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Article: Hype that stirs bad blood
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 5, 1995
- Author:
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"I NEVER disliked anyone I fought," Floyd Patterson said last
week. "That sort of stuff began when Cassius Clay came into the
ring. Before him, it didn't happen. But he would talk down to his
opponent, trying to frighten him. And that started a lot of
fighters doing it. Before Clay, maybe guys would look at one
another, try to outstare each other while they were taking the
referee's instructions, but that was all. The only trouble I ever
had at a weigh-in was in my two fights with Cassius Clay."
Patterson was speaking in measured, courteous tones, just as he
has since 1956, when, as a 21-year-old, he became the heavyweight
champion of the world. The first man to regain the title, he was ...
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