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Here's my take
Terrell didn't usually box tall, but leaned forward into his own version of a peak-a-boo guard. I do not see Ernie's height and reach posing any kind of issues for Floyd, based upon his half dozen decisive wins over other tall opponents. Patterson's low crouch and peek a boo guard would make it difficult for Ernie to grapple with him inside. Floyd would station himself in a cozy shelter under the rain and plug away with hooks and uppercuts to the body. On the outside, Patterson's lateral movement would prevent Terrell from getting set. When Ernie did ship out his jab, Floyd would slip it, duck underneath, then get back to work inside.

Patterson had too much speed, smarts, skills, mobility, coordination, resourcefulness, ruggedness, and resilience for Ernie to stop him. In this one, the gangling Terrell would have the size disadvantage. A bout with Thad Spencer proved that Floyd was powerful enough to also drop Ernie on his face early. Terrell had a habit of running out of gas in late rounds, so Floyd would definitely take control whether or not Ernie was winning at the time on his way to a K.O. of some sort or unanimous. Patterson had one of the weakest chins in boxing history, but a brutal left hook and Terrell had a habit of getting in punch exchanges, an exchange of knockdowns would be no shock, with a likelier chance of a decision win.

The Floyd Patterson 1960 version would win a decision or late round stoppage. If they met in 1964, I would go for Tyrrell.

Not a fight I would have thought of, but interesting.
I think it would have been competitive. I would lean towards Patterson. Terrell did improve a lot by the mid-1960s but Patterson was just a little too good. I think he could get inside of Terrell's unorthodox jab. Also think the 1964 version of Patterson was almost as good as he was in 1960. He had one of his best fights when he beat Machen in 1964, and in 1965 he won a great fight with Chuvalo; so he still had a lot left. So if they fought in 1964, I think Patterson wins barely.

Oh Boy....we got ourselves a tall order for Patterson here.

He'll be reachin' for the stars. Now it's fair to say in my opinion that Terrell just might be seein' stars.


But it's that height thing.....it's a hot topic, so you gotta stop drop and roll.....and then consider.....Terrell is nearly if not almost Basketball height.

And we know how that turns out for boxers.