Word: clays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...then the champ got worried about the gate, and turned loud-mouth insult into patronizing praise. "The rabbit could be the one who nails me," Clay said a few weeks ago. That kind of statement should dissuade any fools who had considered laying a dollar or two on the challenger...
...about Floyd's Hamlet complex. You don't need a killer instinct to beat the likes of Brian London, Roy Harris, and Peter Rademacher. But the thought that Floyd, if he got a good opening against City, would be even odds not to follow it up, is sad indeed. Clay said on television this weekend. "If Patterson ever dreamt he knocked me out, he'd apologies...
...primary interest in predicting this bout is figuring how far it will go. Liston floored Patterson in one; Clay ko'ed Sonny in one, but this fight may go as many as two rounds...
...Clay was angered that the second Liston bout was so short. He wanted more time to humiliate the Bear, to show off his beautiful style. The cries of "Fix" also gave him second thoughts about how to best establish his supremacy among the likes of Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, and Joe Louis...
...Clay will come out in the first round with the hope of making the fight go six or seven. But Patterson's inability to box will make the strategy so embarrassingly obvious that the Champ will be forced...