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Eddle Machen, who once managed to backpeddle for 15 rounds with Liston, has been unranked since his recent emergence from a mental hospital. And that brings us to Floyd Patterson. The former champ, victor over such ring luminaries as Tom McNeeley, Brian London, Pete Rademacher, and Roy Harris is now looking for fights with the likes of Billy Daniels and Henry Cooper. The only real difference between Floyd the champ and Floyd the number-seven contender is that he now has to go the bums rather than letting them come to him. And that is a difference. Even for those...

Author: By Peter R. Kann, | Title: Liston Supremacy Unchallenged | 10/10/1963 | See Source »

Hard-hitting Rick Martin won a decision victory over Steve McNeeley in the 125-pound class. Martin, smaller and far quicker than his opponent, brushed aside McNeeley's soft jabs and struck home to the head with roundhouse blows...

Author: By Peter R. Kann, | Title: Rick Rice Floors Miller, Keeps Heavyweight Crown | 3/8/1963 | See Source »

Results in the House matches: 125 lb., Jim McNeeley of Dudley over Steve Josephs; 135, Jack D'Arcy of Dudley over Henry Applebaum; 145, Bill Smith of Dudley over Zeke Azikiwe (TKO in the second); 155, Jim Krindl of Quincy over Bill Keough; 165, Bob Hagebak of Leverett over Richard Jones; 175, Bob Guzzi of Eliot over Jon Cook; unlimited, Rick Rice of Adams over Jim Ullyot (TKO in the second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dudley's Boxers Win | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

...Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, only 7,813 diehard fans showed up to watch mild-mannered Champion Floyd Patterson initiate Challenger Tom McNeeley into his "Bum of the Year" club. A pug-nosed, ex-Michigan State footballer who once visited a psychiatrist to get his "viciousness" cured, McNeeley butted, elbowed, and threw four low punches in a row. Before he was finally counted out at 2 min. 51 sec. of the fourth round, McNeeley had hit the canvas eleven times (two were ruled "slips" by Referee Jersey Joe Walcott), sported a nearly closed eye and a raw strawberry that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Three-Ring Circus | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

Heavyweight champion Floyd Paterson will defend his title against Tom McNeeley of Arlington tonight in Toronto. Sonny Liston takes on Albert Westphal in the first half of the boxing doubleheader...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TITLE FIGHT TONIGHT | 12/4/1961 | See Source »

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