Jimmy Ellis vs. Floyd Patterson - Revision history

Artur128 at 13:53, 8 July 2025

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Artur128 at 13:52, 8 July 2025

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Artur128 at 13:40, 8 July 2025

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 ==Notes==
 *Contract signed on July 4.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126587182/]
 *Ellis was a 2½ to 1 favorite.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*~~Bout official~~ on July 4.		*Contract signed on July 4.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126587182/]
	*Ellis was a 2½ to 1 favorite.		*Ellis was a 2½ to 1 favorite.
	*The fight was shown on color television in Sweden, which was a rare event.		*The fight was shown on color television in Sweden, which was a rare event.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
			*Bout official on July 4.
	*Ellis was a 2½ to 1 favorite.		*Ellis was a 2½ to 1 favorite.
	*The fight was shown on color television in Sweden, which was a rare event.		*The fight was shown on color television in Sweden, which was a rare event.

Boxsoup at 06:40, 23 March 2016

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	[[~~file~~:~~F20872Pr~~.~~jpeg~~\|right\|~~300px~~\|thumb\|~~programme~~]]		[[File:Ellis-Patterson 107706612.jpg\|right\|425px\|thumb\|Patterson (left) and Ellis exchange punches.]]
	<fight>20872</fight>		<fight>20872</fight>
	*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 7-4-4 Patterson		*'''Promoter:''' [[Edwin Ahlqvist]]
	*'''Unofficial ''New York Times'' scorecard:''' 7-6-2 Ellis
	*'''UPI poll of 8 sportswriters at ringside:''' 6 scored for Patterson and 2 for Ellis
	*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Heavyweight Title''' (1st defense by Ellis)
	*'''Promoter:''' [[Edwin Ahlqvist]] ~~(this was his 109th boxing show and first World Title bout)~~
	*'''Announcer:''' [[Bengt Grive]]		*'''Announcer:''' [[Bengt Grive]]
	*'''Ring Doctor:''' [[Per Stromback]]		*'''Ring Doctor:''' [[Per Stromback]]
	*'''Round Card Girl:''' Thelma Thenstrom		*'''Round Card Girl:''' Thelma Thenstrom
	*'''~~Attendance:~~''' ~~18,792~~		*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Heavyweight Title''' (1st defense by Ellis)
	*~~'''Purses~~:~~''' Ellis--40% guarantee (650,000 krona), Patterson--20% guarantee (325,000 krona)~~		*[[:File:F20872Pr.jpeg\|Program Cover]]
	*~~'''Odds:'''~~ Ellis was a 2½-1 favorite
	*~~Shown~~ on color television in Sweden (a rare event)		==Notes==
	*Introduced in the ring prior to the ~~bout~~ were [[Harry Persson]], [[Lennart Risberg]] and [[Olle Tandberg]]		*Ellis was a 2½ to 1 favorite.
			*The fight was shown on color television in Sweden, which was a rare event.
			*[[ABC (American Broadcasting Company)\|ABC]] televised the fight in the United States.
			*Introduced in the ring prior to the fight were [[Harry Persson]], [[Lennart Risberg]] and [[Olle Tandberg]].
			*This was the 109th boxing show and first world title fight for promoter Edwin Ahlqvist.
			*Ellis was guaranteed $125,000 or 40 percent of the revenue, whichever was higher. Patterson received 20 percent of the revenue.
			*The fight was expected to pull in a total of $400,000.
			*According to the Associated Press, there was a crowd of about 30,000.
			*The fight was held outdoors on a 50-degree night.
			*Ellis suffered a broken nose in the first round, and he was cut over his right eye in the fourth.
			*Referee Harold Valan, who was the sole judge, scored nine rounds for Ellis and six rounds for Patterson. He gave Ellis the first, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth, eleventh, twelfth and fifteenth. Patterson was awarded the second, fourth, eighth, tenth, thirteenth and fourteenth. "Ellis landed the most punches," Valan said, "and you have to score for the man who lands the punches."
			*The crowd booed the decision and chanted Patterson's name.
			*The New York Times scored the fight 7-6-2 for Ellis, and the Associated Press had it 7-4-4 in favor of Patterson. In a poll of eight ringside sportswriters by United Press International, six scored the fight for Patterson and two for Ellis.

