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what if he had to fight...

Zora Folley
Nino Valdez
Eddie Machen
Cleveland Williams

What if he didnt fight Sonny Liston..how much longer would he have held the title?

i think Patterson beats all four. Folley with his ring smarts would give him the most trouble of the four but would stilll lose.

he beats all four i agree... and i dunno thats kinda hard to say because sonny was the top contender..depends who he defends it against really.

I think Foley beats him. Williams has a very good punchers chance with Floyd. I'd be harder pressed to call that one but I lean Williams at his best.

Id bet on Floyd on the other two.

first off patterson DID fight eddie machen and gave machen a boxing lesson for 12 rounds and i believed knocked machen down during the bout.

so count machen out


i think floyd outboxes and mayybe even knocks out zora folley. folley had a questionable chin.

floyd outboxed nino IMO

i think williams-patterson would be interesting and williams has the power to take patterson out. ill lean toward patterson but its a toss up