Ex-heavyweight champ Patterson dies

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  1. Jack O'Brien

    Jack O'Brien New Member

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    I remember Floyd beating Archie Moore and asking my Dad why he was fighting an old man.

    The rematch with Johannson

    Patterson was always the little guy in the fight. And he always came back for more.

    I admired Cassius Clay's boxing style but he was totally classless the night he taunted Patterson was battering him around the ring.
     
  2. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    I remember that Clay/Patterson fight. Clay was merciless with his taunting, but that was his schtick in those days, he did the same to Sonny Liston. Danced over him after Sonny "fell" down to the phantom punch.

    Terry