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DIED. WILLIE PASTRANO, 62, fleet-foot boxer whose nimble moves inspired Muhammad Ali; of cancer; in New Orleans. A chubby child who was the butt of many a schoolyard joke, Pastrano dropped the pounds--and his opponents--in the ring, becoming world light-heavyweight champion in the 1960s...
...Lazy!" The ghost of Benny Paret obviously was still with Champion Griffith last week. Madison Square Garden was packed with fans from Spanish Harlem to watch Griffith defend his crown against Challenger José Stable and Puerto Rico's José Torres battle Willie Pastrano for the light-heavyweight championship in a rare doubleheader. Like Paret, Stable was a Cuban, and the chants started-"Sta-ble! Stable! Sta-ble!"-as soon as the challenger clambered into the ring. Emile got mostly boos except from ringside, where Mama Emelda Griffith and Cousin Bernie led the cheers. "The best, the best...
...contorted with rage -but then he trotted meekly to his corner. The referee scored it 11-4; the other two officials made it unanimous for his eighth title defense. In his dressing room Griffith listened to the crowd roar as Torres pounded out a TKO victory over the aging Pastrano. "Stable was nervous, scared." Griffith said, "I could have knocked him out. But I'm satisfied...
...Miami's Willie Pastrano, 29: an 11th-round TKO victory over Britain's surprisingly tough Terry Downes, in a light-heavyweight championship bout at Manchester, England. Bewildered by the determined, bull-like charges of the challenger (who works as a bookmaker when he is not fighting), outfought for ten rounds, Champion Pastrano came out swinging in the 11th, decked Downes twice before Referee Andy Smyth stopped the bout...
...Willie Pastrano, 28: a sixth-round TKO over Gregorio Peralta, in a light-heavyweight (175 Ibs.) championship bout at New Orleans. Stablemate of Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay (both are trained by Miami's Angelo Dundee), Pastrano had been beaten decisively by the Argentine challenger in a nontitle bout last September. This time, Wily Willie opened a bloody gash over Peralta's left eye, mercilessly pounded away at the wound until the ring doctor stopped the fight. "This was the big apple," said Pastrano, who collected an estimated $60,000 for the victory-biggest purse of his 13-year...