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Floyd Patterson vs Gordon Wallace — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Floyd Patterson

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Gordon Wallace

Floyd Patterson (55-8-1) and Gordon Wallace (32-17-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Patterson

55

Wins40 KO · 73%

8

Losses

1

Draw64 tracked bouts

Wallace

32

Wins

17

Losses

3

Draws6 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Patterson leads 1–0

Floyd Patterson and Gordon Wallace have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.

Floyd Patterson and Gordon Wallace have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.
Met1953Jun 1Series
Floyd PattersonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Gordon WallaceFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Patterson 6 · Wallace 2 of 8 measurable rows
PattersonWallace
Record
55-8-1 (edge)32-17-3
Win %0–100%
86.7% (edge)
64.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
0
KO rate0–100%
72.73% (edge)
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
73%
100% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.2
3.2 (edge)
1.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
64
6

† 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
Floyd Patterson: 71″
Gordon Wallace: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Floyd Patterson: Died aged 71
Gordon Wallace: Died aged 86
Stance
Floyd Patterson: Orthodox
Gordon Wallace: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Gordon Wallace1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Gordon Wallace: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Floyd Patterson 64, Gordon Wallace 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Patterson better on 1

Patterson

Opponent

Wallace

  • Floyd Patterson

    2–0 against

    Win, RTD 5

    1955

    Win, UD

    1954

    DurellePatterson better

    Gordon Wallace

    0–4 against

    Loss, KO

    1957

    Loss, UD

    1954

    Loss, UD

    1953

    Loss, UD

    1953

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

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

Gordon Wallace had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Yvon Durelle. Wallace last boxed on May 30, 1957.LLLWL

Durelle Sep 1953Durelle Oct 1953Durelle Sep 1954Turpin Oct 1955Durelle May 19571.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Floyd Patterson and Gordon Wallace ever fought each other?
Yes. Floyd Patterson and Gordon Wallace met once on June 1, 1953, and Floyd Patterson won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WJun 1, 1953 · Patterson · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Patterson or Wallace?
Floyd Patterson is 55-8-1 and Gordon Wallace is 32-17-3. Floyd Patterson has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Patterson55–8–186.7%

Wallace32–17–364.4%

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

Patterson4072.7%

Wallace0

The Numbers ↓
Do Patterson and Wallace have any common opponents?
Floyd Patterson and Gordon Wallace share 1 common opponent: Yvon Durelle. Floyd Patterson fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Yvon DurelleWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Patterson and Wallace?
This comparison is drawn from 64 bouts tracked for Floyd Patterson and 6 bouts tracked for Gordon Wallace. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Patterson64bouts

Wallace6bouts

How They Win ↓

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