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Floyd Patterson vs Levi Forte — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Floyd Patterson

Levi Forte

Floyd Patterson (55-8-1) and Levi Forte (0-6-1 across 7 tracked bouts) 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

Forte

Tracked record

0–6–1

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Floyd Patterson and Levi Forte have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.

Floyd Patterson and Levi Forte have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.
Met1971Jan 16Series
Floyd PattersonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Levi ForteFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Patterson 5 · Forte 1 of 6 measurable rows
PattersonForte
Record†
55-8-1 (edge)0-6-1
Win %0–100%
86.7% (edge)
7.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
72.73%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
73%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.2
3.2 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
64
7

† 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
Floyd Patterson: 71″
Levi Forte: No reach on file
Agenot held
Floyd Patterson: Died aged 71
Levi Forte: No date of birth
Stance
Floyd Patterson: Orthodox
Levi Forte: Not recorded

Floyd Patterson left, Levi Forte 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%

Levi Forte0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Levi Forte: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Forte yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Floyd Patterson 64, Levi Forte 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Patterson better on 1

Patterson

Opponent

Forte

  • Floyd Patterson

    Win, UD

    1965

    ChuvaloPatterson better

    Levi Forte

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 2

    1968

    Loss, TKO 2

    1966

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

Levi Forte last boxed on Mar 17, 1978 — 17,748 days ago. Forte had drawn the most recent tracked bout with José "King" Roman.LLLLD

Chuvalo May 1966Chuvalo Sep 1968Foreman Dec 1969Patterson Jan 1971Roman Mar 19780.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Floyd Patterson and Levi Forte ever fought each other?
Yes. Floyd Patterson and Levi Forte met once on January 16, 1971, and Floyd Patterson won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WJan 16, 1971 · Patterson · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Patterson or Forte?
Floyd Patterson is 55-8-1 and Levi Forte is 0-6-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Floyd Patterson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Patterson55–8–186.7%

Forte0–6–17.1%

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

Patterson4072.7%

Forte0

The Numbers ↓
Do Patterson and Forte have any common opponents?
Floyd Patterson and Levi Forte share 1 common opponent: George Chuvalo. Floyd Patterson fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

George ChuvaloWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Patterson and Forte?
This comparison is drawn from 64 bouts tracked for Floyd Patterson and 7 bouts tracked for Levi Forte. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Patterson64bouts

Forte7bouts

How They Win ↓

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