight was legit, in the 2nd fight, it was either a mob fix, or Liston just decided to quit, the punch Ali hit Liston with to stop the 2nd fight, couldn't have crushed a grape.

Ali vs. Liston II - full fight: