Word: liston
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...money troubles, suffered severe fits of depression. When he did fight, Machen showed enough of his old form to climb back until he again ranked as the No. 1 challenger-but a title fight for a man knocked out so easily seemed far away. Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston might agree to fight, but would anybody come to see it? Fortnight ago, on a highway near Vallejo, Calif., a state policeman found Machen in a parked car with a loaded gun, muttering about committing suicide. Bundled off to Napa State Hospital, he went berserk, knocked out two attendants. Last week, described...
...them all, his opponents have either been downsliding veterans like Moore, who were dazzled by Clay's speed, or lackluster youngsters who seemed mesmerized by his machine-gun prattle. But to hear him tell it, he is now ready to take on Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston. "Ain't I beautiful?" he called to a female admirer. "I'm the greatest!-'' he informed reporters in the dressing room. "And I'm also the double greatest cause I took him out in four just like I said. If it were...
...Liston will stay king until he meets that Clay...
What round? "Liston might last eight rounds." Snorted Sonny, who saw it all at ringside: "If Clay lasts eight seconds with me, I'll give him the fight...
Cassius Clay knocked out Archie Moore exactly when he predicted he would--in the fourth round of their scheduled 12-round heavyweight fight last night. By knocking out Moore, 30 years his senior, Clay became a top contender to meet Sonny Liston after his return bout with Floyd Patterson...