Stratton also says that after showing his foe mercy the first time they met, Muhammad Ali arranged their 1972 rematch in ...

Ali and Paterson first met on November 22, 1965, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada. It was a fight that “The Greatest” bossed, winning by twelfth-round TKO. It was a virtuoso ...

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Somewhere within the dreadful fog that comes with Alzheimer’s, I hope that Floyd Patterson considered that he had finally beaten his toughest opponent. Not Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali or Ingemar ...

Sinatra was not a fan of Ali, evidenced by his previous attempts to see him lose a fight. In 1965, Sinatra did all he could to see boxer Floyd Patterson beat Ali. He even set Patterson up with a ...

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I didn't get a chance yesterday to mark the death of Floyd Patterson, who was heavyweight champion of the world from 1956-1959, and then again from 1960 -1962. He was the first man to regain the title ...