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Dave Whitlock vs Floyd Patterson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Whitlock

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Floyd Patterson

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.

Whitlock

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 1–0

Dave Whitlock and Floyd Patterson have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.

Dave Whitlock and Floyd Patterson have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.
Met1955Sep 29Series
Dave WhitlockFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Floyd PattersonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Whitlock 1 · Patterson 5 of 6 measurable rows
WhitlockPatterson
Record†
0-255-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
86.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 40
0
40 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—73%
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.2
0.4
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
2
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
Dave Whitlock: No reach on file
Floyd Patterson: 71″
Agenot held
Dave Whitlock: No date of birth
Floyd Patterson: Died aged 71
Stance
Dave Whitlock: Not recorded
Floyd Patterson: Orthodox

Dave Whitlock 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
Dave Whitlock0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Dave Whitlock: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Whitlock yet.

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 — Dave Whitlock 2, Floyd Patterson 64 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Whitlock

Opponent

Patterson

  • Dave Whitlock

    Loss, KO

    1950

    MaximEven

    Floyd Patterson

    Loss, 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

Dave Whitlock last boxed on Sep 29, 1955 — 25,959 days ago. Whitlock had lost two straight.LL

Maxim Dec 1950Patterson Sep 19550.4 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 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.
The meeting

LSep 29, 1955 · Patterson · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Whitlock or 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.
Records · win %

Whitlock0–20%

Patterson55–8–186.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Whitlock or Patterson?
Dave Whitlock has 0 knockout wins and Floyd Patterson has 40. Floyd Patterson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Whitlock0

Patterson4072.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Whitlock and 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.
Shared opponent

Joey MaximLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Whitlock and Patterson?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Dave Whitlock and 64 bouts tracked for Floyd Patterson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Whitlock2bouts

Patterson64bouts

How They Win ↓

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