Tracy Harris Patterson
Posted: 05 Jul 2005, 13:14
Tracy Harris Patterson was a compelling fighter, a solid punching slugger with a patient, old school temperament. With Gatti's recent demolition, I was reminded how Tracy Harris went from one prime blood & guts warrior to the next.
After winning the WBC s.bantam belt from Thierry Jacob, he had a hard fought draw with Daniel Zaragoza. In a rematch - the best performance of his career - Tracy busted him up to perfection & stopped him with a hideous cut.
Years later, as IBF s. feather champ, the squat slugger went at it vs a young Gatti. After his customery slow start (including an early knockdown), it developed into back-and-forth warfare.
What's interesting, in context of Gatti's body of work, is that it was a classy fight. it was controlled fury. Patterson almost handed Gatti's head to him late, but lost a decision that could've gone either way. He lost the rematch badly, and was far too small for 130, though.
any T Patterson fans out there?
what does he do these days?
After winning the WBC s.bantam belt from Thierry Jacob, he had a hard fought draw with Daniel Zaragoza. In a rematch - the best performance of his career - Tracy busted him up to perfection & stopped him with a hideous cut.
Years later, as IBF s. feather champ, the squat slugger went at it vs a young Gatti. After his customery slow start (including an early knockdown), it developed into back-and-forth warfare.
What's interesting, in context of Gatti's body of work, is that it was a classy fight. it was controlled fury. Patterson almost handed Gatti's head to him late, but lost a decision that could've gone either way. He lost the rematch badly, and was far too small for 130, though.
any T Patterson fans out there?
what does he do these days?