	~~<small>Source~~: [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 80]], pp. 23-30~~</small>~~		==Sources==
			*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1774&dat=19680915&id=0DsgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AGYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4968,3542283&hl=en "Battered Ellis Keeps Title" Associated Press, September 15, 1968]
			*[http://www.si.com/vault/1968/09/23/617521/hashup-and-hashish-in-sweden "Hashup And Hashish In Sweden" by Mark Kram, Sports Illustrated, September 23, 1968]
			*[[IBRO Journal Issue No. 80\|"When 'Our' Floyd Lost To Ellis" by B. Ljungberg, IBRO Journal Issue, No. 80, pp. 23-30]]

4champs at 22:37, 3 May 2014

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	*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 7-4-4 Patterson		*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 7-4-4 Patterson
	*'''Unofficial ''New York Times'' scorecard:''' 7-6-2 Ellis		*'''Unofficial ''New York Times'' scorecard:''' 7-6-2 Ellis
	*~~The~~ UPI ~~polled~~ 8 sportswriters at ringside ~~with~~ 6 ~~scoring~~ for Patterson and 2 ~~agreeing with referee Valan~~ for Ellis.		*'''UPI poll of 8 sportswriters at ringside:''' 6 scored for Patterson and 2 for Ellis
	*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Heavyweight Title''' (1st defense by Ellis)		*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Heavyweight Title''' (1st defense by Ellis)
	*'''Promoter:''' [[Edwin Ahlqvist]] (this was his 109th boxing show and first World Title bout)		*'''Promoter:''' [[Edwin Ahlqvist]] (this was his 109th boxing show and first World Title bout)
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	*'''Odds:''' Ellis was a 2½-1 favorite		*'''Odds:''' Ellis was a 2½-1 favorite
	*Shown on color television in Sweden (a rare event)		*Shown on color television in Sweden (a rare event)
	*Introduced in the ring prior to the bout were [[Harry Persson]], [[Lennart Risberg]], and [[Olle Tandberg]]		*Introduced in the ring prior to the bout were [[Harry Persson]], [[Lennart Risberg]] and [[Olle Tandberg]]

	<small>Source: [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 80]], pp. 23-30</small>		<small>Source: [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 80]], pp. 23-30</small>

Flatnose at 19:30, 18 August 2013

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	*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 7-4-4 Patterson		*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 7-4-4 Patterson
	*'''Unofficial ''New York Times'' scorecard:''' 7-6-2 Ellis		*'''Unofficial ''New York Times'' scorecard:''' 7-6-2 Ellis
			*The UPI polled 8 sportswriters at ringside with 6 scoring for Patterson and 2 agreeing with referee Valan for Ellis.
	*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Heavyweight Title''' (1st defense by Ellis)		*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Heavyweight Title''' (1st defense by Ellis)
	*'''Promoter:''' [[Edwin Ahlqvist]] (this was his 109th boxing show and first World Title bout)		*'''Promoter:''' [[Edwin Ahlqvist]] (this was his 109th boxing show and first World Title bout)

4champs at 04:25, 7 July 2013

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	<fight>20872</fight>		<fight>20872</fight>
	*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Heavyweight Title''' (1st ~~defending of~~ Ellis)~~<br>~~		*'''Unofficial AP scorecard:''' 7-4-4 Patterson
	*'''Weights:''' Ellis 198 lbs, Patterson 188 lbs<br>		*'''Unofficial ''New York Times'' scorecard:''' 7-6-2 Ellis
	*'''Promoter:''' [[Edwin Ahlqvist]] (this was his 109th boxing show; first World Title bout)~~<br>~~		*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Heavyweight Title''' (1st defense by Ellis)
	*'''Announcer:''' [[Bengt Grive]]~~<br>~~		*'''Promoter:''' [[Edwin Ahlqvist]] (this was his 109th boxing show and first World Title bout)
	*Attendance: 18,792~~<br>~~		*'''Announcer:''' [[Bengt Grive]]
	*~~Purse~~: Ellis--40% guarantee (650,000 krona)~~<br>~~		*'''Ring Doctor:''' [[Per Stromback]]
	*Shown on color television in Sweden (a rare event)~~<br>~~		*'''Round Card Girl:''' Thelma Thenstrom
	*Round Card Girl: Thelma Thenstrom<br>		*'''Attendance:''' 18,792
	*Introduced in the ring prior to the bout were [[Harry Persson]], [[Lennart Risberg]], and [[Olle Tandberg~~]]<br>~~		*'''Purses:''' Ellis--40% guarantee (650,000 krona), Patterson--20% guarantee (325,000 krona)
	*Ring Doctor: [[Per Stromback]]		*'''Odds:''' Ellis was a 2½-1 favorite
			*Shown on color television in Sweden (a rare event)
			*Introduced in the ring prior to the bout were [[Harry Persson]], [[Lennart Risberg]], and [[Olle Tandberg]]

	<small>Source: [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 80]], pp. 23-30</small>		<small>Source: [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 80]], pp. 23-30</small>

	*Unofficial AP scorecard: 7-4-4 Patterson
	*The New York Times scorecard: 7-6-2 Ellis

Earl at 04:38, 17 July 2012

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	<small>Source: [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 80]], pp. 23-30</small>		<small>Source: [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 80]], pp. 23-30</small>

	*Unofficial AP scorecard - 7-4-4 Patterson		*Unofficial AP scorecard: 7-4-4 Patterson
			*The New York Times scorecard: 7-6-2 Ellis