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...first place. Dr. Alexander Schiff of the New York Athletic Commission insisted that "Paret entered the ring in top physical shape." But he had been knocked out twice in his three previous fights. A year ago, when he lost the welterweight title to Griffith in a 13-round knockout, it took his handlers several minutes to get him in condition to leave the ring. In a rematch last July, Paret regained the championship with an unpopular 15-round decision; at the end, his eyes were swollen shut and blood was streaming from his mouth. Then, stepping out of his class...
...knockout injury which he suffered in Saturday's fight against Emile Griffith has set off repercussions around the world...
...Philadelphia's Convention Hall, red-booted Albert Westphal, a flabby (5 ft. 7 in.. 195 lbs.), obscure German who looked like a lady wrestler, was matched off against Sonny Listen, whose career, besides 22 knockouts, included 19 known arrests, two convictions (armed robbery, assaulting a police officer), and a five-year term at the Missouri State Penitentiary. At 1 min. 58 sec. of the first round, Westphal, who had been backpedaling furiously, stood still long enough for Liston to hit him with a pawring left and a ponderous right. Then he pitched forward on his face for Listen...
Ratterman campaigned on a promise to clean out Newport-and the city's vice lords set out to double-team him. They framed him by giving him knockout drops, then arranging to have him arrested in bed with a stripper named April Flowers. The courts cleared Ratterman, who is the father of eight children, and a grand jury later indicted Newport's Police Chief Upshere White on a charge of having conspired to railroad Ratterman...
Wednesday Night Fights (ABC, 10 p.m. to conclusion).* World Junior Lightweight Champion Flash Elorde, who gained his 130-lb. title last March with a seventhround knockout of Harold Gomes, puts it back on the line against Gomes in a scheduled 15-rounder at San Francisco...