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.
Dave Whitlock (0-2 across 2 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 once. They share 1 common opponent.
Dave Whitlock vs Floyd Patterson — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Floyd Patterson leads 1–0- Floyd Patterson wonPatterson vs WhitlockSep 29, 1955 · KO · R3
The Numbers
- 0-2
- Record
- 55-8-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 86.7% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 40 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 72.73%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 72%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 0.4
- Bouts per year
- 3.4 (edge)
- 2
- Bouts tracked
- 68
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Reach
- 71″ (180 cm)
- —
- Age
- 91
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDave Whitlock · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Floyd Patterson · 57 wins
KO/TKO
41
Decision
16
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (2 and 68 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Dave Whitlock
LL
L2 streak · last fought Sep 29, 1955
Floyd Patterson
LLWWW
L2 streak · last fought Sep 20, 1972
Common Questions
- Have Dave Whitlock and Floyd Patterson ever fought each other?
- Yes. Dave Whitlock and Floyd Patterson met once on September 29, 1955, and Floyd Patterson won by KO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Dave Whitlock or Floyd Patterson?
- Dave Whitlock is 0-2 across the 2 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Dave Whitlock or Floyd Patterson?
- Dave Whitlock has 0 knockout wins and Floyd Patterson has 40. Floyd Patterson has more.
- Do Dave Whitlock and Floyd Patterson have any common opponents?
- Dave Whitlock and Floyd Patterson share 1 common opponent: Joey Maxim. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dave Whitlock and Floyd Patterson?
- This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Dave Whitlock and 68 bouts tracked for Floyd Patterson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.