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Floyd Patterson vs Tod Herring — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Floyd Patterson

Tod Herring

Floyd Patterson (55-8-1) and Tod Herring (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Patterson

55

Wins40 KO · 73%

8

Losses

1

Draw64 tracked bouts

Herring

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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 Tod Herring have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.

Floyd Patterson and Tod Herring have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.
Met1965May 14Series
Floyd PattersonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tod HerringFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Patterson 6 · Herring 1 of 7 measurable rows
PattersonHerring
Record†
55-8-1 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
86.7% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
72.73%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
73% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.2
3.2 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
64
4

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

Floyd Patterson left, Tod Herring 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%

Tod Herring1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Tod Herring: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Floyd Patterson 64, Tod Herring 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

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

Tod Herring last boxed on Jun 28, 1966 — 22,028 days ago. Herring had lost three straight, after one straight win.WLLL

Hunsaker Apr 1961Folley Mar 1964Patterson May 1965Williams Jun 19660.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Floyd Patterson and Tod Herring ever fought each other?
Yes. Floyd Patterson and Tod Herring met once on May 14, 1965, and Floyd Patterson won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WMay 14, 1965 · Patterson · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Patterson or Herring?
Floyd Patterson is 55-8-1 and Tod Herring is 1-3 across the 4 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%

Herring1–325%

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

Patterson4072.7%

Herring0

The Numbers ↓
Do Patterson and Herring have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Floyd Patterson and Tod Herring have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Patterson and Herring?
This comparison is drawn from 64 bouts tracked for Floyd Patterson and 4 bouts tracked for Tod Herring. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Patterson64bouts

Herring4bouts

How They Win ↓

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