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Alvin Williams vs Floyd Patterson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Alvin Williams

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Floyd Patterson

Alvin Williams (1-11 across 12 tracked bouts) and Floyd Patterson (55-8-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Williams

Tracked record

1–11

counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Patterson

55

Wins40 KO · 73%

8

Losses

1

Draw64 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Patterson leads 3–0

Alvin Williams and Floyd Patterson have met 3 times; Patterson leads 3–0.

Alvin Williams and Floyd Patterson have met 3 times; Patterson leads 3–0.
Met1954Apr 191955Sep 81956Apr 10Series
Alvin WilliamsFighter ALLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
Floyd PattersonFighter BWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
ResultUDTKOR8KOR33Meetings

The Numbers

Williams 2 · Patterson 5 of 7 measurable rows
WilliamsPatterson
Record†
1-1155-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
8.3%
86.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 40
1
40 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
73%
Times stopped‡max 5
3 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.2
1.3
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
12
64

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Reachnot held
Alvin Williams: No reach on file
Floyd Patterson: 71″
Agenot held
Alvin Williams: No date of birth
Floyd Patterson: Died aged 71
Stance
Alvin Williams: Not recorded
Floyd Patterson: Orthodox

Alvin Williams left, Floyd Patterson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Alvin Williams1 win · from 12 tracked bouts

Alvin Williams: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Floyd Patterson55 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Floyd Patterson: 55 tracked wins — 40 by KO/TKO (73%) and 15 on the cards (27%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

40 by KO/TKO 73%15 on the cards 27%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Alvin Williams 12, Floyd Patterson 64 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Patterson better on 2

Williams

Opponent

Patterson

  • Alvin Williams

    Loss, UD

    1956

    HarrisPatterson better

    Floyd Patterson

    Win, RTD 12

    1958

  • Alvin Williams

    Loss, UD

    1956

    DurellePatterson better

    Floyd Patterson

    2–0 against

    Win, RTD 5

    1955

    Win, UD

    1954

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Alvin Williams last boxed on Jul 7, 1959 — 24,576 days ago. Williams had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Turman Jan 1958Zuany Apr 1959Besmanoff May 1959Zuany May 1959Folley Jul 19591.3 tracked bouts per year

Floyd Patterson had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Muhammad Ali. Patterson last boxed on Sep 20, 1972.WWWWL

Brown Aug 1971Harris Nov 1971Bonavena Feb 1972Agosto Jul 1972Ali Sep 19723.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Alvin Williams and Floyd Patterson ever fought each other?
Yes. Alvin Williams and Floyd Patterson have met 3 times and Floyd Patterson leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

LApr 10, 1956 · Patterson · KO R3

LSep 8, 1955 · Patterson · TKO R8

LApr 19, 1954 · Patterson · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Patterson?
Alvin Williams is 1-11 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Floyd Patterson is 55-8-1. Floyd Patterson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Williams1–118.3%

Patterson55–8–186.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Patterson?
Alvin Williams has 1 knockout win and Floyd Patterson has 40. Floyd Patterson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams1

Patterson4072.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Patterson have any common opponents?
Alvin Williams and Floyd Patterson share 2 common opponents: Roy Harris and Yvon Durelle. Floyd Patterson fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Roy HarrisLW

Yvon DurelleLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Patterson?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Alvin Williams and 64 bouts tracked for Floyd Patterson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams12bouts

Patterson64bouts

How They Win ↓

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